Article 32 of the same Act also prohibits the importation of hazardous waste and the granting of permission for its entry into or transit through the territory of the State.

Many companies in these countries began shipping hazardous wastes to developing countries and Eastern Europe as a way to get rid of them more cheaply.

Moving the waste was considered to be risky.

It should be mentioned that the explanatory note to the said Act provides that, in view of the dangers involved in the handling of hazardous waste, the importation of such waste and the granting of permission for the introduction or passage thereof into or through the Arab Republic of Egypt are absolutely prohibited.

The reality is that waste has become one of the global public health problems of modern society today, particularly when it comes to hazardous (medical, radioactive, pharmaceutical) and potentially dangerous waste.

What measures will be taken in strengthening the disposal and oversight of hazardous wastes

The Convention sets up a framework for controlling the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes.

Adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and

The aim of the 1989 Basel Convention is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects that may result from the generation and management of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal mandate

Hazardous waste shipments made without such documents are illegal.

Definitions for hazardous waste and waste management were necessary and a section on public education was essential.

Each shipment of hazardous waste or other waste must be accompanied by a movement document from the point at which a transboundary movement begins to the point of disposal.

Medical and sanitary waste constitutes a health hazard and can seriously injure people.

UNEP, The Hazardous Wastes and Chemicals Conventions (2002), http www.gdrc.org uem waste all3 overview.pdf.

It was important to prevent a proliferation of such debris in the future and to minimize the risk of collisions between pieces of debris and satellites or other aerospace objects.

Illegal trade in hazardous waste continues to occur in violation of the 1989 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.

Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Basel, 10 December 1999

Actions at the national, regional and global levels are needed to prevent and detect illegal trafficking of chemicals and hazardous wastes, including efforts towards the more effective application of international conventions relating to transboundary movements of chemicals and hazardous waste.

Urban environmental policies are implemented within the framework of the national plans for the rehabilitation of polluted land, and the treatment of waste water and dangerous wastes.

Act No. 4 of 1994 on the protection of the environment (articles 29, 31 and 32) prohibits the circulation of hazardous material and waste or the establishment of facilities for the treatment of hazardous waste without permission from the competent administrative authority and the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency.

Adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights

It recalled some of the measures adopted in order to achieve this end such as the prohibition against dumping of foreign hazardous wastes within its borders as well as the attempts made to manage hazardous wastes in an environmentally sound manner.

The Basel Convention envisages a protocol on liability and compensation for damage resulting from the transboundary movement and disposal of hazardous wastes and other wastes (Article 12).

The illegal transboundary movement of toxic materials and chemicals and hazardous waste also threatens ecosystems and human health.

According to some sources, 95 per cent of the dangerous wastes forming the subject of transboundary movements between OECD and other countries are intended for recovery operations.

(c) To work towards harmonization of hazard classification systems internationally to assist Parties in the implementation of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and to improve consistency at the international level on the use of classification systems for wastes and chemicals

Transboundary movements of hazardous wastes or other wastes can take place only upon prior written notification by the State of export to the competent authorities of the States of import and transit (if appropriate).

The tightening of environmental regulations in industrialized countries in the late 1980s led to a dramatic rise in the cost of hazardous waste disposal there.

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal, 22 March 1989, http www.basel.int text documents.html.

Liquid dangerous goods shall be loaded below dry dangerous goods whenever possible.

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Recalling decision VI 16 on guidance elements for detection, prevention and control of illegal traffic in hazardous wastes,

The Commission considered that the handling and transporting of the waste was in itself a hazardous operation, and that the cost would be enormous.

A number of relevant case studies on available alternatives and on the use of substitutes were identified, relating in particular to the treatment and minimization of medical, municipal and hazardous wastes.

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It further provides that the disposal of hazardous waste must take place in accordance with the conditions and standards defined in the regulation implementing the Act.

Vieques' formal inclusion on the list of the most hazardous waste sites in the United States was announced by the Environmental Protection Agency on 7 February 2005.

Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Geneva, 22 September 1995

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, concluded at Basel on 22 March 1989

The Convention also developed criteria for environmentally sound management of wastes, which require members to take practical steps to minimize the generation of hazardous waste by controlling the storage, transport, treatment, reuse, recycling, recovery and final disposal of the waste.

The physical protection system in the Maišiagala nuclear waste repository was modernized.

See Council resolution 2005 54.