Decision 2019/638 - EU position at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties with regard to certain amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2019/638 of 15 April 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties with regard to certain amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2019/638 |
| Original proposal | COM(2019)11  |
| CELEX number i | 32019D0638 |
| Document | 15-04-2019; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 24-04-2019; OJ L 109 p. 19-21 |
| Effect | 15-04-2019; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
24.4.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 109/19 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/638
of 15 April 2019
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties with regard to certain amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (the ‘Convention’) entered into force in 1992 and was concluded by the Union by means of Council Decision 93/98/EEC (1). |
(2) |
Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) implements the Convention and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Council Decision C(2001)107/FINAL concerning the revision of Decision C(92)39/FINAL on the control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations (the ‘OECD Decision’) within the Union. |
(3) |
In accordance with the Convention, the Conference of the Parties shall consider and adopt, as required, amendments to the Convention. Amendments to the Convention are to be adopted at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties. |
(4) |
At its fourteenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties is expected to consider and adopt, as required, amendments to the Annexes to the Convention. Those amendments would add entries to Annexes II and VIII to the Convention and revise entry B3010 in Annex IX to the Convention. |
(5) |
Proposals to amend Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Convention, submitted by Norway, were distributed to the Parties on 26 October 2018. A correction of the proposal to amend Annex IX was distributed to the Parties on 6 December 2018. Under the proposals, plastic waste requiring special consideration and hazardous plastic waste, as set out in new entries in Annexes II and VIII to the Convention, would fall under the Convention's control system, while non-hazardous plastic waste falling within a revised entry B3010 in Annex IX to the Convention would continue to be traded between countries subject to the current conditions under the Convention. |
(6) |
The Union should support the objectives of the proposed amendments to the Annexes to the Convention since they will contribute to: improving controls on plastic waste exports; preventing exports of plastic waste to countries lacking adequate infrastructures for effective collection and environmentally sound management of waste; supporting the environmentally sound management of plastic waste; reducing the risk of plastic waste finding its way into the environment; and preventing the global environmental problem of marine litter. The Union should, however, propose and support changes to the proposed amendments to the Annexes to the Convention proposed by Norway, with a view to clarifying the scope of those amendments and improving the text, as well as to setting an appropriate later date for application of those amendments than foreseen in Article 18 of the Convention, and thereby facilitating their implementation and enforcement. |
(7) |
It is appropriate to maintain the current situation for shipments of non-hazardous plastic waste, including certain mixtures of non-hazardous plastic waste within the Union and the EEA, and therefore not to use the control system stemming from the addition of an entry in Annex II to the Convention for such shipments. To that end, the Union should, as far as necessary, use the procedures set out in the... |
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