Basel Convention

BELARUS

Status of Ratification/Accession/Acceptance/Approval:	10.12.1999 (a)
Ratification/Acceptance of the Amendment to the Basel Convention:	Not yet as of 20.11.2002

Competent Authority	Focal Point
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus 10 Kollektornaya Str., Minsk 220 049 tel: [phone] fax: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail] web site: www.president.gov.by/Minpriroda	Same as the Competent Authority

National Definition

Wastes are substances or goods produced in the process of economic activity or life of man that do not have any certain application at site of their generation or that have lost totally or partially their consumer properties due to physical or moral obsolescence. Hazardous wastes are wastes that contain as their constitutes substances possessing any hazardous property or they set (toxicity, infectious, explosivity, high reaction ability and (or) other similar properties) and existing in such amounts and in such form that this waste independently or in contact with other substances can represent immediate or potential threat to environment, people health and (or) to people property including that caused by their adverse impact on environment. Appendix 1 to the Resolution of State Custom Committee “On Improvement of Custom Control over Waste Movement through Custom Border of the Republic of Belarus” (of 12.03.1999 N 134-OD) provides a “List of Industrial and Consumption Wastes, which can not be processed or used in the Republic of Belarus”; Appendix 2 to the Resolution of State Custom Committee “On Improvement of Custom Control over Waste Movement through Custom Border of the Republic of Belarus” (of 12.03.1999 N 134-OD) provides a “List of Industrial and Consumption Wastes, which can be processed or used in the Republic of Belarus, permits for their import (transit) are given by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection”. (Appendix 1 and 2 are annexed to this CFS) In Belarus there are no wastes other than those pursuant to Art. 1 (1)a and/or Art. 1 (1)b of the Basel Convention that require special consideration when subjected to transboundary movement.

Data* on the Generation and Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes** and Other Wastes*** in 2000 (as reported)

		Quantities (in metric tonnes)
Generation	Total amount of hazardous wastesgenerated	73 000 ^1)
	Total amount of other wastesgenerated	2 464 000 ^2)
Transboundary Movement	Total amount of hazardous wastesand other wastesexported	No export
	Total amount of hazardous wastesand other wastesimported	290 366 ^3)

* Figures are rounded to the nearest integer.

** Covers wastes under Art. 1 (1)a (Annex I: Y1-Y45) and Art. 1 (1)b.

*** Covers wastes under (Annex II: Y46-Y47).

1) Figure refers to the total amount of hazardous wastes generated under Art. 1 (1)b. Data collection on generation of hazardous wastes according to categories of the Basel Convention will be introduced from next year.

2) Figure refers to the total amount of household wastes (Y46).

3) Figure refers to the total amount of hazardous wastes under Art. 1 (1)b imported.

Restrictions on Transboundary Movement	Amendment to the Basel Convention The amendment to the Basel Convention (Decision III/1) has not been implemented in Belarus.
	Restrictions on export for final disposal and for recovery Belarus is in a preparatory process to restrict the export of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal and for recovery.
	Restrictions on import for final disposal Belarus restricts the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal. The relevant legislation is the Waste Law, in force from 1 January, 2001, which states that “Transboundary Movement of waste to the Republic of Belarus with the purpose of their storage and (or) neutralization (landfilling, burning etc.) is prohibited”. This restriction covers all country.
	Restrictions on import for recovery Belarus restricts the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes for recovery. The relevant legislation is the Waste Law, in force from 1 January, 2001, which states that “Transboundary Movement of waste to the Republic of Belarus is allowed only with the purpose of their usage as raw materials or secondary materials and is executed only on the basis of a preliminary obtained permit for transboundary movement of waste to the Republic of Belarus issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus”.
	Restrictions on transit Belarus restricts the transit of hazardous wastes and other wastes. The relevant legislation is the Waste Law, in force from 1 January, 2001, which states that “Transboundary Movement of waste through Republic of Belarus is executed only on the basis of a preliminary obtained permit for transboundary movement of waste through the Republic of Belarus issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus”.

Reduction and/or Elimination of Hazardous Waste Generation	National strategies/policies National Action Plan on Rational Use of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection in the Republic of Belarus for 2001-2005 years, adopted 21.06.2001.
	Legislation, regulations and guidelines Law on Waste, in force from 2001; Decision of the Government on State Register of Technologies for Waste Recycling and on State Register of Facilities for Waste Neutralization and Disposal; Decision of the Government on Adoption of Regulation on Order in Approval of Limits for Waste Disposal; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Rules for Development, Agreement and Approval of Instruction for Management of Industrial Waste; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Instructions on Procedure for Registration of Transactions for Alienation and Assignation (except transportation) of Waste to Another Person for a certain period of time; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Rules for Issuing, Suspension, Cancellation of Permits for Disposal of Industrial Waste; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Classifier Waste Generated in the Republic of Belarus; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Rules for Accounting of Waste; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Form of Special Document for Accompanying of Transportation of Waste; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Rules for Norm-Setting Generation of Industrial Waste; Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of List of Waste that shall have Passports; and Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on Adoption of Order on Determination of Level of Hazard of Waste and Establishing the Class of Hazard.
	Economic instruments/ initiatives Economic Mechanism in the field of waste management includes the following elements: economic incentives, fee-paying waste disposal and lending. Economic incentives are made by exemption from taxes, for example, exemption from tax on profit received from selling of secondary raw materials. Disposal of waste is chargeable. The rate of the charge is set at differential basis depending on the level of toxity of waste. What is more, the rate of the charge for disposal of waste beyond limits established by local authorities is five times increased. Lending is realized by giving grants from budget environmental fund. Grants are given for introduction of cleaner technologies, scientific research and development works on creating new types of environment oriented technique.
	Measures taken by industries/waste generators The generators of waste shall develop the norms for waste generation and get agreement on them from territorial bodies of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. The waste generation norms help with operational quantitative control on waste generation and are used for development of waste disposal limits.

Transboundary Movement Reduction Measures

The measures taken for reduction of the amount of hazardous wastes and other wastes subject to the transboundary movement are same as the measures taken for reduction and/or elimination of hazardous waste generation.

Disposal/ Recovery Facilities

Disposal facilities Complex on processing and landfilling of toxic and industrial waste of Gomel Region, landfilling (D1).

Bilateral, Multilateral or Regional Agreements

Multilateral agreement on Unified Terms of Transit through the Territories of States-Members of the Custom Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan), effective from 22.01.1998. Lists of waste are developed on the basis of the Basel Convention lists. Multilateral agreement on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous and other Waste between the members of the Community of Independent States, effective from 1996. The Agreement was developed on the basis of the Basel Convention.

Technical Assistance and Training Available

None.

Appendix 1 to the Resolution of

State Custom Committee "On

Improvement of Custom Control

over Waste Movement through

Custom Border of the Republic of

Belarus ;

(of 12.03.1999 N 134-OD)

List

of Industrial and Consumption Wastes, which can not be processed or used in the Republic of Belarus

Code of the Kind of Waste According to Commodity Classification for Foreign Activity (CC FEA)	Kind of Waste	Code of the Waste according to the Basel Convention Classification
from 2524 00	Asbestos waste and dust	Y36
from 262099
from 2620 99
from 2620 99	- slime with thorium content from thoriated tungsten article production
	Galvanic Slimes
from 262099 100	- with nickel content
from 2620 30 000	- with copper content	Y22
from 262019 000	-with zinc content	Y23
from 26 20 99 700	- with cobalt content
from 2620 91 000	-with cadmium content	Y26
from 2920 29 000 from 2620 99 100 from 2620 91 000	Slime of lead hydroxide, nickel, cadmium	Y31.Y26
from 2620	Waste containing compounds of: cadmium, nickel, chromium, tin, lead, vanadium, copper, other heavy metals.	Y26, Y21, Y31, Y22
from 271390	Acid resin, acid tar
from 271390	Acid residual tar from oil refinement with sulphuric acid and resin sulphurized compounds	Y11
from 271390	Acid residual tar from sulfate production (white oils sulphurization) with sulphuric acid and heavy organic sulfate content	Y 11
from 2713 90	Acid residual tar from aromatic hydrocarbon refinement with sulphuric acid, aromatic compounds and sulphuric acid content	Y 11
from 2713 90	Acid residual tar from paraffin refinement with sulphuric acid and organic compounds content	Y 11
from 2713 90	Acid fumigating resin of the sulfate section of the benzene rectification shop of the by-product-coking production	Y 11
	Slimes of coke and gas plants:
from 2706 00 000	- Gumlike fuses (shale processing wastes) with phenol content,	Y39
from 2706 00 000	- Preservative timber production and use waste	Y5
From 2710	Burn mineral oil waste	Y8
	Useless chemical substances, produced in the course of R and D or in the educational process, whose nature has not yet been revealed and /or which are novel, whose effect on man and environment is yet unknown	Y14
from 2804 80 000 from 2804 80 000 from 2804 80 000	Hard mineral waste with detrimental impurities, specific for the given production: cake arsenious from copper production, cake arsenious -potassium from tin producti on, arsenate and calcium waste from lead production.
from 2837	Galvanic slime with cyanide con tent
from 2819	- Galvanic slime with chromium content (compounds of hexavalent, chromium)
from 2814 20 000 from 38 25 50 000	Ammonium solutions for copper pickling (waste)	Y22
from 2806 10 000 from 3825 50 000	Acids and acid mixtures with impurities specific for the given production: Waste, pickle solutions of rolling and hardware shops	Y34
from 2815 20	Alkalines and alkaline mixtures with impurities, specific for the given production (pickling, cleaning, etc.)	Y35
from 2850 00	Sorbents with arsine and phosphine impurities	Y24
from 2844 30 550	Thorium waste in chemical-metallurgical production
from 291539	Aluminium chloride waste with acetophenol impurity	Y15
From 2902	Residue of acid resin processing	Y11 RA|
from 2912	Slimes of coke and gas plants:
From 2932 19 000	Polychlorinated dibenzofuran and other related compounds	Y43 RCI
From 2934 99	Polychlorinated dibenzodioxine (dioxine) and other related compounds	Y44
from 2903	Waste of fluorine organic compounds in hydrogen bromide acid production	Y45
From 2903 69 from 340490 from 3824 90 990	Polychlorinated biphenyls, terphenyls, polybromated biphenyls, liquids, or solvents contaminated by them, and also agents and articles contained them (in concentration 50 mg/kg and more )	Y10
From 2903	Waste of chlorine organic acid production	Y45
From 2903	Highly resinous wood of bromine organic synthesis	Y45
From 2912	Highly resinous wood of phthalic anhydrite production	Y12
from 2930 from 3825	Pharmaceuticals production and use waste	Y2
From 2902 from 2903 from 2905-2909	Waste of organic solvents production and use
From 3808	Agents for fumigation and protection of plants from pests and blights (obsolete)	Y45
From 3808	Production of agents for fumigation and protection of plants from pests and blights wastes	Y45
From 3811 11 100 from 262021 000	Slimes contained tetraethyl lead (antidetonant additives)	Y31 RCC
from 701990	Glass fibre waste, similar to asbestos in its 'physical and chemical characteristics
from 8104 90 000 from 8108 90 900 from 8112 40 900	Other dust containing non-ferrous metals : magnesium dust, titanium dust , vanadium dust Magnium
from 8539	Mercury lamp and luminescent tube waste	Y29
From 901831 from 901832 from 7017 from 560110 from 3825 30 000	Medical waste , produced from the medical treatment of patients at medical institutions (hospitals, polyclinics and other similar institutions )	Y1

Appendix 2 to the Resolution of

State Custom Committee "On

Improvement of Custom Control

over Waste Movement through

Custom Border of the Republic of

Belarus ;

(of 12.03.1999 N 134-OD)

List

of Industrial and Consumption Wastes, which can be processed or

used in the Republic of Belarus, permits for their import (transit)

are given by the Ministry of Natural Resources and

Environmental Protection

Code of the Kind of Waste According to Commodity Classification for Foreign Activity (CC FEA)	Kind of Waste	Code of the Waste according to the Basel Convention Classification
from 0501000000	Human hair waste
from 0502	Bristle waste
from 0503000000	Horse hair waste
from 0505900000	Bird feathers waste
from 0506900000	Animal bones and horns waste
from 051191	Waste from fish and other sea products processing
152200	Degras; residues after processing of fat substances or plant or animal waxes
from 2514000000	Shale wastes, roughly scraped or simply cut by sawing or in some other way
2525300000	Mica wastes
from 2529300000	Leucite, nepheline, or nepheline syenite waste
from 2529100000	Feldspar Waste
2618000000	Slag pellets, produced in iron and steel production
from 261900	Cupola slags
from 261900	Electric furnace slags
from 261900	Blast furnace slags
from 261900	Converter slags
from 261900	Other steel –smelting slags
from 261900	Scull of steel – smelting production
from 261900	Steel-casting slimes
from 261900	Rolling slimes
from 261900	Casting slimes
2620110000	Hard zinc (zink-and-iron alloy)	Y23
from 2620190000	Zinc slags	Y23
from 2620190000	Zinc slime	Y23
from 2620290000	Take off lead
from 2620290000	Lead ashes
from 2620290000 from 2620210000	Lead slime
from 262099	Other metallic slimes
from 2620400000	Taken off light metal dross containing aluminum
from 2620400000	Salt slags with aluminum content
from 2620999000	Boiler cleaning residues
from 262099	Taken off light metal dross containing magnesium
from 262099	Salt slags with magnesium content
from 262099	Magnesium oxide slime
from 2621900000	Coal ash
from 2621900000	Boiler slags
from 2621900000	Hard residues contained salt from smoke-trapping ; Y • devices of unit heaters burning traditional fuel (without reagent gypsum)
from 2621900000	Fly ashes and unit heater dust	Y18
from 2621900000	Slags from melt electrolysis
from 2621100000	Slags and ashes from waste burning facilities
from 2621100000	Fly ash and dust from waste burning facilities
from 2621900000	Pyrolysis unit slags and ashes	Y11
from 2621900000	Slag from the production of chemically stabilized copper content a high iron (over 20%), processed according to industrial standards
from 2621900000	Neutralized red clay from alumina production
from 271390	Slimes of coke and gas plant
from 2837	Slime from cyanide containing fixing (quenching) baths
from 2805409000	Residues contained mercury: mercury on graphite, mercury on activated coal
from 280300	Activated (waste) coal
from 2804 50	Waste containing tellurium	Y28
from 2804 800000	Waste containing arsenic	Y24
from 2804 900000	Waste contained selenium	Y25
from 2811 220000	Hard silica wastes, except using in casting production
from 2844 30	Thorium waste and scrap
from 2904, from 2908	Organic chemicals, multiply nitrated	Y15
310320	Basic slag, formed in iron and steel production, using for phosphate fertilizers and for other purposes
from 3601000000, from 3602000000	Waste of explosive substances	Y15
from 3604	Pyrotechnical waste	Y15
from 3912 20	Cellulose processing wastes (nitrocellulose)
3915	Plastic waste and scrap, chopped plastic:
from 3915 100000	of polyethylene
from 3915 200000	- of polystyrene, polystyrene foam
from 3915 300000	of polyvinylchloride and of foam plastic manufactured on its basis
from 3915 90	of celluloid, photo- and cinefilm
from 3915 90	of polyethylene-terephthalate film
from 3915 90	of polyurethane, polyurethane foam
from 3915 90	of polyamides, polycarbonates
from 3915 90	of, polyacrylates, acrylic resin
from 3915 90	of polyvinylacetate
from 3915 90	of polyvinyl alcohol
from 3915 90	of polyolephines
from 3915 90	of polypropylene
from 3915 90	of plastics contained fluorine	Y 45
from 3915 90	of acrylonitrile copolymers
from 3915 90	of styrene copolymers
from 3915 90	of polybutileneterephthalates
from 3915 90	of polyethylenesulphides polysiloxalanes (silicons)
from 3915 90	of polymethylmetacrylate
from 3915 90	of polyvinylbutirene
from 3915 90	of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-phenolic resins	Y 13
from 3915 901100	of epoxy resins
from 3915 90	- of urea-formaldehyde resins
from 3915 90	- of alkyd resins
400400000	Rubber waste and cuttings
400400000	Other waste rubber technical articles
401220	Old tires, worn cut
from 4013909000	tubes, tire casings
from 401700	Hard rubber waste and scrap
from 4115200000	Slime from leather enterprises’ sewage water clearing
from 4115200000	Raw fresh hides
from 4115200000	Split leather cuttings
from 4115200000	Cuttings from the edges of chromium-plate and tanned semi , chrome chips finished items
5505	Artificial fibre waste:
from 5505101000	- polyamide
5505103000	- polyester
from 5505105000	- polyacril
from 5505105000	- polyacrilic modified
from 5505200000	- cellulose
from 700100	Glass waste from the production of lamps, picture tubes and other articles containing specific impurities
from 7802000000	Waste containing lead	Y31
from 7902000000	Waste containing zinc	Y23
from 8002000000	Waste containing tin
from 8101970000	Waste containing tungsten
from 8102970000	Waste containing molybdenum
from 8103300000	Waste containing tantalum
from 8104200000	Waste containing magnesium
from 8105300000	Waste containing cobalt
from 8106001000	Waste containing bismuth
from 8107300000	Waste containing cadmium	Y26
from 8108300000	Waste containing titanium
from 8109300000	Waste containing zirconium
from 8110200000	Antimonium waste	Y27
from 8111001900	Waste containing manganese
8112130000	Beryllium waste and scrap	Y20
8112220000	Waste containing chromium	Y21
from 8112304000	Germanium waste and scrap
from 8112401900	Vanadium waste and scrap
from 8112921000	Hafnium waste and scrap
from 8112925000	Indium waste and scrap
from 8112923900	Niobium waste and scrap
8112520000	Thallium waste and scrap	Y30

from 8908000000

Vessels and other floating constructions for separation, carefully emptied of their contents, and other materials formed in the process of the vessel's operation, which may be referred to the category of hazardous substances or waste

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