Ban Ratification Deposit Box
51 in out of 66! 15 to go!
Basel Ban Amendment’s Legal Entry into Global Force
At the 10th Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention (COP10), the controversy over entry into force of Amendments was resolved with the adoption of the Country Led Initiative omnibus decision. The Parties resolved to adopt the fixed time approach which means that 3/4ths of the Parties that were present at the time of the adoption of an amendment are needed for it to enter into force. In September of 1995 at COP3, there were 87 Parties (all listed in the right-hand column of the table below). 3/4ths of 87 equals 66. So the Ban Amendment (Decision III/1) needs a total of 66 of those 87 that were Parties at the time of COP3 for entry into legal force. Currently we have 51 as indicated in yellow highlight below and in the Deposit Box above.
Current Ratifications of Basel Ban
Parties in 1995 that Adopted Basel Ban and Count toward the total of 66 Needed for Entry into Force
Albania Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina Argentina
Australia
Austria Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium Belgium Bolivia Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria
Canada
Chile Chile China China
Comoros
Cook Islands
Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba
Cyprus Cyprus Czech Republic Czech Republic
Democtratic Rep. of Congo
Denmark Denmark Ecuador Ecuador Egypt Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia Estonia Ethiopia European Community (cannot count toward entry into force) Finland Finland France France Gambia Germany Germany Ghana Greece Greece
Guatemala Guinea
Hungary Hungary
India
Indonesia Indonesia
Iran
Ireland Ireland
Israel
Italy Italy
Japan
Jordan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Kuwait Latvia Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Luxembourg Macedonia
Malawi
Malaysia Malaysia
Maldives
Malta Mauritius Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova Monaco Monaco Montenegro Morocco
Namibia
Netherlands Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria Nigeria Norway Norway Oman Oman
Pakistan
Panama Panama
Peru Philippines
Paraguay Poland Poland Portugal Portugal Qatar
Republic of Korea
Romania Romania
Russian Federation St. Kitt and Nevis
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Senegal Seychelles
Serbia Slovakia Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia
South Africa
Spain Spain Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania Uraguay Uraguay
Vietnam
Zambia Zambia 75 total ratifications 51 total (of 87) Yellow = the 51 already counting toward the 66 needed for entry into force thus 15 more needed
Basel Ban Implementation
The Basel Ban Amendment requires countries that are member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or of the European Union (EU), or Liechtenstein (Annex VII countries) to prohibit the export of hazardous wastes for any reason to non-Annex VII countries. There are currently 41 Annex VII countries. In terms of national implementation (as opposed to global entry into force) these are the important countries to ensure on the ground implementation. We are happy to report that of these countries a full 35 of them have ratified or placed within their national law, active text to implement decision III/1.
For a country by country status report, see Country Status table.
Annex VII Countries
Highlight in Green indicates Ratification or Implementation of Basel Ban Nationally
Australia Liechtenstein Austria Lithuania Belgium Luxembourg Bulgaria Malta Canada Mexico Chile Netherlands Cyprus New Zealand Czech Republic Norway Denmark Poland Estonia Portugal Finland Romania France Slovak Republic Germany Slovenia Greece South Korea Hungary Spain Iceland Sweden Ireland Switzerland Israel Turkey Italy United Kingdom Japan United States (not Party to Basel) Latvia Total Ratified or Implemented 35 Total not Ratified or Implemented 6