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4a Use of Basel Convention Notification/Movement document forms
UN Region:	 Africa
Algeria
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Botswana
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Cameroon
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Egypt
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Ethiopia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	Some transit countries were late in expressing their consent, causing delays in the
	 destruction abroad of obsolete stocks of pesticides accumulating in the country.
Gambia
		Gambia is in a preparatory process to use and/or accept the Notification and 
	Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention in the control of 
	transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes. 
	After the adoption of the Waste Act, the elements that would need to be 
	incorporated in the movement document will be identified and the appropriateness
	of the Basel Convention Notification and Movement documents determined and 
	modified, if necessary.
Kenya
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	When no objection is given, the transporter does not give vessel in time so it is 
	difficult to trace and monitor movement.; and When transboundary movement has 	occurred successfully report is not given that ESD has been achieved and to what extent.
Other forms	Bill of landing
Madagascar
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Mali
2002	The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
	
Morocco
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	Morocco has developed its own Notification and Movement documents, however
	 they are not yet official.
Mozambique
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Niger
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Seychelles
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	When exporting waste of mixed constituents, the cost of quantifying each 
	constituent sometimes prove to be problematic.
Other forms	
	EU forms are used when exporting waste to EU countries, including the island of 
	Reunion (France), which receives all of our waste oil.
South Africa
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	None.
Tanzania (United Republic of)
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Tunisia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms		The notification form of the European Community is used and accepted.
Zambia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
		Delayed response from transit countries.
Other forms	None.
UN Region:	 Asia and Pacific
Azerbaijan
2002	The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Bahrain
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	The national notification and movement document forms are preferred for 
	hazardous wastes movement via transboundary in some countries (e.g. Canada &
	U.K) rather than accepting Basel Convention forms.
Bangladesh
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Cambodia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	 used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Cyprus
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	As of May 1, 2004 Cyprus is to be a member of the EU and the forms under the 
	relevant EU regulations will be used.
Indonesia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
	The Ministry of Environment sometimes has difficulty to fill waste code for toxic 
	and hazardous waste.
Other forms		Besides notification form from Basel Convention, Indonesia also issues 
	notification form for export of hazardous waste.
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	 used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Japan
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Jordan
		Jordan is in a preparatory process to use and/or accept the Notification and 
	Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention in the control of 
	transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes. 
Other forms	Currently, Jordan uses official letters to serve the purpose.
Malaysia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Micronesia (Federated States of)
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	There is no information concerning problems being encountered in the usage of 
	the Notification and Movements documents forms provided for Micronesia 
	(Federated States of). 	
Philippines
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	None.
Qatar
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Republic of Korea
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Singapore
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Sri Lanka
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	There is no information concerning problems being encountered in the usage of 
	the Notification and Movements documents forms provided for Sri Lanka. 
Thailand
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	EC countries do not accept the Notification and Movement documents forms of 
	the Basel Convention and they use only their own languages instead of English, 
	which leads to misunderstandings and difficulties for the control of transboundary
	 movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	Thailand also uses specific notification and permit application forms for import 
	and export of hazardous wastes required by relevant national law.
Uzbekistan
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	 used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Viet Nam
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
UN Region:	 Western Europe and Others
Andorra
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Australia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	OECD and Waigani Convention forms are also used and/or accepted in the 
	control of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes.
Austria
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	In general the EU Notification and Movement document forms are used. For 
	non-EC Countries the Basel Convention Notification and Movements document 
	forms are accepted.
Belgium
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	Model notification and movement/accompanying documents referred to in 
	Council Regulation (EEC) 259/93 and adopted by Commission Decision 
	94/774/EEC are also used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary 
	movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes.
Canada
		Canada is in a preparatory process to use and/or accept the Notification and 
	Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention in the control of 
	transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes. 
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	The Canadian Waste Notice / Transit Form and Canadian Waste Manifest forms 
	pursuant to the Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes Regulations (EIHWR) 
	are used for the control of movement of hazardous waste and hazardous 
	recyclable material as authorized through Division 8, 185 of Canadian 
	Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). Canada does not currently use the Basel 
	Convention form for Canadian notifiers, although it is accepted from foreign 
	notifiers.
	Other forms accepted by the Canadian Competent Authority in 2000 include:
	1. Basel Convention Notification forms (from Basel signatory countries 
	only); and 2. OECD Notification forms (from OECD member countries only).
Denmark
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	 used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	OECD Notification forms, including all the information set out in Council 
	Regulation 259/93.
Finland
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	European Community notification forms (Commission Decision 94/774/EC) are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
	According to the Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93, when waste is shipped 
	within, into or out of the European Community the notification shall be made by 
	using the official European Community notification forms. When waste is 
	imported into the European Community the correct notification form is issued by 
	the country of import. In case of transit through the European Community the 
	notification form is issued by the last country of transit in the Community Area. 
	The notification forms can be obtained from the competent authorities of the 
	relevant country.
France
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	As a competent authority of transit, we accept the Basel Convention form. But the
	 competent authorities of import and export (104) usually ask for an European 
	Community form and this can cause some problems.
Other forms	EC forms and OECD forms are also used/accepted.
Germany
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	The forms of the European Community and the OECD forms, which are slightly 
	different from the forms of the Basel Convention, are used and accepted.
Iceland
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Israel
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Italy
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	 used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	The document forms used and/or accepted are established by Council Regulation 
	(EEC) 259/93, Art. 42. They are similar to the Basel Convention forms.
Luxembourg
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Monaco
		There is no information concerning the use and/or acception of the Notification 
	and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention in the control of 
	transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes provided for Monaco.
Problems	There is no information concerning problems being encountered in the usage of 
	the Notification and Movements documents forms provided for Monaco. 
		The border control is under the French Custom Authority.
Netherlands
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	EC Document for Transfrontier Movement of Wastes.
New Zealand
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	Letters of consent/non-consent from the Competent Authority.
Norway
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	EU/OECD notification document.
Spain
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	 used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	Model notification and movement/accompanying documents referred to in 
	Council regulation (ECE) No. 259/93 and adopted by Commission decision 
	94/774/EEC of 24 November 1994 are used and /or accepted in the control of 
	transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes.
Sweden
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	 used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	EU Forms are used in most cases. Almost all transboundary transports are 
	between EU member states.

Switzerland
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	EU-forms and OECD-forms.
	For imports the additional use of the Swiss movement document is mandatory.
Turkey
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	In accordance with Turkish Regulation, there are notification and movement 
	document forms similar to the Basel Convention forms. For the export of some 
	wastes, these forms are used. However, some countries use the EC form and, for
	that reason, it takes long time to receive written consent from import and transit 
	countries. Another problem is that some countries send the forms in their 
	language instead of English.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	EC Notification and Movement/Tracking Forms used are those approved in 
	Commission Decision 94/774/EC concerning the standard consignment note 
	referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93.
UN Region:	 Central and Eastern Europe
Albania
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Armenia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	There is no information concerning problems being encountered in the usage of 
	the Notification and Movements documents forms provided for Armenia. 
Belarus
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	Notification and transport form (accompanying passport of industrial waste 
	transport) are used that at this moment not fully adjusted to the forms of the Basel
	Convention.
Bosnia & Herzegovina
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Bulgaria
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Croatia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Estonia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Georgia
		Georgia is in a preparatory process to use and/or accept the Notification and 
	Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention in the control of 
	transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes. 
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Hungary
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Latvia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Lithuania
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Poland
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.

Republic of Moldova
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Romania
		Romania is in a preparatory process to use and/or accept the Notification and 
	Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention in the control of 
	transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes. 
	A draft of a Governmental Decision on Control of Import, Export and Transit of 
	Wastes is in preparation. This Governmental Decision shall introduce into the 
	Romanian legislation the Notification and Movement document forms.
Russian Federation
		Russian Federation is in a preparatory process to use and/or accept the 
	Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention in the 
	control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes. 
Other forms	Permit of Competent Authority of a state of import, state of transit.
Serbia and Montenegro
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	By the Rules on Import, Export and Transit of Wastes in the Federal Republic 
	of Yugoslavia (1999), based on the Federal Law on the Basis of the 
	Environmental Protection (1998), the National label/code of waste has to be 
	written in the Notification and Movement document forms of the Basel 
	Convention. Designated Competent Authority for Waste Characterization 
	(Laboratory for Waste Characterization, City Public Health Institute, Belgrade) is 
	issuing (on the request) the document of national waste code determination in the 
	separate, preliminary procedure. The Notification and Movement documents 
	without National Waste code are not legally proper.
	The Notification and Movement documents have to be accompanied by the 
	permit of the competent authority for transboundary movement. Without permit 
	for transboundary movement the Notification and Movement document are 
	considered as not legally proper.
	Due to the fact of no harmonized procedure for transboundary “goods” 
	movement under the rules of the World Customs Organization, there are some 
	problems on borders and/or with other authorities in charge of foreign trade.
	Capacities of BC Focal Point in term of number of personnel working on waste 
	issues and organizational matters are limited.
Other forms	None.
Slovakia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
	The forms are not used, but are accepted. Forms (Directive 259/93/EEC) are 
	implemented in the national legislation.
Other forms	National forms harmonized with OECD forms.
Slovenia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are not
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Other forms	In Slovenia, according to the Decree on the Export, Import and Transit of 
	Wastes, the Form A is used, which is a copy of the EU standard consignment for
	 export. For transit and import, Slovenia accepts the Notification and Movement 
	forms of the Basel Convention and EU standard consignment notes.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Ukraine
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Other forms	None.
UN Region:	 Latin America and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Argentina
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	Difficulty to control compliance of filling the Movement form.
	We had a problem with an exporter who made a mistake in the Movement form 
	number in correlation with Notification form number, and PCB wastes went to a 
	plant that had been restricted in PCB concentration acceptance in the lapse of 
	previous Notification Consent. So it was necessary to re-send the shipment to 
	another plant (of the same country) without pollutant concentration restriction for
	acceptance. 
	To prevent these problems, at present, all Movement Forms are signed by 
	Competent Authority, the Generator and the Exporter just before the ship 
	departure.
Other forms	Argentina has a Register of Generators and Hazardous Wastes Movements. 
	Companies that ask for hazardous waste export are checked for their 
	environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes.
Barbados
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Brazil
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Chile
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	Basel Convention forms refer to OECD lists which are not used in our country, 
	that is the reason why they were deleted in the national forms.
Costa Rica
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Cuba
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Dominican Republic
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Ecuador
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
		Parties do not have uniformity on these Notification and Movement documents 
	forms.
Honduras
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	No problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and 
	Movements documents forms.
Mexico
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
		Some countries only use the European Community’s notification from and they do 
	not send their answer in the Basel Convention's form.
Other forms	In the case of the United States, the consent for a hazardous wastes movement is 
	requested in accordance with the established Annex lll of the La PAZ 
	Agreement. The OECD's notification Form is also used, when the destination 
	country belongs to that organization. The European Community's Notification 
	Form is used, when the country of destiny requires it.
Panama
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
		The main difficulty is that the forms are in different languages like Dutch and 
	German – and the official language in our country is Spanish.  We suggest 
	receiving them in English only.
Peru
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
		Chile does not use the notification format provided by The Basel Convention in 
	case of non hazardous solid wastes. Chile sends Transport Form which is emitted
	 by the Chilean Health Authority.
Other forms	Transport Form which is emitted by the Chilean Health Authority.
Saint Lucia
		The Notification and Movement documents forms of the Basel Convention are 
	used and/or accepted in the control of transboundary movement of hazardous 
	wastes and other wastes.
Problems	Problems have been encountered in the usage of the Notification and Movements 
	documents forms.
	While the forms have been accepted for use by the relevant authorities, there are 
	currently no systems or legislative requirements for monitoring imports and 
	exports of hazardous wastes using these forms.