Basel Convention Ban Amendment

Entry into Force Country Analysis

June 2008
The following analysis regarding the entry into force of the Basel Conventions Ban
Amendment is based on the Basel Convention provisions and information provided by
the Basel Convention Secretariat on the Basel Convention website.
Pursuant to a the phrase Parties having accepted them found in Article 17, paragraph 5
of the Basel Convention, it is clear that the Parties intended a fixed time approach,
regarding entry into force of amendments. Thus three-fourths (3/4) of the Parties that
accepted the amendment at COP3, need to deposit their instrument of ratification,
approval, formal confirmation or acceptance with the Depositary for the amendment to
enter into legal force.
82 Parties were present at the Third Conference of Parties (COP3) of the Basel
Convention when the ban amendment was accepted by consensus decision. Threefourths (3/4) of 82 Parties is 61.5, or 62 Parties. Therefore, 62 Parties that were present
at COP3 need to deposit their instrument of ratification with the depositary for the ban
amendment to enter into force.
Currently 63 Parties have deposited their instrument of ratification of the ban amendment
with the depositary. However, of these 63 Parties, 44 of them were present at COP3
when the ban amendment was accepted and adopted. Consequently, 18 additional Parties
present at COP3 need to ratify the amendment for its entry into force.
The following 82 Basel Convention Parties accepted the ban amendment at COP3. The
second column (right side column) indicates those COP3 Parties that have ratified the ban
amendment (March 2008).
82 Parties at COP3

44 COP3 Parties have ratified the ban amendment

1. Antigua and Barbuda

2. Argentina
3. Australia
4. Austria .YES 1.
5. Bahamas
6. Bangladesh
7. Belgium ...YES 2.
8. Brazil
9. Canada
10. Chile
11. China ....YES 3.
12. Costa Rica

13. Cote dIvoire

14. Croatia
15. Cuba
16. Cyprus ....YES 4.
17. Czech Republic ..YES 5.
18. Denmark YES 6.
19. Ecuador ..YES 7.
20. Egypt ..YES 8.
21. El Salvador
22. Estonia YES 9.
23. European Community ....YES 10.
24. Finland ...YES 11.
25. France .....YES 12.
26. Germany .....YES 13.
27. Greece
28. Guatemala
29. Hungary ..YES 14.
30. Iceland
31. India
32. Indonesia .....YES 15.
33. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
34. Ireland
35. Israel
36. Italy
37. Japan
38. Jordan ..YES 16.
39. Kuwait .....YES 17.
40. Latvia ...YES 18.
41. Lebanon
42. Liechtenstein ....YES 19.
43. Luxembourg .....YES 20.
44. Malawi
45. Malaysia ...YES 21.
46. Mauritius ..YES 22.
47. Mexico
48. Namibia
49. Netherlands ..YES 23.
50. New Zealand
51. Nigeria .....YES 24.
52. Norway ....YES 25.
53. Oman ...YES 26.
54. Pakistan
55. Panama ....YES 27.
56. Peru
57. Philippines
58. Poland .....YES 28.

59. Portugal ...YES 29.

60. Qatar ....YES 30.
61. Republic of Korea
62. Romania YES 31.
63. Russian Federation
64. Saint Lucia YES 32.
65. Saudi Arabia
66. Senegal
67. Seychelles
68. Slovak Republic YES 33.
69. Slovenia .YES 34.
70. South Africa
71. Spain ..YES 35.
72. Sri Lanka ...YES 36.
73. Sweden ..YES 37.
74. Switzerland ....YES 38.
75. Syrian Arab Republic ....YES 39.
76. Trinidad & Tobago ....YES 40.
77. Turkey YES 41.
78. United Kingdom . ...YES 42.
79. United Republic of Tanzania ..YES 43.
80. Uruguay ..YES 44.
81. Viet Nam
82. Zambia

62 Parties of the above 82 Parties need to ratify the amendment for entry into force.
To date, 44 Parties have done so. Therefore, an additional 18 Parties from the
COP3 list need to ratify for the amendment for it to enter into legal force. We urge
ALL Parties to ratify the Ban Amendment at the earliest possible date! There can
be no further excuse to delay.

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