Decision to Prohibit or Restrict the Import or Export of Hazardous or Other Wastes

Texts of notifications of decisions to prohibit or restrict the import or export of hazardous or other wastes included on this site have been supplied by the Parties to the Secretariat. This section also contains lists of national lists of prohibited wastes that have compiled by the Secretariat.

It is also noted that this section of the site does not purport to contain a complete set of the definitions of hazardous wastes adopted by all the Parties pursuant to Article 4 of the Convention. As notifications are received, they shall be added to or updated on the collection on this site. The Secretariat is making arrangements, subject to availability of resources, to translate these notifications into all six official UN languages.

To access the standardized format for notifications and for further information about procedures to transmit a notification of decision to prohibit or restrict the import or export of hazardous or other wastes, please click here.

Download the Compilation of National Lists of Prohibited Hazardous Wastes, pursuant to decision BC-10/3.