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BC-13/7

Cooperation with the World Customs Organization and its Harmonized System Committee

Date: 24-04-2017
Treaty
Basel Convention
Meeting
Meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP-13, RC COP-8, SC COP-8)
Type
Decision
Status
Active

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Keywords
Customary law, Customs, Reporting, Code

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The Conference of the Parties
1.Takes note of the report on the status of work of the World Customs Organization on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System related to the Basel Convention;11UNEP/CHW.13/INF/19.
2.Requests the Secretariat:
(a)To continue, under the guidance of the Open-ended Working Group, its cooperation with the Harmonized System Committee and relevant subcommittees of the World Customs Organization in order to facilitate the inclusion of wastes covered by the Basel Convention in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System;
(b)To report on progress in the implementation of the present decision to the Open-ended Working Group at its eleventh meeting and the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth meeting.