Basel Convention

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Status of Ratification/Accession/Acceptance/Approval:	31.01.1995 (r)
Ratification/Acceptance of the Amendment to the Basel Convention:	Not yet as of 20.11.2002

Competent Authority	Focal Point
Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation 4/6, B.Gruzinskaya Str. Moscow, GSP-5, D-242, 123995 tel: [phone] fax: [phone]	The Center for Project Activity 23/5, Krzhizhanovskogo Str. Moscow, 117218 tel: [phone] fax: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail] and [e-mail]

National Definition

There is a national definition of wastes used for the purpose of transboundary movements of waste in Russian Federation: “Production and consumption waste” is the remains of raw materials, materials, semi-finished products, other articles or products that have been formed in the process of production or consumption as well as the goods (products) that have lost their consumer properties.” The national definition of hazardous wastes is defined by the Federal Law “On Wastes of Production and Consumption” № 89-FZ of 24 June 1998. “Hazardous waste” is the waste containing harmful substances having properties (toxicity, explosivity, flammability, high-reaction ability) or containing the agents causing contagious diseases or that posing an immediate or potential threat to environment and human health either by themselves or on contact with other substances”. Russian Federation regulates/controls additional wastes as hazardous that are not included in Art. 1 (1)a of the Basel Convention and would be controlled for the purpose of transboundary movements pursuant to Art. 1 (1)b. These wastes are listed in the Appendix n^o 1 to the Resolution of Russian Federation Government “On State Regulation and Control over Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes” (of 01.07.1996 № 766) which provides a “List of Hazardous Wastes, Import (Transit) of which to (through) the Territory of the Russian Federation is forbidden and Export is Subject to State Regulation”; and in the Appendix n^o2 to the Resolution of Russian Federation Government “On State Regulation and Control over Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes” (of 01.07.1996 № 766) which provides a “List of Hazardous Wastes, Transboundary Movements of which is subject to State Regulation”. (Appendix n^o 1 and Appendix n^o 2 are annexed to this CFS)

In Russian Federation 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	12 800 000 ^1)
	Total amount of other wastesgenerated	No data
Transboundary Movement	Total amount of hazardous wastesand other wastesexported	^2)
	Total amount of hazardous wastesand other wastesimported	^2)

* 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) In Russian Federation there is no statistics on annual waste generation according to the Basel Convention Y-code classification. Consists of: I hazard class: 400 000 mt; II hazard class: 3 300 000 mt; III hazard class: 9 100 000 mt. For IV hazard class (119 700 000 mt) it is not clear whether it should be regarded as wastes under the scope of the Convention, hence this amount is not included.

2) Clarification is pending from Russian Federation concerning the wastes exported and imported.

Restrictions on Transboundary Movement	Amendment to the Basel Convention The Russian Federation is in a preparatory process of implementing the amendment to the Basel Convention (Decision III/1).
	Restrictions on export for final disposal and for recovery The Russian Federation restricts the export of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal and for recovery. The relevant legislation is the Regulation of the Government of the Russian Federation №766 of 01.07.96 on the State Regulation and Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes.
	Restrictions on import for final disposal and for recovery The Russian Federation restricts the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal and for recovery. The relevant legislations are the Federal Law № 89-FZ of 24 June 1998 “On Wastes of Production and Consumption”; and the Regulation of the Government of the Russian Federation №766 of 01.07.96 “On the State Regulation and Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes”.
	Restrictions on transit The Russian Federation restricts the transit of hazardous wastes and other wastes. The relevant legislation is the Regulation of the Government of the Russian Federation №766 of 01.07.96 on the State Regulation and Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes.

Reduction and/or Elimination of Hazardous Waste Generation

Legislation, regulations and guidelines Government Regulations: “On rules of development and approval of waste generation guidelines and its disposal limitations” of 16.06.00 № 461; and “On order of state waste cadastre maintenance and realization of hazardous waste certification” of 26.10.00 № 818.

Transboundary Movement Reduction Measures

Legislation, regulations and guidelines Government Regulation on Approval of the Resolutions for the Licensing of Stocking up, Processing and Selling of Non-Ferrous and Ferrous Scrap of 15.07.99 №822; and Regulations of Goscomecologiya on Focal Point of Russian Federation on Implementation of Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Order of Goscomecologiya of 04.11.98 №658.

Disposal/ Recovery Facilities

Data not available.

Bilateral, Multilateral or Regional Agreements

None.

Technical Assistance and Training Available

The available sources are: Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation (MNR of Russia); Centre for International Projects (Subregional Training Centre) (CIP); Centre for Preparation and Implementation of International Projects on Technical Assistance (CPPI); and Territory Committees on Environmental Protection.

Appendix No. 1

to the Resolution of RF Government

“On State Regulation and Control

over Transboundary Movements

of Hazardous Wastes”

(of 01.07.1996 № 766)
List

of Hazardous Wastes, Import (Transit) of which to (through) the Territory

of the Russian Federation is forbidden and Export is Subject to

State Regulation

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	Code of the Waste according to the Classification of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)
from 7019 90	Glass fibre waste, similar to asbestos in its physical and chemical characteristics		RB 020**
from 2524 00	Asbestos waste and dust	Y 36	RB 010
	Other kinds of dust with non-ferrous metal content:	Y 17
from 8104 90	magnesium dust
from 8108 90	titanium dust
from 811240900	vanadium dust
from 8539	Mercury lamp and luminescent tube waste	Y 29
	Metal slimes:
from 2620 90	manganese slimes from electrolytic manganese dioxide production
from 2620 90	selenium-mercury slime from sulphuric acid production	Y 25
	Waste with thorium content:
from 284430190	- thorium waste in chemical-metallurgical production
from 2620 90	- slime with thorium content from thoriated tungsten article production
	Hard mineral waste with detrimental impurities, specific for the given production:
from 280480000	- cake arsenious from copper production	Y 24
from 280480000	- cake arsenious -potassium from tin production	Y 24
from 280480000	- arsenate and calcium waste from lead production	Y 24
from 262090100	Galvanic slime with nickel content
	Galvanic slimes:
from 2837	- with cyanide content	Y 33
from 2819	- with chromium content (compounds of hexavalent, chromium)	Y 21
from 2620 30	- with copper content	Y 22
from 2620 19	- with zinc content	Y 23
from 262090990	- with cobalt content
from 262090990	-with cadmium content	Y 26
from 262090100	Slime of lead hydroxide, nickel, cadmium	Y 31,Y 26
from 2620	Waste containing compounds of:
	- cadmium	Y 26
	- nickel	Y 26
	- chromium	Y 21
	- tin
	- lead	Y 31
	- vanadium
	- copper	Y 22
	- other heavy metals
from 2915 39	Aluminium chloride waste with acetophenol impurity	Y 15
from 2814 20 from 2827 39	Ammonium solutions for copper pickling (waste)	Y 22
from 2827 49 from 2806 10	Acids and acid mixtures with impurities specific for the given production: Waste, pickle solutions of rolling and hardware shops	Y 34
from 2815 20	Alkalines and alkaline mixtures with impurities, specific for the given production (pickling, cleaning, etc.)	Y 35
from 3808	Agents for fumigation and protection of plants from pests and blights (obsolete)	Y 45
from 3808	Production of agents for fumigation and protection of plants from pests and blights wastes	Y 45
from 2713 90	Acid resin, acid tar	Y 11	RA 020
from 2713 90	Acid residual tar from oil refinement with sulphuric acid and resin sulphurized compounds	Y 11
from 2713 90	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
from 2902 from 2912	Residue of acid resin processing	Y 11	RA 020
	Slimes of coke and gas plants:
from 2706	- Gumlike fuses (shale processing wastes) with phenol content	Y 39
from 3811 11	Slimes contained tetraethyl lead (antidetonant additives)	Y 31	RC 030
from 2850	Sorbents with arsine and phosphine impurities	Y 24
from 2932 19	Polychlorinated dibenzofuran and other related compounds	Y 43	RC 010
from 2934 90	Polychlorinated dibenzodioxine (dioxine) and other related compounds	Y 44	RC 020
from 2903	Waste of fluorine organic compounds in hydrogen bromide acid production	Y 45
from 2903 69 from 3404 90 from 382390850	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)	Y 10	RC 010
from 2903	Waste of chlorine organic acid production	Y 45
from 2903	Highly resinous wood of bromine organic synthesis	Y 45
From 2912	Highly resinous wood of phthalic anhydride production	Y 12
from 9018 31 from 9018 32 from 7017 from 5601 10	Medical waste, produced from the medical treatment of patients at medical institutions (hospitals, polyclinics and other similar institutions)	Y 1
from 2930	Pharmaceuticals production waste	Y 2
from 2936 from 2937 from 3001-3006	Unused and expired medicines and medications	Y 3
from 2939	Phytopharmaceutical medication production and application wastes	Y 4
from 2706	Preservative timber production and use wastes	Y 5
from 2902 from 2903 from 2905-2909	Organic solvents production and application waste	Y 6
from 2710	Burn mineral oils waste	Y 8
	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/or on the environment is yet unknown	Y 14

* The goods characteristic to the list of waste shall be determined both by their code according to the CC FEA and by their title (physical and chemical characteristics).

** Here and hereafter the code of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development shall consist of two letters, followed by a number. The first letter shall denote the list: G (Green), Y (Yellow), R (Red), and the second, waste category.
Note: the notion of residue shall include the following kinds of waste: scale, residue, slag, dross, dust, powder, slime, and cake, unless one or another material is clearly included in other items.
Appendix No. 2

to the Resolution of RF Government

“On State Regulation and Control

over Transboundary Movements

of Hazardous Wastes”

(of 01.07.1996 № 766)

List

of Hazardous Wastes, Transboundary Movements of which

is subject to State Regulation

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	Code of the Waste according to the Classification of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)
from 0501 00	Human hair waste		GO 010**
from 0502 00	Bristle waste		GN 010
from 0503 00	Horse hair waste		GN 020
from 0505 90	Bird feathers waste		GN 030
from 0506 90	Animal bones and horns waste		GM 100
from 0511 91	Waste from fish and other sea products processing		GM 110
1522 00	Degras; residue after processing of fat substances or plant or animal waxes		GM 090
from 2514 00	Shale wastes, roughly scraped or simply cut by sawing or in some other way		GD 020
2525 30	Mica wastes		GD 030
from 2529 30	Leucite, nepheline, or nepheline syenite waste		GD 040
from 2529 10	Feldspar wastes		GD 050
2618 00	Slag pellets, produced in iron and steel production		GC 060
from 2619 00	Cupola slags		YA 010
from 2619 00	Electric furnace slags		GC 070
from 2619 00	Blast furnace slags
from 2619 00	Converter slags
from 2619 00	Other steel-smelting slags
from 2619 00	Scull of steel-smelting production
from 2619 00	Steel-casting slimes
from 2619 00	Rolling slimes
from 2619 00	Casting slimes
2620 11	Hard zinc (zinc-and-iron alloy)	Y 23	GB 010
from 2620 19	Zinc slags	Y 23	GB 025
from 2620 19	Zinc slime	Y 23
from 2620 20	Lead dross	Y 31	YA 030
from 2620 20	Lead scale	Y 31
from 2620	Lead slime	Y 31
from 2620 30	Other metal slimes		YA 040
from 2620 40	Light metal dross contained aluminum		YA 050
from 2620 40	Salt slags contained aluminum
from 2620 50	Boiler-cleaning residues		YA 060
from 2620 90	Light metal dross contained magnesium		YA 070
from 2620 90	Salt slags with magnesium content
from 2620 90	Magnesium oxide slime
from 2837	Slime from fixing (quenching) baths contained cyanide	Y 7
from 28054090	Residues contained mercury:	Y 29
	- mercury on graphite
	- mercury on activated coal
from 2621	Coal ash		GG 030
from 2621	Boiler slags		GG 030
from 2621	Hard residues contained salt from smoke-trapping devices of unit heaters burning traditional fuel (without reagent gypsum)	Y 18
from 2621	Fly ashes and unit heater dust	Y 18
from 2621 00	Slags from melt electrolysis		YB 010
from 2621 00	Slags and ashes from waste burning facilities
from 2621 00	Fly ash and dust from waste burning facilities
from 2621 00	Pyrolysis unit slags and ashes	Y 11
from 2621 00	Slag from the production of chemically stabilized copper content a high iron (over 20%), processed according to industrial standards		GG 080
from 2621 00	Neutralized red clay from alumina production		GG 110
from 2713 90	Slimes of coke and gas plant byproducts		YC 010
from 2803	Activated (waste) coal		GG 060
from 2804 50	Waste contained tellurium	Y 28	GA 410
from 2804 80	Waste contained arsenic	Y 24	YA 090
from 2804 90	Waste contained selenium	Y 25	GA 400
from 2811 22	Hard silica wastes, except using in casting production		GD 070
from 2844 30	Thorium waste and scrap		GA 390
3103 20	Basic slag, formed in iron and steel production, using for phosphate fertilizers and for other purposes		GG 070
from 3912 20	Cellulose processing wastes (nitrocellulose)		YC 100
3915	Plastic waste and scrap, chopped plastic:		GH 010
from 3915 10	- of polyethylene		GH 011
from 3915 20	- of polystyrene, polystyrene foam		GH 012
from 3915 30	- of polyvinylchloride and of foam plastic manufactured on its basis		GH 013
from 3915 90	- of celluloid, photo- and cinefilm		GN 014
from 3915 90	- of polyethylene-terephthalate film
from 3915 90	- of polyurethane, polyurethane foam
from 3915 90	- of polyamides
from 3915 90	- of polycarbonates, 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 butadiene copolymers
from 3915 90	- of styrene copolymers
from 3915 90	- of polybutileneterephthalates
from 3915 90	- of polyethylenesulphides
from 3915 90	- of polysiloxalanes (silicons)
from 3915 90	- of polymethylmetacrylate
from 3915 90	- of polyvinylbutirene
from 3915 90	- of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-phenolic resins	Y 13	GH 015
from 3915 90	- of epoxy resins
from 3915 90	- of urea-formaldehyde resins
from 3915 90	- of alkyd resins
4004 00	Rubber waste and cuttings		GK 010
4004 00	Other waste rubber technical articles		GK 010
4012 20	Old tires, worn cut tubes, tire casings		GK 020
4017 00	Hard rubber waste and scrap		GK 030
4110 00	Slime from leather enterprises' sewage water clearing		YC 180
4110 00	Raw fresh hides
4110 00	Split leather cuttings
4110 00	Cuttings from the edges of chromium-plate and tanned semi finished items, chrome chips
5505	Artificial fibre waste:		GJ 110
5505 10	- polyamide		GJ 111
5505 10	- polyester
5505 10	- cellulose		GJ 112
from 7001 00	Glass waste from the production of lamps, picture tubes and other articles contained specific impurities		YB 040
from 7802 00	Waste contained lead	Y 31	GA 150
7902 00	Waste contained zinc	Y 23	GA 160
8002 00	Waste contained tin		GA 170
from 8101 91	Waste contained tungsten		GA 180
from 8102 91	Waste contained molybdenum		GA 190
from 8103 10	Waste contained tantalum		GA 200
8104 20	Waste contained magnesium		GA 210
from 8105 10	Waste contained cobalt		GA 220
from 8106 00	Waste contained bismuth		GA 230
from 8107 10	Waste contained cadmium	Y 26	GA 240
from 8108 10	Waste contained titanium		GA 250
from 8109 10	Waste contained zirconium		GA 260
from 8110 00	Antimonium waste	Y 27	GA 270
from 8111 20	Waste contained manganese		GA 280
from 8112 20	Beryllium waste and scrap	Y 20	GA 290
from 8112 20	Waste contained chromium	Y 21	GA 300
from 8112 30	Germanium waste and scrap		GA 310
from 8112 40	Vanadium waste and scrap		GA 320
from 8112 91	Hafnium waste and scrap		GA 330
from 8112 91	Indium waste and scrap		GA 340
from 8112 91	Niobium waste and scrap		GA 350
from 8112 91	Thallium waste and scrap	Y 30	GA 380
from 8908 00	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		GC 030
from 3604	Pyrotechnical waste	Y 15
from 3601 from 3602	Explosives waste	Y 15
from 2904 from 2908	Organic chemicals, multiply nitrated	Y 15

* The goods characteristic to the list of waste shall be determined both by their code according to the CC FEA and by their title (physical and chemical characteristics).

** Here and hereafter the code of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development shall consist of two letters, followed by a number. The first letter shall denote the list: G (Green), Y (Yellow), R (Red), and the second, waste category.
Note: the notion of residue shall include the following kinds of waste: scale, residue, slag, dross, dust, powder, slime, and cake, unless one or another material is clearly included in other items.


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