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

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XXVII 3. ENVIRONMENT 1

3. BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF

HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL

Basel, 22 March 1989

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 5 May 1992, in accordance with article 25(1).

REGISTRATION: 5 May 1992, No. 28911.

STATUS: Signatories: 53. Parties: 189.1

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 1673, p. 57; and depositary notifications

C.N.302.1992.TREATIES-9 of 25 November 1992 (procès-verbal of rectification of the

original English text)3 ; C.N.248.1993.TREATIES-7 of 7 September 1993 (procès-verbal

of rectification of the authentic French text); C.N.144.1994.TREATIES-4 of 27 June

1994 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic Arabic, Chinese, English and

Spanish texts); C.N.15.1997.TREATIES-1 of 20 Februrary 1997 (procès-verbal of

rectification of the authentic Russian text); C.N.77.1998. TREATIES-2 of 6 May 1998

(amendment to annex I and adoption of annexes VIII and IX)4 ;

C.N.245.2003.TREATIES-4 of 27 March 2003 [proposal of corrections to the original

text of the Convention (authentic Chinese text)] and C.N.321.2003.TREATIES-5 of 29

April 2003 [Corrections to the original of the Convention (authentic Chinese text)];

C.N.399.2003.TREATIES-9 of 20 May 2003 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes VIII

and IX of the Convention) and C.N.1314.2003.TREATIES-12 of 20 November 2003

(Entry into force of amendments to Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention);

C.N.119.2005.TREATIES-2 of 23 February 2005 [(Proposal of corrections to the original

text of the Convention (authentic Spanish text)] and C.N.406.2005.TREATIES-6 of

25 May 2005 [(Corrections to the original of the Convention (Authentic Spanish text)];

C.N.263.2005.TREATIES-4 of 8 April 2005 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes VIII

and IX of the Convention) and C.N.263.2005.TREATIES-4 of (Re-issued) of 13 June

2005 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention) and

C.N.1044.2005.TREATIES-7 of 10 October 2005 (Entry into force of amendments to

Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention); C.N.1038.2007.TREATIES-5 of 14 November

2007 (Proposal of corrections to Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention) and

C.N.119.2008.TREATIES-1 of 26 February 2008 (Corrections to Annexes VIII and IX);

C.N.125.2008.TREATIES-2 of 26 February 2008 (Proposal of Correction to Annex IX of

the Convention) and C.N.243.2008.TREATIES-3 of 7 April 2008 (Correction to Annex

IX of the Convention); C.N.397.2008.TREATIES-4 of 27 May 2008 (Proposal of

Correction to Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention) and C.N.609.2008.TREATIES-8

of 28 August 2008 (Corrections to Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention);

C.N.644.2008.TREATIES-9 of 18 September 2008 (Proposal of correction to Annex IX

of the Convention) and C.N.778.2008.TREATIES-10 of 28 October 2008 (Corrections to

Annex IX of the Convention); C.N.284.2011.TREATIES-2 of 18 May 2011 (Proposal of

correction to the original text of [the] Convention (French version) and to the certified

true copies) and C.N.359.2011.TREATIES-3 of 20 June 2011 (Correction to the original

text of Convention (French version) and to the certified true copies);

C.N.760.2011.TREATIES-6 of 28 November 2011 (Proposal of correction to Annex VIII

of the Convention) and C.N.824.2011.TREATIES-7 of 30 December 2011 (Correction to

Annex VIII of the Convention); C.N.965.2013.TREATIES-XXVII-3 of 26 November

2013 (Amendments to Annex IX) and C.N.304.2014.TREATIES-XXVII-3 of 28 May

2014 (Entry into force of the Amendments to Annex IX); C.N.432.2019.TREATIES-

XXVII.3 of 24 September 2019 (Amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX) and

C.N.116.2020.TREATIES-XXVII-3 of 30 March 2020 (Entry into force)5, and

C.N.459.2020.TREATIES-XXVII.3 of 19 October 2020 (Proposal of correction to the

Arabic and French authentic texts of the Amendment to Annex II) and

C.N.56.2021.TREATIES-XXVII.3 of 3 February 2021 (Correction to the Arabic and

French authentic texts of Annex II).

Note: The Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic,

was adopted on 22 March 1989 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries which was convened at Basel from 20 to 22 March

1989. In accordance with its article 21, the Convention, which was open for signature at the Federal Department of Foreign

Affairs of Switzerland in Berne from 23 March 1989 to 30 June 1989, was open thereafter at the Headquarters of the United

Nations in New York until 22 March 1990, by all States, Namibia, and by political and/or economic integration

organizations2.

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