Commonwealth of Australia

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989

Declaration of article 11 arrangement

I, DAVID ALISTAIR KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, being satisfied that the decision of the Council of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development concerning Decision C(2001)107/FINAL, which is a revision of decision C(92)39/FINAL on the control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations (adopted by the Council at is 1007th Session on 14 June 2001), is an agreement or arrangement of a kind mentioned in Article 11 of the Basel Convention, declare, under subsection 4C(1) of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, that Decision C(2001)107/FINAL is an Article 11 arrangement for the purposes of that Act.

Dated this 19th day of December 2003

DAVID KEMP

Minister for the Environment and Heritage