In 2019, the fourteenth meeting of the COP to the Basel Convention adopted amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Convention with the objectives of enhancing the control of the transboundary movements of plastic waste and clarifying the scope of the Convention as it applies to such waste. The amendments entered into force for all Parties that had not submitted a notification of non-acceptance on expiry of six months from the date of the circulation of the communication by the depository. The new entries in Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention became effective as of 1 January 2021.