CHAPTER XXVII

ENVIRONMENT3bBasel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their DisposalBasel, 10 December 1999Not yet in forcesee article 29 which reads as follows: "1. The Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, formal confirmation, approval or accession. 2. For each State or regional economic integration organization which ratifies, accepts, approves or formally confirms the Protocol or accedes thereto after the date of the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession, it shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration organization of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession. 3. For the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of such organization".StatusSignatories13Parties111TextDoc. UNEP/CHW.1/WG/1/9/2; depositary notification C.N.120.2005.TREATIES-12 of 23 February 2005 [Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Protocol (authentic Spanish text)] and C.N.407.2005.TREATIES-3 of 25 May 2005 [(Corrections to the original of the Protocol (Authentic Spanish text)].The Protocol will be open for signature by States and by regional economic integration organizations Parties to the Basel Convention in Berne at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland from 6 to 17 March 2000 and at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1 April 2000 to 10 December 2000, in accordance with its article 26.

ParticipantSignatureApproval(AA), Formal confirmation(c), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), RatificationBotswana17 Jun 2004 aChile 8 Dec 2000 Colombia22 Nov 2000 22 Jul 2008 Congo20 Apr 2007 aCosta Rica27 Apr 2000 Democratic Republic of the Congo23 Mar 2005 aDenmark 5 Dec 2000 Ethiopia 8 Oct 2003 aFinland 6 Dec 2000 France 8 Dec 2000 Ghana 9 Jun 2005 aHungary 5 Dec 2000 Liberia16 Sep 2005 aLuxembourg28 Aug 2000 Monaco17 Mar 2000 Saudi Arabia10 Jan 2013 aSweden 1 Dec 2000 Switzerland 9 Mar 2000 Syrian Arab Republic 5 Oct 2004 aThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3 Apr 2000 Togo 2 Jul 2004 aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7 Dec 2000 Yemen25 Aug 2009 aChileDeclaration:Chile understands that aritcle 12 of the Protocol and Annex B thereto do not imply any obstacle for the exporter or the notifier in terms of being able to negotiate with the importer or the disposer the conditions under which the insurance cost involved in the operation shall be defrayed.Syrian Arab RepublicDeclaration:... that the accession of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Amendment and the Protocol shall not under any circumstances whatsoever signify recognition of Israel, nor shall it lead to entry therewith into any dealings that may be governed by the provisions of the said amendment and Protocol.1For the purpose of entry into force of the [Convention/Protocol] , any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of that Organization.