Information and comments requests in follow up to the eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group

At its eighth meeting held in Geneva from 25 to 28 September 2012, the Open-ended Working Group adopted ten decisions. Many of the decisions included invitations to Parties and others to provide information and comments.

A letter was sent to Parties and observers to solicit information requested in the decisions. To facilitate response, the letter contains the individual requests organized according to the decisions. The information regarding each decision can be submitted separately, particularly since their deadlines for submission vary.

Information Request Letter

 
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Information and comments requests in follow up to the eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group87.16 K 78.62 K 73.18 K

Reference Documents

 
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Items: 11 Files: 22
UNEP/CHW/OEWG/8/16Report of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal on the work of its eighth meeting287 K164.99 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/15Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2014–2015164 K47.65 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/6Revised overall guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment1.55 MB906.59 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/9/Rev.1Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electronic and electrical waste (e waste), in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal1.59 MB1.02 MB
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/10Draft programme of work for the review and updating of the technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants302 K1.1 MB
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/11Applications submitted by parties for new entries to Annex IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal3.38 MB2.74 MB
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/12Compilation of comments received from parties on the applications for new entries to Annex IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal201 K89.43 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/12/Add.1Compilation of comments received from parties on the applications for new entries to Annex IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal194.5 K56.61 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/13/Rev.1Interpretation of certain terminology801 K626.86 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/14/Rev.1Study on used and end-of-life goods429 K254.78 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/18Revised legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention to hazardous and other wastes generated on board ships (reissued for technical reasons)205 K135.13 K

 

Indicators contained in section V of the annex to decision BC-10/2 English French Spanish
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UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/6 English French Spanish
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draft technical guidelines on e-waste English French Spanish
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Invitation to be a lead country for the programme of work for the review and updating of technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants English French Spanish
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Proposed amendments submitted by Finland and the Netherlands and comments on the draft text referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of decision OEWG-8/6 English French Spanish
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Interpretation of terms and draft glossary of terms English French Spanish
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Legal analysis of the application of the Convention to hazardous wastes and other wastes generated on board ships English French Spanish
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Draft work programme of the OEWG for the biennium 2014–2015 English French Spanish
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