Article 1 
1. The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal shall be not to support the proposal by the Russian Federation to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention. 2. The Union shall put forward an initiative or support initiatives by other Parties to the Convention to improve the functioning of the ‘prior informed consent’ procedure, set out in Article 6 of the Convention, at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, provided that such initiatives: (a) are designed to improve the functioning of the ‘prior informed consent’ procedure, by addressing the delays and problems experienced by States of export, import or transit in handling notifications and by supporting the digitalisation of that procedure, so that wastes movements that are in compliance with the Convention can be carried out across borders without undue delay; (b) do not necessitate the amendment of the Convention; (c) contribute to the environmentally sound management of waste and to the transition towards a global circular economy; and (d) contribute to the proper implementation of the control mechanisms laid down in the Convention and to legal certainty in that regard. 2. The Union shall put forward an initiative or support initiatives by other Parties to the Convention to improve the functioning of the ‘prior informed consent’ procedure, set out in Article 6 of the Convention, at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, provided that such initiatives: (a) are designed to improve the functioning of the ‘prior informed consent’ procedure, by addressing the delays and problems experienced by States of export, import or transit in handling notifications and by supporting the digitalisation of that procedure, so that wastes movements that are in compliance with the Convention can be carried out across borders without undue delay; (b) do not necessitate the amendment of the Convention; (c) contribute to the environmentally sound management of waste and to the transition towards a global circular economy; and (d) contribute to the proper implementation of the control mechanisms laid down in the Convention and to legal certainty in that regard.
Article 2 
Refinement of the position referred to in Article 1, paragraph 2, of this Decision may, in the light of the developments at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, be agreed to by representatives of the Union in consultation with the Member States during on-the-spot coordination meetings, without a further decision of the Council.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.