This Convention was signed at Lome in December 1989 and was approved by the EC in February 1991. ACP refers to 69 Countries in the African Caribbean and Pacific regions, mostly former colonies of European Countries. These provisions do not prevent a Member State to which an ACP State has chosen to export waste for processing from returning the processed waste to the ACP State of origin. In 1991 the Organisation of African Unity adopted the Bamako Convention on the ban of the import into Africa and the control of transboundary movement and management of hazardous wastes within Africa. This Directive applies to shipments of radioactive waste, as defined, between Member Sates and into and out of the Community whenever the quantities and concentrations exceed the levels laid down.
Specific provisions apply to the re-shipment of radioactive waste.
The Directive came into force of 1 January 1994.