u n i t e d- basel convention（u n i t e d -巴塞尔公约）.docVIP

UNITED NATIONS EP United Nations Environment Programme Distr. GENERAL UNEP/CHW.6/22 8 August 2002 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL Sixth meeting Geneva, 9-13 December 2002 Item 6 (e) (ii) of the provisional agenda( CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL MATTERS: PREPARATION OF TECHNICAL GUIDELINES Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of waste lead-acid batteries Note by the secretariat I. BACKGROUND 1. At its eleventh session, in September 1996, the Technical Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal identified the preparation of technical guidelines for clinical wastes, waste batteries and used pneumatic tyres as part of its work programme. At the thirteenth session of the Technical Working Group, held in April 1998, Brazil informed the meeting that it would consider assisting in initiating work in respect of waste batteries. In December 1999, the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties adopted the work programme of the Technical Working Group that included the preparation of the technical guidelines on waste batteries. II. IMPLEMENTATION 2. At the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth sessions of the Technical Working Group, held in April 2000, October 2000, and June 2001, respectively, Brazil, as lead Party, presented the drafts of the technical guidelines on the management of waste lead-acid batteries. The texts of the drafts were based on the agreement reached and comments received from Parties, Signatories and non-governmental organizations. 3. At its nineteenth session, in January 2002, the Technical Working Group considered the consolidated revised version of the guidelines and adopted the guidelines on a provisional basis. At its twentieth session in May 200