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Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, adopted at the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties at Geneva on 22 September 1995

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Albania 27-10-2005 (R) 05-12-2019
Algeria 03-07-2017 (R) 05-12-2019
Andorra 23-07-1999 (R) 05-12-2019
Antigua and Barbuda 23-09-2016 (R) 05-12-2019
Argentina 19-09-2011 (R) 05-12-2019
Austria 17-10-1999 (R) 05-12-2019
Bahrain 25-07-2005 (R) 05-12-2019
Belgium 20-06-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
Benin 22-01-2014 (R) 05-12-2019
Bolivia 31-03-2005 (R) 05-12-2019
Botswana 17-06-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Brazil 22-03-2023 (R) 20-06-2023
Brunei 16-12-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Bulgaria 15-02-2000 (R) 05-12-2019
Chile 12-08-2009 (R) 05-12-2019
China 01-05-2001 (R) 05-12-2019
Colombia 10-06-2014 (R) 05-12-2019
Cook Islands 29-06-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Costa Rica 21-11-2019 (R) 19-02-2020
Côte d'Ivoire 24-09-2013 (R) 05-12-2019
Croatia 06-09-2019 (R) 05-12-2019
Cyprus 07-07-2000 (R) 05-12-2019
Czech Republic 28-02-2000 (R) 05-12-2019
Denmark 10-09-1997 (R) 05-12-2019
Dominican Republic 18-03-2024 (R) 16-06-2024
Ecuador 06-03-1998 (R) 05-12-2019
Egypt 27-01-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
El Salvador 07-12-2015 (R) 05-12-2019
Estonia 02-08-2001 (R) 05-12-2019
Ethiopia 08-10-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
EU (European Union) 30-09-1997 (R) 05-12-2019
Finland 05-09-1996 (R) 05-12-2019
France 18-11-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
Gambia, The 07-03-2001 (R) 05-12-2019
Germany 24-05-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Ghana 09-06-2005 (R) 05-12-2019
Greece 12-07-2010 (R) 05-12-2019
Guatemala 26-12-2013 (R) 05-12-2019
Guinea 06-02-2017 (R) 05-12-2019
Hungary 25-05-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Iceland 04-04-2018 (R) 05-12-2019
Indonesia 24-10-2005 (R) 05-12-2019
Iran 12-01-2016 (R) 05-12-2019
Ireland 13-11-2009 (R) 05-12-2019
Italy 03-03-2009 (R) 05-12-2019
Jamaica 29-09-2015 (R) 05-12-2019
Jordan 06-12-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Kenya 09-09-2009 (R) 05-12-2019
Kuwait 12-05-2006 (R) 05-12-2019
Latvia 18-12-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
Lebanon 13-10-2017 (R) 05-12-2019
Lesotho 22-02-2012 (R) 05-12-2019
Liberia 16-09-2005 (R) 05-12-2019
Liechtenstein 20-05-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
Lithuania 07-11-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
Luxembourg 14-08-1997 (R) 05-12-2019
Malawi 01-08-2017 (R) 05-12-2019
Malaysia 26-10-2001 (R) 05-12-2019
Maldives 19-06-2017 (R) 05-12-2019
Malta 12-12-2011 (R) 05-12-2019
Mauritius 09-11-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Mexico 12-05-2022 (R) 10-08-2022
Moldova 18-11-2008 (R) 05-12-2019
Monaco 20-03-2013 (R) 05-12-2019
Montenegro 23-10-2006 (Su) 05-12-2019
Morocco 10-09-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Namibia 31-08-2018 (R) 05-12-2019
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 22-01-2001 (R) 05-12-2019
Nicaragua 13-01-2021 (R) 13-04-2021
Niger 05-11-2015 (R) 05-12-2019
Nigeria 24-05-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
North Macedonia 18-11-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Norway 16-07-1997 (R) 05-12-2019
Oman 17-05-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Panama 07-10-1998 (R) 05-12-2019
Paraguay 28-08-1998 (R) 05-12-2019
Peru 30-03-2015 (R) 05-12-2019
Poland 29-01-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
Portugal 30-10-2000 (R) 05-12-2019
Qatar 28-02-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Republic of the Congo 02-09-2014 (R) 05-12-2019
Romania 17-07-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Saint Kitts and Nevis 29-08-2019 (R) 05-12-2019
Saint Lucia 22-01-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Saudi Arabia 10-01-2013 (R) 05-12-2019
Serbia 22-11-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Seychelles 15-07-2015 (R) 05-12-2019
Sierra Leone 15-06-2000 (R) 13-09-2020
Slovakia 11-09-1998 (R) 05-12-2019
Slovenia 01-12-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
South Africa 24-06-2016 (R) 05-12-2019
Spain 07-08-1997 (R) 05-12-2019
Sri Lanka 29-01-1999 (R) 05-12-2019
Sweden 10-09-1997 (R) 05-12-2019
Switzerland 07-11-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Syria 05-10-2004 (R) 05-12-2019
Tanzania 26-08-2002 (R) 05-12-2019
Thailand 09-03-2023 (R) 07-06-2023
Trinidad and Tobago 12-01-2000 (R) 05-12-2019
Tunisia 26-10-1999 (R) 05-12-2019
Türkiye 27-08-2003 (R) 05-12-2019
United Kingdom 13-10-1997 (R) 05-12-2019
Uruguay 10-03-1999 (R) 05-12-2019
Zambia 27-07-2011 (R) 05-12-2019

Extensions

Denmark

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Greenland 05-12-2019

United Kingdom

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus) 05-12-2019
British Antarctic Territory 05-12-2019
Gibraltar 05-12-2019
Guernsey 05-12-2019
Jersey 05-12-2019
Man, Isle of 05-12-2019

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party Reservations / Declarations Objections
Denmark Yes No
Spain Yes No
Syria Yes No

Denmark

10-09-1997

With a reservation for the application to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.


15-04-1998

[...] the reservation for the application of the Amendment to Greenland is hereby lifted.

Spain

01-11-2013

1. Gibraltar is a Non-Self-Governing Territory for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom is responsible and which is subject to a process of decolonization in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly.
2. The Gibraltarian authorities are local in character, and exercise competences exclusively over internal affairs that originate in and are based on the powers allocated to and conferred on them by the United Kingdom, in accordance with its domestic legislation and in its capacity as the sovereign State upon which depends the said Non-Self-Governing Territory.
3. Consequently, any involvement by the Gibraltarian authorities in the implementation of this Convention shall be understood to take place exclusively within the framework of the internal affairs of Gibraltar and shall not be considered to affect in any way the content of the two preceding paragraphs.
4. The procedure envisaged in the Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of Mixed Agreements, which was agreed by Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 (together with "Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of European Union and European Community Instruments and Related Treaties" of 19 April 2000) applies to the present Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel, 22 March 1989) and to the Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Geneva, 22 September 1995).
5. The implementation of the present Convention and the Amendment thereto in Gibraltar cannot be interpreted as recognition of any rights or situations involving matters not included in Article 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, signed by the crowns of Spain and Great Britain.

Syria

05-10-2004

[...] that the accession of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Amendment and the Protocol shall not under any circumstances whatsoever signify recognition of Israel, nor shall it lead to entry therewith into any dealings that may be governed by the provisions of the said amendment and Protocol.

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