30 June 2016
South African Ratification Brings Ban Amendment Closer to Entry into Force
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South Africa has deposited its instrument of ratification for the Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes, becoming the 87th Party to the Convention to do so and bringing the Amendment closer to entry into force.

The instrument was filed on 24 June 2016 with the UN Secretary-General in his capacity as depository for the Convention.

Basel Covention24 June 2016: South Africa has deposited its instrument of ratification for the Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes, becoming the 87th Party to the Convention to do so and bringing the Amendment closer to entry into force. The instrument was filed on 24 June 2016 with the UN Secretary-General in his capacity as depository for the Convention.

The Amendment, adopted on 22 September 1995 by the third meeting of the Basel Convention Conference of Parties (COP3), would ban transboundary shipments of hazardous wastes for any reason, including recycling, from the member states of the European Community, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Liechtenstein, to other Parties.

The Amendment will enter into force on the 90th day after the receipt of the instrument of ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance by at least three-fourths (66) of the 87 Parties at the time the Amendment was adopted in 1995. Since South Africa was a Party when the Amendment was adopted, its ratification means the Ban Amendment only needs seven more ratifications, approvals or acceptances in order to trigger entry into force. [South African Notification of Ratification] [Basel Convention page on the Ban Amendment]

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