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1.2. Protocol are still unclear to us and require further investigation and study Ghana The current position of the Ghana Government in respect of the Protocol is as follows 1 Cabinet has given approval for Ghana to ratify the Protocol UNEP CHW OEWG 2 3 2 A request has been sent to Parliament to endorse Cabinet s decision that Ghana ratifies the treaty The relevant committees of Parliament have met and would soon place the Protocol before the House of Parliament for its approval It is expected that the various processes would be completed before the next COP Turke The Protocol on Liability and Compensation has been considered positively by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the legal procedures for accession are underway 4 The Protocol has been examined by the respective national authorities and not recommended for ratification accession If possible and in general terms please specify the reasons why it was not recommended for ratification accession Canada Canada has not initiated any steps for possible accession to the Liability Protocol The Protocol has however been examined by the respective national authorities in order to determine what domestic actions would be needed were we to initiate accession For Canada acceding to the Protocol would require legislative and or regulatory changes that would require decisions by the federal and provincial governments Initial consultation with stakeholders the Provinces
3. and Territories indicates that there are concerns about the need to develop new insurance mechanisms the extensive legislative and or regulatory changes required and the financial burden to small and medium enterprises SMEs These concerns will require further study on our part As a result while we are not in a position at this time to state that the Government of Canada will or will not accede to the Protocol we have certainly undertaken initial domestic consultations to determine the extent of domestic measures that would be required in order for Canada to accede to the Protocol should a formal decision be taken to initiate accession Slovakia The Protocol was not recommended for ratification accession in this time The reasons are the following a As a future member state of EU we are still waiting for the position of EU b Small and medium enterprises will not be able to pay quite high financial guarantees Guarantees through banks increase the costs for waste disposal to levels not feasible for the entities dealing with wastes 5 What difficulties obstacles have been encountered in the process of ratification accession Burundi Compte tenu des obstacles et difficult s observ es par les diff rents pays Parties de la Convention dans le processus de ratification du protocole il serait souhaitable ce que les diff rents groupes r gionaux fassent des rencontres diff remment afin que des propositions claires soient tudi es
4. been sent out to the other respective national authorities such as the Ministry of Economics Ministry of Justice Ministry of Finance for comments At the moment the provisions and obligations under the Protocol are being viewed After the examination is completed the Protocol will be proposed to the Government for making a decision on its ratification non ratification South Africa No formal steps have been taken towards ratification accession Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal but the Protocol has been examined by the Focal Point of the Basel Convention in order to determine what actions may be needed to initiate ratification accession We are continuing with internal consultation so as to get wide opinions from more stakeholders 3 The Protocol has been examined by the respective national authorities and recommended for ratification accession Egypt 1 The Protocol has been examined here in Egypt by a national inter ministerial committee that represents all concerned national authorities involved in the implementation of the Protocol and the committee has no objections to the technical content of the Protocol and no objection to proceeding the signature of this Protocol 2 Necessary steps has been taken according to the national legal procedures 3 However the financial mechanism and the financial limits of liability and compensation of the
5. et soumises aux autorit s des diff rents pays facilitant ainsi la ratification et l adh sion au protocole sur la responsabilit et l indemnisation en cas de dommages r sultant de mouvements transfronti res et de l limination des d chets Cambodia The Government of Cambodia has not taken any step towards ratification or access to the protocol yet due to the following reasons UNEP CHW OEWG 2 3 1 The cooperation among concerned ministries and other agencies is still poor in Cambodia resulting in the control of hazardous waste movement is being weak 2 Lack of financial support 3 The human resource expertise in the field of hazardous waste control is still a constraint Madagascar Pour ratifier un Protocole Madagascar nous avons beaucoup de d marches administratives et techniques a suivre Il faut que le Protocole est tudi par plusieurs institutions concern es le Comit interminist riel charg de la mise en uvre de la Convention de B le qui exigent beaucoup de temps Je vous attire votre attention que Madagascar a ratifi la dite convention depuis 1999 mais nous constatons qu aucune mise en uvre de la dite convention existe Madagascar Par ailleurs nous n avons aucune information venant du CRBC sis Dakar concernant le plan strat gique biennal 2003 2004 mais le temps s coule et nous n avons que 18 mois Nous avons crire plusieurs fois au centre mais aucune r ponse c est d
6. OAR Kod DO K NNU BC Distr O GENERAL UNEP CHW OEWG 2 3 CONVENIO DE BASILEA 6 de agosto de 2003 ESPANOL Original INGLES GRUPO DE TRABAJO DE COMPOSICION ABIERTA DEL CONVENIO DE BASILEA SOBRE EL CONTROL DE LOS MOVIMIENTOS TRANSFRONTERIZOS DE LOS DESECHOS PELIGROSOS Y SU ELIMINACION Segundo periodo de sesiones Ginebra 20 a 24 de octubre de 2003 Tema 5 del programa provisional Protocolo de Basilea sobre responsabilidad e indemnizaci n PROTOCOLO DE BASILEA SOBRE RESPONSABILIDAD E INDEMNIZACION Nota de la secretaria Introduccion 1 Mediante su decisi n VI 15 la Conferencia de las Partes invit a las Partes a que comunicaran a la secretar a a m s tardar el 1 de julio de 2003 sus respuestas opiniones y observaciones respecto del formulario que figura en el ap ndice I de la decisi n En la misma decisi n pidi a la secretar a que preparase un resumen y una compilaci n de las presentaciones recibidas y las presentase al Grupo de Trabajo de composici n abierta para su examen 2 En el ap ndice II de la decisi n VI 15 la Conferencia de las Partes pidi al Grupo de Trabajo de composici n abierta que analizara sobre la base de una compilaci n de las presentaciones recibidas de las Partes los obst culos y las dificultades que stas afrontaban en el proceso de ratificaci n del Protocolo y o adhesi n a ste 3 En el ap ndice II la Conferencia de las Partes tambi n pidi a la secretar a que a O
7. ire il existe une discoordination entre le centre et les Parties Francophones Bref pour acc l rer la ratification de Protocole nous voudrions Madame le Secr taire Ex cutive des renforcements de capacit mat riel technique financier tude atelier de sensibilisation d information validation comme toutes les conventions que nous avons ratifi es Dominican Republic Respecto al ap ndice II le reitero que el pais ya ratific la convenci n y aprovecho la ocasi n para solicitarle apoyo t nico en la implementaci n de la misma en lo referente a la detecci n prevenci n y control del tr fico ilicito de desechos peligrosos y para fortalecer la estructure institucional creada para el seguimiento de la convenci n en el pais Adem s requerimos asistencia t cnica para la preparaci n del manual de instrucciones incluyendo la dimensi n aduanal Thailand It was identified that several issues of the Protocol have not been covered under domestic legislation in particular the issues on Insurance and Financial Guarantee Financial Limits Limits of Liability Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements 6 Other Observations Oman Please be advised that the Sultanate of Oman intends to follow the progress of proceedings as they develop within the Working group particularly with regard to the opinions of other Arab countries Slovakia As a future member state of EU we are still waiting for the position of EU
8. lizadas con interesados directos provincias y territorios hab an puesto de manifiesto determinadas preocupaciones respecto de la necesidad de elaborar mecanismos revisados en materia de seguros Los amplios cambios legislativos y o reglamentarios supondr an una carga financiera para las empresas peque as y medianas Esas preocupaciones precisar an de un estudio ulterior y en consecuencia la Parte no se encontraba a n en condiciones de manifestar si se adherir a o no al Protocolo d Una Parte que en ese momento se encontraba en el proceso de adherirse a la Uni n Europea inform a la secretar a de que estaba esperando porque la Uni n Europea formulase su posici n al respecto Otra Parte inform a la secretar a de que se propon a seguir el proceder de otros pa ses rabes 6 Varias Partes mencionaron las dificultades y u obst culos del proceso de ratificaci n y o adhesi n siguientes a Incapacidad de las empresas peque as y medianas para abonar las elevadas garant as financieras b Insuficientes recursos financieros y humanos y de conocimientos especializados c Cooperaci n insuficiente entre los ministerios y otros organismos gubernamentales encargados de manejar los desechos peligrosos UNEP CHW OEWG 2 3 d Insuficientes leyes nacionales T La compilaci n de las presentaciones recibidas por la secretar a se presenta en el anexo a la presente nota 8 De conformidad con el p rrafo 4 del ap ndice II de la deci
9. mposici n abierta lo examine en su tercer per odo de sesiones con miras a presentarlo ante la Conferencia de las Partes en el Convenio de Basilea en su s ptima reuni n UNEP CHW OEWG 2 3 Anexo COMPILATION OF THE VIEWS AND COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM PARTIES ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON DECISIONS VI 15 The following comments are verbatim excerpts of the responses from Parties to the Questionnaire 1 No steps have been taken towards ratification accession in general terms would you elaborate why no action has been taken Andora The Principality of Andorra is undergoing drastic changes related to waste management At the moment the bill on waste management is about to be discussed at the parliament the local authorities are designing systems of selective collection Andorra is still busy with setting up the system of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes For example Andorra has been finding obstacles to use the Basel Convention forms for the notification document as well as for the movement document Plus the Department of Environment responsible for the Waste issues has been facing a huge crisis on dioxins and the former waste incinerating plant and that since October 2002 Therefore the priority for the Department of Environment is on domestic issues such as a clearly define the legal domestic framework b set up the national waste management system and the re use and recycling schemes The stud
10. ol Some issues could be solved easily by issuing the new regulation under the main law some issues should be carefully reviewed and amended the main laws which need time to achieve it while some issues have affected the national jurisdiction court which difficult to comply with Additionally paragraph 2 of Annex B of the Protocol regarding the Limits of Liability may be amended at COP6 Therefore the sub committee has decided to postpone the examination of the regulations or any necessary arrangements for the ratification accession and implementation of the Protocol until having the decision of COP6 on the Protocol matters Consequently the difficulties and obstacles for implementation and ratification of the Protocol as well as the way forwards would be consulted and considered again in the Basel Sub committee 2 No formal steps have been taken towards ratification accession but the Protocol has been examined by the respective national authorities in order to determine what actions may be needed to initiate ratification accession in general terms can any preliminary outcomes be shared with other Parties to the Convention Belarus The Protocol on liability and compensation for damage resulting from transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal is being examined by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus responsible body for the implementation of Basel Convention It has not
11. rganizara con contribuciones financieras de car cter voluntario en cooperaci n con los centros regionales del Convenio de Basilea cinco cursos pr cticos de nivel regional para tratar diversos aspectos del proceso de ratificaci n del Protocolo o de adhesi n a ste as como obst culos en los mismos j UNEP CHW OEWG 2 1 K03 62594 s 030903 050903 Para economizar recursos s lo se ha impreso un n mero limitado de ejemplares del presente documento Se ruega a los delegados que lleven sus propios ejemplares a las reuniones y eviten solicitar otros UNEP CHW OEWG 2 3 b Prestar asistencia juridica y t cnica a solicitud y en el marco de los recursos disponibles a las Partes en su proceso de ratificaci n o de adhesi n c Brindar asistencia jur dica y t cnica a pa ses que no sean Partes en el Convenio de Basilea con el fin de facilitar su adhesi n al Convenio de Basilea y su Protocolo as como su aprobaci n o aceptaci n de los mismos d Preparar en consulta con las Partes y otros interesados directos un manual de instrucciones detalladas para la aplicaci n del Protocolo de Basilea I APLICACI N 4 En respuesta al formulario la secretaria recibi presentaciones de 15 Partes Andorra Belar s Burundi Camboya Canad Egipto Eslovaquia Ghana Madagascar Om n La Rep blica Dominicana la Rep blica Unida de Tanzan a Sud frica Tailandia y Turqu a 5 A continuaci n se pre
12. senta un resumen de las respuestas a los formularios a Siete Partes informaron a la secretar a que no se hab an adoptado medidas oficiales respecto de la ratificaci n y o adhesi n No obstante tres de esas siete Partes informaron de que se hallaban en el proceso de adoptar medidas o de examinar el asunto con diferentes interesados directos Una Parte inform a la secretar a que durante el examen del Protocolo hab a determinado que varias cuestiones en el Protocolo a n no recib an atenci n en sus leyes y reglamentaciones nacionales en particular las cuestiones relativas a seguros y garant as financieras l mites financieros l mites de responsabilidad y el reconocimiento y aplicaci n mutuos de dict menes Esas cuestiones planteaban dificultades y obst culos a la Parte en relaci n con la ratificaci n del Protocolo b Tres Partes informaron a la secretar a que el Protocolo hab a sido objeto de examen por sus autoridades nacionales y que hab a sido recomendado para su ratificaci n y o adhesi n c Una Parte inform a la secretar a que el Protocolo hab a sido examinado por sus autoridades nacionales para determinar las medidas de car cter nacional que ser a preciso adoptar si la Parte iniciaba el proceso de adhesi n Para esa Parte adherirse al Protocolo precisar a de la promulgaci n de leyes y o la adopci n de cambios reglamentarios a los niveles federal o provincial La misma Parte indic que las consultas iniciales rea
13. si n VI 15 la secretar a ha iniciado la preparaci n del manual de instrucciones Sobre la base de las recomendaciones recibidas de varias Partes se prepar un primer proyecto del manual de instrucciones el cual figura en el documento UNEP CHW OEWG 2 INF 4 La secretar a pide al Grupo de Trabajo de composici n abierta que le proporcione m s orientaci n y recomendaciones en ese sentido Il MEDIDA PROPUESTA 9 El Grupo de Trabajo de composici n abierta tal vez desee examinar la posibilidad de adoptar una decisi n del tenor siguiente El Grupo de Trabajo de composici n abierta 1 Invita a los paises que est n en condiciones de hacerlo a que proporcionen recursos financieros y o contribuciones en especie para la organizaci n de cinco cursos pr cticos de nivel regional para abordar diversos aspectos y obst culos en relaci n con el proceso de ratificaci n del Protocolo de Basilea o de adhesi n al mismo 2 Pide a la secretar a que concluya la preparaci n del manual de instrucciones para la aplicaci n del Protocolo de Basilea teniendo en cuenta todas las recomendaciones formuladas por los delegados ante el segundo per odo de sesiones del Grupo de Trabajo de composici n abierta asi como las recomendaciones que los participantes formulen en los cinco cursos pr cticos regionales 3 Pide adem s a la secretar a que prepare un proyecto de decisi n sobre la cuesti n del Protocolo de Basilea para que el Grupo de Trabajo de co
14. y of the legal text of the protocol has not yet begun but it may be planned for the end of 2003 or the beginning of 2004 Burundi Aucune tape formelle n a t faite l endroit de la ratification et de l adh sion mais le protocole a d j t examin par le bureau national de la convention de B le au Burundi dans le but de proposer des actions allant dans le sens de montrer l importance de la ratification par les autorit s du pays Le probl me se pose aujourd hui au niveau des autorit s du pays cars ces derni res donnent priorit la recherche de la paix et aux processus de n gociation d Arusha et du cessez le feu Cambodia The Government of Cambodia has not taken any step towards acceding to the Protocol Madagascar Aucune mesure n t prise en vue de la ratification adh sion au Protocole Thailand The respective national authority of Thai Government the sub committee on the implementation of the Basel Convention has already examined the Protocol since 2001 Primarily it was identified that several issues of the Protocol have not yet covered under our domestic laws and regulations to comply with their provisions in particular the issues on Insurance and Financial Guarantees Financial Limits Limits of UNEP CHW OEWG 2 3 Liability Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements Such issues make difficulties and obstacles for Thailand on the ratification accession and implementation of the Protoc
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