CELEX: 51996PC0063
Language: nl
Date: 1996-02-26
Title: VOORSTEL VOOR EEN BESLUIT VAN DE RAAD BETREFFENDE DE ONDERTEKENING VAN HET HERZIENE PROTOCOL INZAKE DE BESCHERMING VAN DE MIDDELLANDSE ZEE TEGEN VERONTREINIGING VANAF HET LAND EN HET PROTOCOL INZAKE DE PREVENTIE VAN VERONTREINIGING VAN DE MIDDELLANDSE ZEE DOOR HET GRENSOVERSCHRIJDEND VERVOER VAN GEVAARLIJKE AFVALSTOFFEN EN DE VERWIJDERING DAARVAN (VERDRAG VAN BARCELONA)

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                 VOORSTEL VOOR EEN BESLUIT VAN DE RAAD
BETREFFENDE DE ONDERTEKENING              VAN HET HERZIENE       PROTOCOL
          INZA KE DE BESCHERMING      VA N DE MID DELIA NDSE ZEE
     TEGEN VERONTREINIGING        VANAF HET LAND EN HET PROTOCOL
             INZAKE DE PREVENTIE VAN VERONTREINIGING           VAN
       DE MIDDELLANDSE       ZEE DOOR HET       GRENSOVERSCHRIJDEND
              VERVOER VAN GEVAARLIJKE AIVALSTOFFEN           EN DE
                          VERWIJDERING      DAARVAN
                        (VERDRAG VAN      BARCFXONA)
                         (door de Commissie ingediend)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                          TOELICHTING
1.      De Gemeenschap is Partij bij het Verdrag inzake de bescherming van de Middellandse
Zee tegen verontreiniging1. Tevens is zij partij bij de vier protocollen die in het kader van
het Verdrag zijn gesloten, namelijk het Protocol inzake de voorkoming van verontreiniging
van de Middellandse Zee door storten1, het Protocol betreffende de samenwerking bij de
bestrijding van verontreiniging door koolwaterstoffen en andere schadelijke stoffen2, het
Protocol inzake de bescherming tegen verontreiniging vanaf het land3 en het Protocol inzake
speciaal beschermde gebieden4.
2.      Tijdens de zevende gewone vergadering (Cairo, oktober 1991) hebben de Partijen bij
het Verdrag van Barcelona verzocht om de uitwerking van een Protocol inzake de preventie
van verontreiniging van de Middellandse Zee door het grensoverschrijdend vervoer van
gevaarlijke afvalstoffen en de verwijdering daarvan.
3.      De gebieden waarop een dergelijk protocol van toepassing is, vallen ten minste
gedeeltelijk onder de bevoegdheden van de Gemeenschap. Er bestaat namelijk een
omvangrijke communautaire wetgeving inzake afvalstoffen, waarvan met name
Verordening (EEG) nr. 259/93 moet worden genoemd, en de Gemeenschap is Partij bij het
Verdrag inzake de beheersing van de grensoverschrijdende overbrenging van gevaarlijke
afvalstoffen en de verwijdering ervan (Verdrag van Bazel)5.
4.      Naar aanleiding van een voorstel voor een aanbeveling betreffende de opening van
onderhandelingen over genoemd protocol dat de Commissie in december 1995 bij de Raad
heeft ingediend (SEC(95)2102 def), heeft de Raad tijdens de .... zitting van           aan de
Commissie onderhandelingsrichtsnoeren gegeven om namens de Gemeenschap aan de
onderhandelingen deel te nemen.
5.      De volgende onderhandelingsronde staat voor 17 en 20 april 1996 in Izmir (Turkije)
op de agenda en het is de bedoeling dan de laatste hand aan het protocol te leggen.
6.      Het is de bedoeling dat het protocol in de loop van de tweede helft van 1996 op de
Conferentie van gevolmachtigden wordt ondertekend.
7.      Tijdens de achtste gewone vergadering in Antalya in oktober 1993 hebben de Partijen
bij het Verdrag van Barcelona verzocht om de herziening van het Verdrag en de vier reeds
genoemde (zie punt 1) daarbij behorende protocollen over respectievelijk Storten,
Koolwaterstoffen en andere schadelijke sloffen, Verontreiniging vanaf het land en Speciaal
beschermde gebieden.
         Besluit 77/585/EEG, PB L 240 van 19.9.1977.
         Besluit 81/420/HEG, PB L 162 van 19.6.1981.
         Besluit 83/101/EEG, PB L 67 van 12.3.1983.
         Besluit 84/132/EEG, PB L 68 van 10.3.1984.
         Besluit 93/98/EEG, PB L 39 van 16.2.1993.
                                             I
 ---pagebreak--- 8.       Tijdens de 1.852e zitting van 9 juni 1995 heeft de Raad besloten enerzijds machtiging
te geven voor de ondertekening namens de Gemeenschap van de herziene teksten van het
verdrag en de twee daarbij horende protocollen betreffende respectievelijk de voorkoming van
de verontreiniging door storten en de speciaal beschermde gebieden en anderzijds aan de
Commissie onderhandelingsrichtsnoeren te geven ten einde namens de Gemeenschap deel te
nemen aan de onderhandelingen over de herziening van de overige protocollen, waaronder
het Protocol inzake de verontreiniging vanaf het land.
9.       Volgend op dit besluit van de Raad heeft de Gemeenschap op 10 juni 1995 in
Barcelona de herziene tekst van het verdrag en van de twee bovengenoemde protocollen
getekend.
 10.     De Commissie heeft deelgenomen aan de besprekingen van de werkgroep die was
belast met de uitwerking van de wijzigingen in het Protocol over verontreiniging vanaf het
land. Naar het oordeel van de Commissie voldoen de resultaten van deze onderhandelingen
volledig aan de verwachtingen.
 11.     De gebieden waarop de wijzigingen in het Protocol inzake de bescherming           tegen
verontreiniging vanaf het land betrekking hebben, vallen tenminste gedeeltelijk onder de
bevoegdheden van de Gemeenschap. De Gemeenschap heeft namelijk verschillende
richtlijnen op het gebied van water vastgesteld en is Verdragsluitende partij bij vele
internationale verdragen op dit gebied.
 12.     Het is de bedoeling dat op 7 en 8 maart 1996 in Syracuse een Conferentie van
gevolmachtigden zal worden gehouden, waar het gewijzigde protocol zal worden getekend.
De conferentie zal op 4 en 5 maart worden voorafgegaan door een vergadering van
deskundigen, waar de laatste hand zal worden gelegd aan de tekst van het protocol.
 13.     De Commissie wijst de Raad erop dat het wenselijk is het besluit bijtijds vast te
stellen, opdat de Gemeenschap het herziene Protocol inzake de bescherming                  tegen
verontreiniging vanaf het land en het Protocol inzake het grensoverschrijdend vervoer van
gevaarlijke afvalstoffen en de verwijdering daarvan samen met de Lid-Staten die Partij zijn
bij het Verdrag van Barcelona, kan ondertekenen zodra deze voor ondertekening worden
opengesteld.
14.      Daartoe wordt de Raad verzocht de voorzitter te machtigen de persoon (personen) aan
te wijzen die bevoegd zijn om namens de Gemeenschap onder voorbehoud van latere sluiting
het herziene Protocol inzake bescherming van de Middellandse Zee tegen           verontreiniging
vanaf het land en het Protocol inzake de preventie van verontreiniging van de Middellandse
Zee door het grensoverschrijdend      vervoer van gevaarlijke afvalstoffen en de verwijdering
daarvan in het kader van het Verdrag van Barcelona te ondertekenen.
                                                        S
 ---pagebreak---            VOORSTEL VOOR EEN BESLUIT VAN DE RAAD
BETREFFENDE DE ONDERTEKENING      VAN HET HERZIENE  PROTOCOL
     INZAKE DE BESCHERMING     VAN DE MIDDELLANDSE   ZEE
 TEGEN VERONTREINIGING     VANAF HET LAND EN HET PROTOCOL
       INZAKE DE PREVENTIE VAN VERONTREINIGING     VAN
   DE MIDDELLANDSE    ZEE DOOR HET    GRENSOVERSCHRIJDEND
        VERVOER VAN GEVAARLIJKE Al VALSTOFFEN EN DE
                    VERWIJDERING   DAARVAN
                  (VERDRAG VAN    BARCELONA)
                                   H
 ---pagebreak--- DER/iAD      VAN DE EUROPESE UNIE
Gelet op het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Gemeenschap,
Gezien het voorstel van de Commissie,
Overwegende dat de Gemeenschap Partij is bij het Verdrag inzake bescherming van de
Middellandse Zee tegen verontreiniging1 (Verdrag van Barcelona) en de vier daarbij
behorende protocollen2;
Overwegende dat de Commissie namens de Gemeenschap in het kader van de werkgroepen
die door de Partijen bij het Verdrag van Barcelona zijn ingesteld, heeft deelgenomen aan de
onderhandelingen over de herziening van het Protocol inzake de bescherming tegen
verontreiniging vanaf het land en de uitwerking van het Protocol inzake de preventie van
verontreiniging van de Middellandse Zee door het grensoverschrijdend vervoer van
gevaarlijke afvalstoffen en de verwijdering daarvan;
Overwegende dat de gebieden waarop genoemde protocollen van toepassing zijn, tenminste
gedeeltelijk onder de bevoegdheden van de Gemeenschap vallen;
Overwegende dat de Commissie bij de Raad verslag heeft uitgebracht over de positieve
resultaten van de onderhandelingen ten einde hem in staat te stellen een definitief standpunt
te bepalen;
Overwegende dat het herziene Protocol inzake de bescherming tegen verontreiniging vanaf
hei land en het Protocol inzake de preventie van verontreiniging van de Middellandse Zee
door het grensoverschrijdend vervoervan gevaarlijke afvalstoffen en de verwijdering daarvan
tijdens de conferenties van gevolmachtigden die respectievelijk op 7 en 8 maart 1996 in
Syracuse en in de loop van de tweede helft van 1996 zullen worden gehouden, moeten
worden aangenomen en voor ondertekening door de Verdragsluitende partijen moeten worden
opengesteld;
Overwegende dat het van belang is dat de twee protocollen onder voorbehoud van latere
sluiting door de Gemeenschap kunnen worden ondertekend,
BESLUIT:
         PB L 240 van 19.9.1977, blz. 1 en 3.
         PB L 240 van 19.9.1977, blz. 1 en 12.
         PB L 162 van 19.6.1981, blz. 4.
         PB L 67 van 12.3.1983, blz. 1.
         PB L 68 van 10.3.1984, blz. 36.
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 ---pagebreak---                                       ENIG    ARTIKEL
De voorzitter van de Raad wordt gemachtigd de persoon (personen) aan te wijzen die
bevoegd is (zijn) om namens de Gemeenschap onder voorbehoud van latere sluiting het
herziene Protocol inzake de bescherming tegen verontreiniging vanaf het land en het Protocol
inzake de preventie van verontreiniging door het grensoverschrijdend vervoer van gevaarlijke
afvalstoffen en de verwijdering daarvan m het kader van het Verdrag inzake de bescherming
van de Middellandse Zee tegen verontreiniging te ondertekenen, en hun de daarvoor vereiste
volmachten te verlenen.
Gedaan te Brussel,
                                                            Voor de Raad
                                                            De voorzitter
                                                     €
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         AMENDWÏENTS TO THE PROTOCOL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
         MEDITERRANEAN SEA AGAINST POLLUTION FROM LAND-BASED SOURCES
         A. TITLE
         The title of the Protocol is amended as follows:
         PROTOCOL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN JSEA AGAINST
         POLLUTION FROM LAND-BASED SOURCES AND ACTIVITIES
         B. PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPHS                                             j
       . The 1 s t preambular paragraph of the Protocol is amended as folloyvs:
               Being Parties to t h e Convention for the.Protection of the Mediterranean Sea
         against Pollution, adopted at Barcelona on T6 February 1976 and amended o n —
                                                                         i
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         The 3rd preambular paragraph of the Protocol is amended as follows:
                                                                               i
               Noting the increasing environmental pressures resulting from Human activities
         in the Mediterranean Sea Area, particularly in the fields of industrialization and
         urbanization, as well as the seasonal increase in the coastal population due t o
         tourism,                                                               i
         After t h e 3rd preambular paragraph a new preambular paragraph is inserted as
         follows:                                                             '!
              Taking account o f the precautionary principle and the polluter pays p rinctple,
         and applying the environmental impact assessment, best available «technic ues and
( [ ] ] best environmental practices including clean production [[technologies]]*, as
         provided in arc 4 of the Convention,
         The 4 t h preambular paragraph of The Protocol is amended as follows:
               Recognizing the danger posed to the marine environment, the living re sources
         and human health by pollution from land-based sources and activities and the
         serious problems resulting therefrom in many coastal waters and river estuaries of
         the Mediterranean Sea, primarily due to the release of untreated, insufficiently
         treated or Inadequately disposed of domestic or industrial :dischatjges ana* t o the
         input of toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative substances.
                     The
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                          part in double square, brackets in this paragraph is added by the
                          etariat in reference to article 4 of the amended Convention.
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The 6th preambular paragraph of the Protocol is amended as follows:
      Determined t o take in close cooperation the necessary measures to protect the
Mediterranean Sea against pollution from land-based sources and activities.
C. ARTICLE 1
A titie is inserted and the text is amended as follows:
                                       Article.1
                             GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
                    *
      The Contracting Parties to this Protocol (hereinafter referred to jas "the
Parties") shall take all appropriate measures to prevent, abate, combat and
eliminate to the fullest possible extent pollution of the Mediterranean Sea Area
caused by the discharges from rivers, coastal establishment k>r outfalls, or
emanating from any other land-based sources and activities: within their territories,
with priority given m particular to the phasing out of inputs of toxica persistent and
bioaccumuiative substances.
D. ARTICLE 2
A titie is inserted. The texts of paragraphs (a) and (d) of Article 2 are amended as
follows:
                                       Article 2
                                     DEFINITIONS.
(a)    "The Convention" means the Convention for the Protection j of the
      Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, adopted at Barcelona on 16 February
       1976 and amended on ....;
                                                                :
                                               • •             "       i      !
(d)   The "Hydrologie Basin" means the entire watershed area within the territories
      of the Contracting Parties, draining into the Mediterranean Sea Area asidefined
       by article 1 of the Convention.
                                        *
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E. ARTICLE 3
                                                                      {
A title is inserted and the following new paragraph is added to Article 3:
                                        Article 3
                             GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE                    |     '
(abis) (re-numbered as (b))
      The hydrologie basin of the Mediterranean Sea Area..
Paragraph (b) is re-numbered as paragraph (c). Paragraph (c) is re-numbered as
paragraph (d) and amended as follows:
(d)   Saltwater marshes and saltwater aquifers.
F. ARTICLE 4
                                                                       i
A title is inserted and the texts of sub-paragraph (a) and (b), paragraph 1 of Article
4 are amended as follows:
                                        Article 4
                                   PROTOCOL AREA
1.    This Protocol shall apply:
(a)   To discharges originating from land-based point and diffuse sources and
      activities within the territories of the Contracting Parties which may affect
      directly or indirectly the Mediterranean Sea Area. These discharges shall
      include those which reach the Protocol Area through coastal disposals, rivers,
    - canals or other watercourses, including underground watercourses, or through
      run-off and disposal under the seabed with access-from land by tunnel,
      pipeline, or other means;
                                                                :        i
(b)   To inputs from land-based sources or activities situated in the Protocol Area
      transported by the atmosphere, under conditions defined in annex III to this
      Protocol.
The following new paragraph is added to Article 4:
3.    The Parties shall invite States that are not parties to the Protocol and have in
their territories parts of the hydrologie basin of the Mediterranean Area, to
cooperate in the implementation of the Protocol.
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   G. ARTICLE 5
   A title is inserted and texts of paragraphs 1 , 2 , and 4 of Article 5 are amended as
   follows:
                                              Article 5
                                  GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
   1.    The Parties undertake to eliminate pollution deriving from land-based sources
   and activities, in particular to phase out toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative
[( inputs of the substances listed in annex I. [[inputs of the toxic, persistent and
]] bioaccumulative substances from the list in annex I, section C to this Protocol.]] *
   2.    To this end they shall elaborate and implement, individually or jointly, as
   appropriate, national .and regional programmes and action plens, containing
   measures and timetables for their implementation.
   Paragraph 3 is deleted
   4.    (re-numbered as 3)
         The priorities and timetables for implementing the programmes, measures and
   action plans shad be adopted by the Parties taking into account the elements set
   out in annex I and shall be periodically reviewed.                            •
   The following new paragraphs are added to Article 5:
   4.    When adopting programmes, measures and action plans, the Parties shall take
   into account, either individually or jointly, the best available techniques for point
   sources and the best environmental practices for point and diffuse sources
[[ including, where appropriate, clean productiontechnologies!,[{/taking into account
]] the criteria set forth in annex I V ] ] . * *
   5.    The Parties shall take preventive measures to reduce tó the minimum (the risk
   of pollution caused by accidents.
                The part in double square brackets in this paragraph is changed by the
                Secretariat for a more accurate formulation of the text. ;       s
                The part in double square brackets in this paragraph is added; by the
                Secretariat as a necessary reference to the new Annex IV.          !
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H. ARTICLE 6                                                   :       f
                                                                       i
A title is inserted and text of Article 6 is replaced by the following itext:
                                                               •       i      \
                                       Article 6
                    AUTHORIZATION OR REGULATION SYSTEM
1.    Point source discharges to the Protocol area, and releases into water or air
which reach and may affect the Mediterranean-Sea Area, shall be jstricuy (subject
to authorization or regulation by the competent authorities of the Parities, taking due
account of the provisions of annex II to this Protocol. Such authorization or
regulation shall be in conformity with relevant decisions or recommendations of the
Contracting Parties.
2.    To this end each Party shall provide for systems of inspection by their
competent authorities to assess compliance whh authorizations and regulations.
                                                                      !
3.    The Parties may be assisted by the Organisation, upon request, in establishing
new, or strengthening existing, competent structures for inspection of compliance
with authorizations and regulations. Such assistance shall include fspedal training
of personnel.
4.     Each Party shall consider establishing appropriate sanctions in case of non-
compliance within its own territories.
1. ARTICLE 7
A titie is inserted. The texts of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 3
of Article 7 are amended as follows:
                                       Article 7
                COMMON GUIDELINES, STANDARDS AND CRITERIA
(e)    Specific requirements concerning the quantities of the substances,! listed in
      annex I, discharged, their concentration in effluents and methods of
       discharging them.
3.    The programmes, measures and action plans referred to in articles 5 and 15
shall be adopted by taking into account, for their progressive implementation, the
capacity to adapt and reconvert existing installations, the economic capacity of the
Parties and their need for development.                              > :
                                    T)
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J . ARTICLE 8                                               . i;
A titie is inserted and the text of Article 8 is amended as follows: |
                                       Article 8                         \
                                     MONITORING
      Whhin the framework of the provisions of, and the monitoring programmes
provided for, m article 1 2 of the Convention, and if necessary in cooperation with
the competent international organizations, the Parties shall carry out at the) earliest
possible date monitoring activities in orden
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 (a) Systematically to assess, as far as possible, the levels of pollution along their
       coasts, in particular with regard to the sectors of activities arid categories of
       substances or sources listed in annex Land periodically to provide information
      in this respect;
(b)   To evaluate the effectiveness of programmes, measures arid action plans
      implemented under this Protocol to eliminate to the fullest possible extent
      pollution of the marine environment.                              •
K. ARTICLE 9                                                            \
A title is inserted and the text of Article 9 is amended as follows:!
                                        Articled
                    SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION ?
       In conformity with article 13 of the Convention, the Parties shall cooperate in
scientific and technological fields related to pollution from land-based sources and
activities, particularly research on inputs, pathways and effects of pollutants and
on the development of new methods for their treatment, reduction or elimination,
as well as the development of clean production processes for their reduction and
elimination. To this end the Parties shall, in particular, endeavour to:
The following new paragraph is added to Article 9:
(c)   Promote access and transfer of environmentally sound technology including
       clean production technology.
                                      /1Z.
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L. ARTICLE 10                                                            j
A titie is inserted and the text of Article 10 is amended as follows:
                                                                :       S
                                        Article ÎO                     ?
                             ' TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE                      j
1.    The Parties shall, directiy or With the assistance of competent regional ör other
international organizations, bilaterally or murtilaterally. cooperate with e view to
formulating and, as far as possible, implementing programmes of assistance to.
developing countries, particularly in the fields of science, education and technology,
with a view to preventing, reducing or, as appropriate, phasing out inputs of
pollutants from land-based sources and activities and their harmful effects in the
marine environment.                                                     i
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2.    Technical assistance would include, In particular, the training of stferratic and
technical personnel, as well as the acquisition, utilization and production by those
countries of appropriate equipment and, as appropriate, clean production
technologies, on advantageous terms t o ' b e agreed upon among thej Parties
concerned.                                                     i       !
M. ARTICLE 11
A title is inserted as follows:
                                        Article 11
                            TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION
N. ARTICLE 12
A title is Inserted and the text of paragraph 1 of Article 12 is amended as follows:
                                        Article .12
                              SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES                   i
 1.   Taking into account article 2 8 , paragraph 1 , of the Convention, when land-
based pollution originating from the territory of one Party is likely to prejudice
directiy the interests of one or more of the other Parties,' the Parties concerned
shall, at the request of one or more of them, undertake to'enter ïijrto consultation
with a view to seeking a satisfactory solution.                       •
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O. ARTICLE 13
A title is Inserted. The texts of paragraph 1 vine first sentence of $aragrap,h 2 and
sub-paragraph (d), paragraph 2 of Article 13 are amended as follows:
                                       Article 13             • \       j
                                        REPORTS                       ••;
1.      The Parties shall submit reports every two years to the meetings' of the
Contracting Parties, through the Organization, of measures taken, results achieved
and,if the case arises, of difficulties encountered in the application óf this Protocol.
Procedures for die submission of such reports shall be determined at the meetings
of the Parties.
2.      Such reports shall include, inter alia:
                                                \ •             i
(d)     Programmes, measures and action plans implemented in accordance with
        articles 5, 7 and 15 of this Protocol.
P. ARTICLE 14
A title is inserted. The texts of paragraph 1 and of sub-paragraph :(a), (c) (and (f),
of paragraph 2 of Article 1 4 are amended as follows:                   j
                                                                »       •
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                                        Article 14
                                       MEETINGS                         j
1.      Ordinary meetings of the Parties shall take place in conjunction with ordinary
meetings of the Contracting Parties to the Convention held! pursuant to article 18
of t h e Convention. The Parties may also hold extraordinary meetings in accordance
with article 1 8 of the Convention.
(a)     To keep under review the implementation of this Protocol and to consider the
        efficacy of the programmes, measures and action plans adopted;
(c)     To formulate and adopt programmes and measures in accordance with articles
        5, 7 and 15 of this Protocol;
(f)     To. consider the reports 'submitted by the Parties under article 13 of this
        Protocol-
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     Q. ARTICLE 15                                                         | .
     A title is inserted and the text of paragraph .1 of Article 15 is amended as follows:
                                            Article 15
                          ADOPTION OF REGIONAL PROGRAMMES,                J
                                MEASURES AND ACTION PLANS ;
     1.    The meeting of the Parties shall adopt, by a two-thirds majority, the regional
     programmes and short-term and medium-term action plans containing measi ires and
     timetables for their implementation provided for in article. 5 of this Protocol.
     The text of paragraph 2 of Article 15 is replaced by the following [texts:
     2.    Regional programmes and action plans as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
     formulated by the Organization; considered and approved by the relevant technical
[I   body of the Contracting Parties [[recommended for approval by the Meeting of
]]   National Coordinators for MED POL]]* within one year at the latest of tiie entry
     into force of the amendments to this Protocol. Such regional programmes and
     action plans shall be put on the agenda for the subsequent meeting of the {Parties
([]] for adoption, [[approval]]*. The same procedure shall be followed for any
     additional programmes and action plans.
     3.    The measures and timetables adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 of
     this article shall be obligatory for the Parties [which voted for them or which have
     not notified the Secretariat of an objection within sixty days of the date of their
]    adoption].                                                            \      j      /
[ID
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     4.    The Parties which have not [voted for] [accepted] certain measures or
[
     timetables [or which have notified an objection in accordance with; the preceding
]
     paragraph,] shall inform the meeting of the Parties of the provisions they intend to
     take, it being understood that these Parties may at any time give their consent to
     these measures or                        timetables.                  '
     R. ARTICLE 16                                                         ;
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     A titie is inserted and the text of paragraph 2 of Article 16 is amended as follows:
                                                                            •     i
                                             Article 16                           !
                                        FINAL PROVISIONS
      2.   The rules of procedure and the financial rules adopted; pursuant to article 2 4
      of the Convention shall apply with respect to this Protocol, unless the Parties to
     this Protocol agree otherwise.                                         !     !
                  The part in double square brackets in this paragraph is changea by the
                  Secretariat for an accurate legal formulation of the text;        j
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   S. ANNEX 1
   Annex I is replaced by a new Annex I as follows:
                                         ANNEX I
        ELEMENTS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE PREPARATION
         OF PROGRAMMES AND MEASURES FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
            POLLUTION FROM LAND-BASED SOURCES AND ACTIVITIES
        This annex contains éléments which will be taken into account in the
   preparation of programmes, measures and action plans! for the elimination of
   pollution from land-based sources and activities referred to in articles 5,7 and
   15 of this Protocol.                                              !
              ' • • • ' • .                    '                 I S
        Such programmes, measures and action plans will aim to-cover sectors
   of activities listed in section A of this annex. They may;also cover gr )ups of
   substances cutting across the sectors of activities. Substances included in
   such programmes,- measures and action plans will be selected on the èasis oif
   the characteristics listed in section 6 of this annex. Section Ç of this annex
   includes various -groups of substances selected on the j basis, j of the
   characteristics listed in Section B. Priorities for action should be established
   on the basis of relative importance of. the impact on public heath, the
   ecosystem and socio-economic cultural conditions. Such programmes should
   cover point sources, diffuse sources and atmospheric deposition.
   A.   SECTORS OF ACTIVITIES                                         j
        The following sectors of activities, not In priority order, will be primarily
   considered when setting priorities for the preparation of! programmes,
   measures and action plansforthe elimination of the pollution from land-based
   sources and activities:                                           i
[3      1.    Energy production [from fossil fuel].
        2.    Fertiliser production.
        3.'   Production and formulation of biocides.
        4.    Pharmaceutical industry.
        5.     Refineries.
        6.     Paper and pulp industry.
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  7.   Cernent production.
  8.   Tanneries.
  9.   Metal industry.
  10. Mining.
                                                                  • i
  11. Shipyards.
  12. Textile industry.
  13. Electronic industry.                            N• •
  14. Recycling industry.
  15. Other sectors of the organic chemical industry.
  16. Other sectors of the inorganic chemical industry.
  17. Touristic .establishments.
  18. Agriculture.
  19. Animal husbandry.
                          •                                  i
  20. Food processing.
  21. Aquaculture.
  22. Treatment of hazardous waste at source.
  23. Domestic wast» water disposal jand treatment
  24. Urban waste disposal and treatment
  25. Sewage sludge disposal and waste disposal plants* residues.
  26. Incineration of waste.                                        \
                                                           •  •      Ï •
  [[27.Public and private works which cause physical alteration ofjthe
H natural state of the coastline.]]*                              • ..[.
        The part in double square brackets in this annex is j added by the
        Secretariat in order to put it in line with the Global Programme of Action
        for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
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B.   CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBSTANCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT
                                                                   f    ;
                                                                   !
     In order to set priorities for substances, the Parties should take into
account the characteristics listed below.which are not; necessarily cf equal
importance for the consideration of a particular substance or group of
substances.
     1.   Persistency.                                             |
                                                                   »
     2.   Toxicity or other noxious           properties  (e.g.   carcinogenicity,
          mutagenicity, teratogenicity).                           j
     3.   Bioaccumulation.
     4.   Radioactivity.
                                                                   !
     5.   The ratio between observed concentrations and no observed effect
          concentrations (NOEC).                                   j
                                                            •      i
     6.   Risk of eutrophication of anthropogenic origin.
                                                            •   .  I
     7.   Health effects and risks.                                '
                                                                   i
     8.   Transboundary significance.
                                                                   i
     9.   Risk of undesirable changes in the marine ecosystem                  and
          irreversibility or durability of effects.                       j
     10.  Interference with the sustainable exploitation of living resources or
          with other legitimate uses of the sea.                        ' !
                                             '                .     i     i
     11.  Effects on the taste and/or smell of products for human consumption
          from the sea, or effects on smell, colour, transparency or other
          characteristics of the water In the marine environment          i
     12.  Distribution pattern (i.e. quantities involved, use pattern and (liability
          to reach the marine environment).                               !
C.   CATEGORIES OF SUBSTANCES                                       !     !
                                                                           I
     The following groups of substances were selected onj the basis of
characteristics listed in section B of this annex. This list will serve as a
guidance in the preparation of programmes, measures and action plans for the
elimination of pollution from land-based sources and activities.
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1.  Organohalogen compounds and substances which may fonn such
    compounds in the marine environment*.
2.  Organophosphorus compounds and substances which may form
    such compounds in the marine environmenr.                  ;
                                                               i
3.  Organotin compounds and substances which may form such
    compounds In the marine environment*.                      j
                                         .             ;     •  i
                                                       :   •    i
4.  Polycyctic aromatic hydrocarbons.                          j
5.  Heavy metals and their compounds.
6.  Used lubricating oils.                                •    I
7.  Radioactive substances, including their wastes,! [when their
    discharges do not comply with the principles of radiation protection
    a s defined by the competent international organizations, taking into
    account the protection of the marine environment]. !               '
8.  Biocides and their derivatives.
9.  Pathogenic microorganisms and;algal toxins which could result from
    eutrophication.
10. Crude oils and hydrocarbons of petroleum origin.;
11. Cyanides and fluorides.
12. Non-biodegradable detergents and other surface-active substances.
13. Compounds of nitrogen and phosphorus.
14. Persistent synthetic materials which may float, sink! or remain in
    suspension and which may interfere with any legitimate use of the sea.
                                                                  I
15. Any other substance or group of substances having any characteristics
    listed in section B of this annex.
     With the exception of those which-are biologically j harmless or which are
     rapidly converted; into biologically harmless substances. ;
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T, ANNEX 11
Annex II is deleted.
U. ANNEX lil
Annex III is le-nurnbered as Annex II. lts introductory paragraph land the text of
paragraph 6 of section A are amended as           follows:       j        f
                                       ANNEX 11
     With a view to the issue of an authorization lor the discharge of] wastes
contanrung substances reterredtoi^
be taken, as the case may be, of thefollowingfactors:            <        i
          A. CHARACTH^ISTICS AND IMPOSITION OF;THE VfaSTE
                                                • •••'.'         i     . !
     6. Concentrations with respecttocsrtegories of substances Qsted In annex I,
and other substances as appropriate.                                      ;
V. ANNEX IV
Annex IV is re-numbered as Annex 111. The texts of paragraphs 3 and 5 are
amended as follows:
                                       ANNEX 111
3.    In the case of pollution of the Protocol Area from land-based spurces (through
     the atmosphere, the provisions of articles 5 and 6toithisProtocol shall apply
     progressively to appropriate substances and sourcesfistedin (annex I to this
     Protocol as will be agreed by the Parties.                  j.        I
                                                                  :
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                                                                 i      -   *
5.   The provisions of annex Utothis Protocol shall apply to pollution through the
      atmosphere whenever appropriate. Air pollution monitoring and fnodeflii tg using
      acceptable common emission factors and methodologies, shaB be earned out
      in the assessment of atmospheric deposition of substances, as well as in the
      compilation' of inventories of quantities and rates of pollutant emissions into the
      atmosphere from land-based sources.,
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   A new Annex IV is added reading as follows:
II                                      [[ANNEX W*
   A.   BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES
   1 . The term "best available techniques" means the latest and jmost effective
   stage of development of processes and methods of operation which indicate
   the practical suitability of a particular measure for constituting in principle the
   basis for limiting values of emissions ami general environmental impact.
   2. The term "techniques" includes both; the technology used and the way in
   which the installation is designed, built, maintained, operated arid dismantled.
   3. The term ''available'" refers to processes developed on a.scale which
   makes ft feasible to apply them in the relevant industrial sectojr under viable
   economic and technical conditions, while taking ] into {consideration
   costs/benefits; it shall make no difference whether or not such processes are
   used or developed in the territory of an interested parity, provided that the
   entrepreneur interested in using them could have access to them under
   reasonable conditions.                                              1 - •
   4. . The term "best" refers to the most effective processes for obtaining high
   level of protection of the environment as. a whole.
   5.   In determining the best available techniques, in general! or individual
   cases, special consideration shall be given to:                     j
                                                                        i
        (a)   the use of processes which.produce less waste;
         (b) the use of substances which are less hazardous;           (
               The Meeting of the Legal and Technical Experts tó examine the
            •. amendments to the LBS Protocol (Siracusa, 4-6 May 199É5) decided that
               an annex oh the "Best available techniques* and "Best! environmental
               practices" should be added to the Protocol. As a resufr, the meeting
               decided to use the relevant text adopted by the;Contracting Parties to
               the Paris Convention as the basis for the preparation of [the new annex
               to the Protocol with the understanding that Contracting Parties would
               send comments and suggestions for changes. ; The present text of
               annex IV is therefore the result of the work of the Secretariat (and the
               comments received from the Contracting Parties:           j
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     (c) the development of processes for the receiving and recycling of
           substances used and emitted in the course of the process and the
           waste, as appropriate;                                j
     (d) the comparable processes, equipments or methods; of operation
           which have recently been successfully tried jout on an industrial
           scale;                             , '                j     -
                                -                *        !      <      • •
     (e) the technological advances and changes in scientific knowledge;
     (f)   the nature, impact and volume of the discharges and emissions
           concerned;
                                                                 I
     (g) the starting date of operation of both new and existing plants;
     (h) the time needed to develop à better technique available;        j
     0)    the consumption and nature of. primary resources used (including
         . water) and energy efficiency;'                        j
     (J)   the need to prevent or reduce'-to a minimum the global input, of
           emissions and environmental         risks;     ;      (       '
     (k) the need to prevent accidents and, if they should occur, to reduce'
           environmental impact;
     (I)   the flexibility for improvement and easy modification jof the applied
           techniques; ..                                        j
                                                          •      i
     (m) the consideration of the type of disposal along with the best
           available techniques; and
     (n) the compatibility with, or suitability for, local prevailing | social,
           economic and environmental conditions.         ;      !
B.    BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE
6, The term "best environmental practice" means the most appropriate
combination of measures to prevent diffuse pollution or to ensure that the
operation of anti-pollution equipment is carried out in anienvlrohmentaily safe
manner. Best environmental practice includes both practical measures and
behaviour which respects the environment on the -one hand, and the
instruments used to encourage adoption of such measures and behaviour
development on the other.
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   7.   In determining the activities the implementation of which must be
   compatible with best environmental practice, particular considération should
   be given to the following elements:
        -      the precautionary principle;
               environmental risks linked to:                         I
                                                                       »
                    the activity itself; and                          }
                    the production, utilisation and definitive elimination of the
                    products used in the framework of this activity; j and
               the possibility to modify the activities or to replace- them by less
               polluting ones.                                        ;
                                                                       i
                                                                       i
   8. The time limits set for complying with the best environmental practice
   must take into consideration social and economic impact which could result
   from the diverse rate in the implementation of the best environmental practice.
   9,   In defining the best environmental practice for a particular |diffuse
   pollution source, attention should at least be paid to:                   i
   (a)  measures, such as:
        (i)    making collection systems available to the public for [wastes
               hazardous to the environment; and                             ;
                                                                              i
                                                                '        :    !
        (ii)   making available systems for the recovery, recycling and/or safe
               elimination of wastes which would be environmentally [unsafe if such
               systems were not provided; and                                j
   (b)  behaviour and promotion tools, such as:
        (i)    the development and application of codes of good behaviour and
               good environmental practice;
        (ii)   the provision of information and education to the publip and to users
               about the environmental consequence of choice of [products and
               particular behaviour they adopt;                               j
         (iii) the establishment of systems of licensing, involving restrictions or
                banning of certain practices; and                              j
                                                                                i
         (iv) the application of economic instruments to limit the environmental
]]              impact of activities or the use of certain products.]] S       j
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                                                                                Paae 1
            DRAFT PROTOCOL FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION
       OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA BY TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS
                  OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL
 The Contracting Parties to the present Protocol,
 Being Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against
 Pollution, adopted at Barcelona on 16 February 1S76,
 Conscious of the danger threatening the environment of the Mediterranean Sea area
 as a whole caused by the transboundary movements and dispcsa! of hazardous •
 wastes,
 Convinced that the most effective way of protecting human healtr. and the marine
 environment from the dangers posed by hazardous wastes is the reduction and
 elimination of their generation, e.g. through substitution and other clean production
methods,
 Recognizing the increased will for the prohibition of transboundary movements of
hazardous wastes and their disposal in other States, especially in developing
countries.
Taking into account the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and
especially Principle 14 which declares that States "should effectively cooperate to
discourage or prevent the relocation and transfer to other States cf any activities or
substances that cause severe environmental degradation or are found to be harmful
to human health",
Aware of the growing international concern regarding the need to ensure that pollution
originating in one State is not transferred to other States and, consistent with this
objective, and of the need to reduce transboundary movements of hazardous wastes
to a minimum as far as possible, with the ultimate aim of phasing out such
movements,
Recognizing also that any State has the sovereign right to ban the entry/transit or
disposal of hazardous wastes in its territory,
Taking into account also the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, adopted on 22 March 1989, in
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 particular Article 1 *, ard decision 1/22 adopted by the First Meeting cf the Conference
 of the Parties tc the Easel Convention,
Taking into account further that many States, among them Contracting Parties to the
 Barcelona Convention, have taken legal measures and entered into international
agreements ccnsistert with the Basel Convention to ban transboundary movements
of hazardous wastes, for example, the Fourth ACP/EEC Convention signed in Lomé
on 15 December ISESby the European Economic Community and the African,
Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, and the Bamako Convention en the Ban of the
Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of
Hazardous Wastes v/rtnin Africa, adopted under the auspices of the Organization of
African Unity on 30 January 1991,
Recognizing further the differences in levels of economic and legislative development
among the various Mediterranean coastal States, and realizing that hazardous waste
should not be alicv/ed to be transported in order to take advantage of such economic
or legislative disparities to the detriment of the environment and of the social well-being
of developing countries, . •
Bearing in mind the fact that the most effective way of dealing with the threats
represented by wastes for human health and the environment consists of decreasing
or even prohibiting the transfer of activities which generate hazardous wastes,
                                                                                   x
Have agreed as fcilows:                                                          :. '   ;
Article 1 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Protocol:
        (a) "Convention" means the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean
        Sea against Pollution, adopted at Barcelona on 16 February 1976;
        (b)     A "Party" means a Contracting Party to this Protocol in accordance with
        Article 23, paragraph 1, of the Convention;
        (c) "Wastes" means substances or material which are disposed of or are
        intended to be disposed of or are required to be disposed of by the provisions
        of national law;
        (d) "Hazardous wastes" means wastes as specified in Article 2 of this Protocol;
        (e) "Disposal" means any operation specified in Annex III to this Protocol;
        (f) "Transboundary movement" means any movement of hazardous wastes
       from an area under the national jurisdiction of one State to or through an area
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  under the national jurisdiction of another State or to or through an area not
  under the national jurisdiction of any State, provided at least two States are
  involved in the movement;
  (g)      "Approved site or facility" means a site or facility for the disposal of
  hazardous wastes which is authorized or permitted to operate fcr this purpose
  by a relevant authority of the State where the site or facility is located;
  (h)      "Competent authority" means one governmental authority designated by
  a Party to be responsible, within such geographical areas as the Party may
  think fit for receiving the notification of a transboundary movement of hazardous
  waste, and any information related to it, and for responding to such a
  notification;
  (i)      "Clean production methods" means those which avoid the generation of
  hazardous wastes in conformity with Articles 4 and 7 of this Prctocol;
  (j)     "Environmentally sound management" of hazardous wastes means taking
 all practicable steps to ensure that hazardous wastes are collected, transported
 and disposed of (including after-care of disposal sites) in a manner which will
 protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which
 may result from such wastes;
 (k)     *Area under the national jurisdiction of a State" means any land, marine
 area or airspace within which a State exercises administrative and regulatory
 responsibilities in accordance with international law in regard to the protection
 of human health or the environment;
 (I)      "State of export" means a Party from which a transboundary movement
 of hazardous wastes is planned to be initiated or is initiated;
 (m)      "State of import" means a Party to which a transboundary movement of
hazardous wastes is planned or takes place for the purpose of disposal therein
or for the purpose of loading prior to disposal in an area not under the national
jurisdiction of any State;
 (n)      "State of transit" means any State, other than the State of export or
import, through which a movement of hazardous wastes is planned or takes
place;
 (o)      "Exporter" means any person under the jurisdiction of the State of export
who arranges for hazardous wastes to be exported;
(p)       "Importer" means any person under the jurisdiction of the State of import
who arranges for hazardous wastes to be imported;
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           (q)   "GeneraEDr" means any person whose activity prcduces hazardous
          wastes or, if thst person is not known, the person who is in possession and/cr
          control of thcs^e wastes;
          (r)    "Disposer" means any person to whom hazardous wastes are shipped
          and who carries out the disposal of such wastes;
          (s)    "Illegal traffic" means any transboundary movement cf hazardous wastes
         as specified ir Article 8;
          (t) "Person" means -any natural or legal person;
         (u) "Developing countries" means those countries which are not Member
         States of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
         (OECD); n
         (v) "Deveicpec countries" means those countries which are Member States of
        the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); n
         (w)    "Organization" means the body referred to in Article 2 (b) of the
        Convention.
Article 2 - Scooe of tre Protocol("'                                           v
 1.     Hazardous wastes for the purposes of this Protocol shall be:
        (a) Wastes that belong to any category in Annex I to this Protocol;
        (b) Wastes that are not covered under paragraph (a) above but are defined as,
       or are considered to be, hazardous wastes by the domestic legislation of the
       State of export, import or transit;
        (c) Wastes that possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex II to this
       Protocol;
       Reservation     by   Israel
**     Reservation     by   the European Economic Community
••     Reservation     by   France
**     Reservation     by   Spain
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         (d) Hazardous substances that have been banned, whose registration has
         been canceled or refused through government regulatory action in the country
         of manufacture for human health or environmental reasons, or have been
         voluntarily withdrawn or omitted from the government registration required for
         use in the country of manufacture.
  2.     Wastes which derive from the normal operations of ships, the discharge of
 v/hich is covered by another international instrument, are excluded from the scope of
 this Protocol.
 3.      The generator, the exporter or the importer, depending on the circumstances,
 shall bear the responsibility for checking with the competent authorities of the State of
 export, import or transit that a particular waste,, prior to its transboundary movement,
 is not subject to this Protocol.
 Article 3 - National definitions of hazardous wastes
 1.     "Each Party to the Convention shall, within six months of becoming a Party,
 inform the Organization of the wastes, other than those listed in Annex I to this
 Protocol, considered or defined as hazardous wastes under its national legislation, and
of any requirements concerning transboundary movement procedures applicable to
such wastes.
2.       Each Party shall subsequently inform the Organization of any significant
changes in information it has provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article.
3.      The Organization shall inform all Parties of the information it has received
pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.
4.      The Parties shall be responsible for making the information transmitted to them
by the Organization under paragraph 3 of this Article available to their exporters.
Article 4 - General obligations
1.      The Parties shall take all appropriate measures to prevent and eliminate
pollution of the Mediterranean Sea area which can be caused by transboundary
movements and disposal of hazardous wastes.
2.      The Parties shall take all appropriate measures to reduce to a minimum, and
where possible eliminate, the generation of hazardous wastes.
3.      The Parties shall also take all appropriate measures to reduce to a minimum the
transboundary movement of hazardous wastes, and if possible to eliminate such
movement in the Mediterranean.
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         To achieve this goal, Parties have the right individually or ccilectiveiy to ban the
  import of hazardous wastes. Other Parties shall respect this sovereign decision and
  not permit the expcr: of hazardous wastes to States which have prohibited their
  import.
  4.     All Parties shai! take appropriate legal, administrative and other measures within
  the area under their jurisdiction to prohibit the export and transit of hazardous wastes
 to developing countries, and Parties which are not Member States of the European
  Economic Community shall prohibit all imports and transit of hazardous wastes.1*'
 5.      The Parties shall cooperate with other United Nations agencies, relevant
 international and regional organizations in order to prevent illegal traffic, and shall take
 appropriate measures to achieve this goal, including criminal punishment measures
 in accordance with their national legislation.
 Article 5 - Trans boundary movement and notification procedures
         In exceptional ca^es, unless otherwise prohibited, when hazardous wastes
 cannot be disposed cf in an environmentally sound manner in the country in which
 they originated, transcoundary movements of such wastes can be allowed if:
 1.      The special situation of the Mediterranean developing countries which do not
 have the technical capabilities nor the disposal facilities for the environmentally sound
management of hazardous wastes is taken into consideration.                        :
2.      The competent authority of the State of import ensures that the hazardous
waste is disposed of in an approved site or facility with the technical capacity for its
environmentally sound disposal.
3.      The transboundary movement of hazardous wastes only takes place with the
prior written notification of the State of export as specified in Annex IV to this Protocol,
and the prior written consent of the State(s) of import and the State(s) of transit
4.      Every State involved in a transboundary movement ensures that such
movement is consistent with international safety standards and financial guarantees,
in particular the procedures and standards set out in the Basel Convention on the
Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
        Reservation by the European Economic Community
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  Article 6 - Duty to reimport
          Tne State of export shall reimport the hazardous wastes if the transboundary
 movement cannot be completed by reason of impossibility of performance of the
 contract. To this end, any State of transit shall not oppose, hinder or prevent the
 return of those wastes to the State of export after being properly informed by the State
 of export.
 Article 7 - Regional cooperation
 1.       In conformity with Article 11 of the Convention, the Parties shall cooperate as
 far as possible in scientific and technological fields related to pollution from hazardous
 wastes, particularly in the implementation and development of new methods for
 reducing and eliminating hazardous waste generated through dean production
 methods.
 2.      To this end, the Parties shall submit annual reports to the Organization-
 regarding the hazardous wastes they generate and transfer within the area of the
 Convention in order to enable the Organization to produce a hazardous waste audit.
 3.      Tne Parties shall cooperate in taking appropriate measures to implement the
 precautionary approach based on prevention of pollution problems arising from
 hazardous wastes and their transboundary movement and disposal. To this end, the
 Parties shall ensure that clean production methods are applied to production
processes.
Article 8 • Illegal traffic
1.       For the purpose of this Protocol, any transboundary movement of hazardous
wastes in contravention of this Protocol or of general principles of international law
shall be deemed to be illegal traffic.
2.       Each Party shall introduce appropriate national legislation to prevent and punish
illegal traffic, including criminal penalties on all persons involved in such illegal
activities.
3.       In the case of illegal traffic due to the conduct of the generator or the exporter,
the State of export shall ensure that the wastes in question are taken back by the
exporter or the generator or, if necessary, by itself, into the State of export within 30
days from the time the illegal traffic has come to its attention and that appropriate legal
action shall be taken against the contravenor(s).
4.       In the case of illegal traffic due to the conduct of the importer or disposer, the
State of import shall ensure that the wastes in question are eliminated according to
environmentally sound methods by the importer within 30 days from the time the illegal
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  traffic has come to-tr-e attention of the State of import; if not possible, the State of
   export shall ensure that the wastes are taken back by the exporter, the generator or,
   if necessary, by itse-.- into the State of export. The competent authorities of the
  importing or exporting States shall ensure that legal proceedings according to this
  Protocol are taken against the contravenor(s).
  5.       In cases where the responsibility for the illegal traffic canne: ce assigned either
  to the exporter or ger erator or to the importer or disposer, the parties concerned or
  other parties, as app-opriate, shall ensure, through cooperation that the wastes in
  question are disposée of as soon as possible in an environmentally sound manner
  either in the State of export or the State of import or elsewhere as appropriate.
 6.        The Parties shail forward, as soon as possible, ail information relating to illegal
 traffic to the Organization, which shall distribute the information to ail Contracting
 Parties.
 7.       Tne Parties shail cooperate to ensure that no illegal traffic takes place. Upon
 request, the Organization shail assist Parties in their identification of cases of illegal
 traffic and shall circulate immediately to the Parties concerned any information it has
 received regarding illegal traffic.
 8.       The Organization shall undertake the necessary coordination with 'the
•Secretariat of the Easel Convention in relation to the effective prevention and
 monitoring of illegal traffic in hazardous wastes. Such coordination will be mainly
 based on:
          (a)     Exchange of information on cases or alleged cases or illegal traffic in the
                  Mediterranean and coordination of action to remedy such cases;
          (b)    Providing assistance in the field of capacity building including
                 development of national legislation and of appropriate infrastructure in
                 the Mediterranean States with a view to the prevention and penalization
                 of illegal traffic of hazardous wastes;
          (c)    The establishment of a mechanism to prevent and monitor illegal traffic
                 in hazardous wastes in the Mediterranean.
Article 9 - Assistance to developing countries
1.       The Parties shall, directly or with the assistance of competent or other
international organizations or bilaterally, cooperate with a view to formulating and
implementing programmes of financial and technical assistance to developing
countries for the implementation of this Protocol.
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  2.       To that purpose, the first meeting of the Parties to this Protocol should consider
  the establishment of a regional centre for training and technical assistance in the field
  of hazardous wastes.
  Article 10 - Transmission of information
          Tne Parties shall inform one another through the Organization of measures
 taken, of results achieved and, if the case arises, of difficulties encountered in the
 application of this Protocol. Procedures for the collection and distribution of such
 information shall be determined at the meetings of the Parties.
 Article 11 - Information to and participation of the public
 1.       In the exceptional cases in which transboundary movement _of hazardous
 wastes is permitted under Article 5 of this Protocol, the Parties shall ensure thar
 adequate information is made available to the public transmitted through such
 channels as the Parties deem appropriate.
 2.      The State of export and the State of import shall, in accordance with the
 provisions of this Protocol and whenever possible and appropriate, give the public an
 opportunity to participate in relevant procedures with the aim of making known its
 views and concerns.
Article 12 - Verification
 1.      Any Party which has reason to believe that another Party is acting or has acted
in breach of its obligations under this Protocol must inform the Organization thereof,
and, in such an event, shall simultaneously and immediately inform, directly or through
the Organization, the Party against whom the allegations are made.
2.       The Organization shall carry out a verification of the substance of the allegation
and submit a report thereon to the Parties.
Article 13 - Liability and compensation
         The Parties shall cooperate with a view to setting out, as soon as possible,
appropriate guidelines for the evaluation of the damage, as well as rules and
procedures in the field of liability and compensation for damage resulting from the
transboundary movement and disposal of hazardous wastes.
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 Article U - Meetings
 1.       Ordinary meer.ngs of the Parties shall take place in conjunction with ordinary
 meetings of the Contracting Parties to the Convention held pursuant to Article 14 of
 the Convention. The 5arties to this Protocol may also hold extraordinary meetings in
 conformity with Article 14 of the Convention.
 2.      Tne functions uf the meetings of the Parties shall be, inter alia:
          (a)   To keep under review the implementation of this Protocol, and consider
          any additional Tieasures, including in the form of annexes;
          (b)   To revise and amend any annex to this Protocol;
         (c)    To forr-.ulate and adopt programmes, methods and measures in
       • accordance w~n the relevant Articles of this 'Protocol;
         (d) To consice" any information submitted by the Parties to the Organization or
         to the meetings of the Parties in accordance with the relevant Articles of-this
         Protocol;
         (e) To perform such other functions as may be appropriate for the application
        of this Protocc '.
Article 15 - Adoption
        Tne meeting cf the Parties shall adopt, by a two-thirds (2/3) majority, any
additional programmes and measures for the prevention and elimination of pollution
from transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal.
Article 16 - Final clauses
1.      The provisions of the Convention relating to any Protocol shall apply with
respect to this Protocol.
2.      The rules of procedure and the financial rules adopted pursuant to Article 18
of the Convention shall apply with respect to this Protocol, unless the Parties to this
Protocol agree otherwise.
3.      This Protocol shall be open for signature at                            , from
                      t0                      ancî a t
                                            »          Madrid from    '              to
                  j by any State invited to the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the
Coastal States of the Mediterranean Region on the Prevention of Pollution of the
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 Mediterranean Sea resulting from the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and their Disposal held at                              from                        to
                . It shall also be cpen until the same dates for signature by the
 European Economic Community and by any similar regional economic grouping of
which at least one member is a coastal State of the Mediterranean Sea Area and
which exercises competence in the fields covered by this Protocol.
4.      Tnis Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval.
Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the
Government of Spain, which will assume the functions of Depositary.
5.      As from                      , this Protocol shall be open for accession by the
States referred to in paragraph 3 above, by the European Economic Community and
by any grouping referred to in that paragraph.
6.      This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth (30) day following the deposit
of at least six (6) instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of, or accession
to, the Protocol by the Parties referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective^
Governments, have signed this Protocol.
Done at                   on this          day of                    in a single copy in the
Arabic, English, French, and Spanish languages, the four texts being equally
authoritative.
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                                      ANNEX I
         CATEGORIES OF WASTES WHICH ARE HAZARDOUS WASTES
 Waste Streams:
 YO    All wastes containing or contaminated by radionuclides, the concentration or
       properties of v/hich result from human activity
Y1     Clinical wastes from medical care in hospitals, medical centres and clinics
Y2     Wastes from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products
Y3     Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines
Y4     Wastes from the production, formulation and             use of biocides and
       phytopharmaceuticals •
Y5     Wastes from manufacturing, formulation and use of wood preserving chemicals
Y6    Wastes from the production, formulation and use of organic solvents
Y7    Wastes from heat treatment and tempering operations containing cyanides
Y8    Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use
Y9    Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions
Y10   Waste substances and articles containing or contaminated with polychlorinated
      biphenyls (PCBs) and/or polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) and/or
      polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
Y11   Waste tarry residues arisingfromrefining, distillation and any pyrolytic treatment
Y12   Wastes from production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints,
      lacquers, varnish
Y13   Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticizers,
      glues/adhesives
      Reservation by the European Economic Community
      Reservation by France
      Reservation by Spain
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 Y14  Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching
      activities which are not identified and/or are new and whose effects on man
      and/or the environment are not known
 Y15  Wastes of an explosive nature not subject to other legislation
 Y16  Wastes from production, formulation and use of photographic chemicals and
      processing materials
 Y17  Wastes resulting from surface treatment of metals and plastics
 Y18  Residues arising from industrial waste disposal operations
 Y46  Wastes collected from households, including sewage and sewage sludges
Y47   Residues arising from the incineration of household wastes
Wastes having as constituents:
Y19   Metal carbonyls
Y20   Beryllium; beryllium compounds
Y21  Hexavalent chromium compounds
Y22  Copper compounds
Y23  Zinc compounds
Y24  Arsenic; arsenic compounds
Y25  Selenium; selenium compounds
Y26  Cadmium; cadmium compounds
Y27  Antimony; antimony compounds
Y28  Tellurium; tellurium compounds
Y29  Mercury; mercury compounds
Y30  Thallium; thallium compounds
Y31  Lead; lead compounds
Y32  Inorganic fluorine compounds excluding calcium fluoride
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Y33   Inorganic cyanides
Y34   Acidic solutions or acids in solid form
Y35   Basic solutions, or bases in solid form
Y36   Asbestos (dus: and fibres)
Y37   Organic phcscnorus compounds
Y38   Organic cyanic es
Y39   Phenols; phenolic compounds including chlorophenols
Y40   Ethers
Y41   Halcgenated organic solvents
Y42   Organicsolvents excluding halogenated solvents
Y43  Any congener of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan
Y44  Any congener of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin
Y45  Orgsnohalogen compounds other than substances referred to in this Annex
     (e.g. Y39, Y41, Y42.Y43, Y44).
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                                     ANNEX II
                  LIST OF HAZARDOUS CHARACTERISTICS
 UN     Code       Characteristics
 Class'
 1      H1          Explosive
                   An explosive substance or waste is a solid or liquid substance or
                   waste (or mixture of substances or wastes) which is in itself
                   capable by chemical reaction of producing gas at such a
                   temperature and pressure and at such a speed as to cause
                   damage to the surroundings.
        H3         Flammable liquids
                  The word "flammable" has the same meaning as "inflammableV
                   Rammable liquids are liquids, or mixtures of liquids, or liquids
                  containing solids in solution or suspension (for example paints,
                  varnishes, lacquers, etc., but not including substances or wastes
                  otherwise classified on account of their dangerous characteristics)
                  which give off a flammable vapour at temperatures of not more
                  than 60.5 degrees C, closed-cup test, or not more than 65.6
                  degrees C, open-cup test. (Since the results of open-cup tests
                  and of closed-cup tests are not strictly comparable and even
                  individual results by the same test are often variable, regulations
                  varying from the above figures to make allowance for such
                  difference would be within the spirit of this definition.)
4.1 * H4.1        Rammable solids
                  Solids, or waste solids, other than those classed as explosives,
                  which under conditions encountered in transport are readily
                  combustible, or may cause or contribute to fire through friction.
4.2   H4.2        Substances or wastes liable to spontaneous combustion
                  Substances or wastes which are liable to spontaneous heating
                  under normal conditions encountered in transport, or in heating
                  up on contact with air, and being liable to catch fire.
      Corresponds to the hazardous classification system included in the United
      Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
       (ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev.5, United Nations, New York, 1988)
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 4.3 " 'H4.3       S jbstances or wastes which, in contact with water emit flammable
                  cases
                  S jbstances or wastes which, by interaction with water, are liable
                  to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable
                  cases in dangerous quantities.
 5.1   H5.1       Cxidizing
                  S jbstances or wastes which, while in themselves not necessarily
                  combustible, may generally by yielding cxygen, cause or
                  contribute to the combustion of other materiais.
 5.2   H5.2       Organic peroxides
                 Organic substances or wastes which contain the bivalent-O-O-
                 structure are thermally unstable substances v;rilch may undergo
                 exothermic self-accelerating decomposition. -
6.1    H6.1      Foisonous (Acute)
                 Substances or wastes liable either to cause death or serious
                 injury or to harm human health if swallowed or inhaled or by skin
                 contact.                                                   ;
6.2    H6.2      Infectious substances
                Substances or wastes containing viable micrcorcanisms or their
                toxins which are known or suspected to cause disease in animals
                or humans.
8      H8        Corrosives
                Substances or wastes which, by chemical action, will cause
                severe damage when in contact with living tissue, or in the case
                of leakage, will materially damage, or even destroy, other goods
                or the means of transport; they may also cause other hazards.
9      H10      Liberation of toxic gases in contact with air or water
                Substances or wastes which, by interaction with air or water, are
                liable to give off toxic gases in dangerous quantities.
9      H11      Toxic (Delayed or chronic)
                Substances or wastes which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if
                they penetrate the skin, may involve delayed or chronic effects,
                including carcinogenicity.
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H12 Ecotoxic
    Substances or wastes which if released present cr may present
    immediate or delayed adverse impacts on the environment by
    means of bioaccumulation and/or toxic effecns upon biotic
    systems.
H13 Capable, by any means, after disposal, of yielding another
    material, e.g. leachate, which possesses any of the characteristics
    listed above.
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                                       ANNEX III
                              DISPOSAL OPERATIONS
       The list of disposal operations contained in this Annex refects those which
occur or have occurred in practice. It does not necessarily reflect a list of acceptable
disposal operations. Pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of this Protocci. hazardous wastes
must in any event be managed in an environmentally sound manner.
A.     Operations v/hich do not lead to the possibility of resource recovery,
       recycling, reclamation, direct reuse or alternative uses.
       Section À encompasses all such disposal operations which occur in practice.
D1     Deposit into or onto land (e.g. landfill^ etc.)
D2     Land treatment (e.g. biodégradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils, etc.)
D3     Deep injection (e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or
       naturally occurring repositories, etc.)
D4    Surface impoundment (e.g. placement of liquid or sludge discards Into pits,
      ponds, lagoons, etc.)
05    Specially engineered landfill (e.g. placement into lined discrete cells which are
      capped and isolated from one another and the environment, etc.)
D6    Release into a water body except seas/oceans
D7    Release into seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion
D8    Biological #eatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results in final
      compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations
      in Section A
D9    Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results
      in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the
      operations in Section A (e.g. evaporation, drying, calcination, neutralization,
      precipitation, etc.)
D10   Incineration on land
D11   Incineration at sea
D12   Permanent storage (e.g. emplacement of containers in mines, etc.)
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 D13  Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations in Section A
 D14  Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations in Section A
 D15  Storage pending any of the operations in Section A
 B.   Operations which may lead to resource recovery, recycling, reclamation,
      direct reuse or alternative uses.
      Section B encompasses all such operations with respect to materials legally
      defined as or considered to be hazardous wastes and which otherwise would
      have been destined for operations included in Section A.
R1   Use as a fuel (other than in direct incineration) or other means to generate
     energy                                            ;
R2   Solvent reclamation/regeneration
R3   Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents
R4   Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds
R5   Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials
R6   Regeneration of acids or bases
R7   Recovery of components used for pollution abatement
R8   Recovery of components from catalysts
R9   Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil
R10  Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement
R11  Uses of residual materials obtained from any of the operations numbered R1-
     R10
R12  Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1-R11
R13  Accumulation of material intended for any operation in Section B
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                                    ANNEX IV (A)
              INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED ON NOTIFICATION
 1.    Reason for waste export;
 2.    Exporter of the waste 1 / ;
 3.    Generator(s) cf the waste and site of generation 1 / ;
4.     Importer and disposer of the waste and actual site of disposal 1 / ;
5.     Intended carrier(s) of the waste or their agents, if known J_/;
6.     Country of export of the waste
      Competent authority 2/;
7.    Expected countries of transit
      Competent authority 2/;
8.    Country of import of the waste
      Competent authority 2/;
9.    Projected date(s) of shipment(s) and period of time over which waste is to be
      exported and proposed itinerary (including point of entry and exit) 3/;
10.   Means of transport envisaged (road, rail, sea, air, inland waters);
11.   Information relating to insurance 4/;
12.   Designation and physical description of the waste including Y number and UN
      number and its composition 5/ and information on any special handling
      requirements including emergency provisions in case of accidents;
13.   Type of packaging envisaged (e.g. bulk, drums, tanker);
14.   Estimated quantity in weight/volume 6/;
15.   Process by which the waste is generated 7/;
16.   Code according to ANNEX I, classifications according to ANNEX II, H number,
      and UN class;
17.   Method of disposal as per ANNEX III;
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 18.   Declaration by the generator and exporter that the information is correct;
 19.   Information transmitted (including technical description of the plant) to the
       exporter or generator from the disposer of the waste upon which the latter has
       based his assessment that there is no reason to believe that the waste will not
       be managed in an environmentally sound manner in accordance with the laws
       and regulations of the country of import;
20.    Information concerning the contract between the exporter and the disposer.
                                       NOTES
       The Organization should make use of a Notification Form and accompanying
documents such as those developed within the framework of the Basel Convention,
the OECD and the European Economic Community.                                .     ' ,
1/     Full name and address, telephone, telex or telefax number and the name,
      address, telephone, telex or telefax number of the person to be contacted.
2/    Full name and address, telephone, telex or telefax number.
3/    In the case of a general notification covering several shipments, either the
      expected dates of each shipment or, if this is not known, the expected
      frequency of the shipments will be required.
4/    Information to be provided on relevant insurance requirements and how they
      are met by exporter, carrier and disposer.
5/    The nature and the concentration of the most hazardous components, in terms
      of toxicity and other dangers presented by the waste both in handling and in
      relation to the proposed disposal method.
6/    In the case of a general notification covering several shipments, both the
      estimated total quantity and the estimated quantities for each individual
      shipment will be required.
7/    Insofar as this is necessary to assess the hazard and determine the
      appropriateness of the proposed disposal operation.
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                                      ANNEX IV (B)
      INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED ON THE MOVEMENT DOCUMENT
 1.     Expcner of the waste 1 / ;
 2.     Generators) CÏÏ the waste and site of generation IJ;
3.      Dispcser of tr-e waste and actual site of disposal 1 / ;
4.     Carrier(s) of tr.e waste 1 / er his agent(s);
5.     The date the ransboundar/ movement started and date (s) and signature on
       receipt by eacn person whe takes charge of the waste;
6.     Means of transport (road, rail, inland waterway, sea, air) including countries of
       export, transi: and import, also point of entry and exit where these have been
       designated;
7.     General description of the waste (physical state, proper UN shipping name and
       class, UN number, Y number and H number as applicable);
8.     Information or. special handling requirements including emergency provision in
       case cf accidents;
9.     Type and number of packages;
10.    Quantity in weight/volume;
11.    Declaration by the generator or exporter that the information is correct;
12.    Declaration by the generator or exporter indicating no objection from the
       competent authorities of all States concerned which are Parties;
13.    Certification by disposer of receipt at designated disposal facility and indication
       of method of disposal and of the approximate date of disposal.
14.    The insurance documents, bond or other guarantee as may be required by the
       Parties, as provided in Article 5, paragraph 4.
                                         NOTES
       The Organization should make use of a Movement Document and
accompanying documents such as those developed within the framework of the Basel
Convention, the OECD and the European Economic Community.
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       The information required on the Movement Document shall where possible be
integrated in one document with that required under (transport rules. Where this is not
possible, the information should complement rather than duplicate that required under
the transport rules. The Movement Document shall carry instructions as to who is to
provide information and fill out any form.
1/     Full name and address, telephone, telex or telefax number and the name,
       address, telephone, telex or telefax number of the person to be contacted in
       case of emergency.
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