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The Basel Law and Waste Management Law
Transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other recyclables are regulated by the two different legal systems in Japan. The Basel Law (Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes) is to regulate transboudary movement of hazardous wastes in terms of hazard characteristics, and the Waste Management Law (The Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law) is to regulate based upon the value of the items traded.
National Laws
Regulations among the Parties of the Basel Convention
- Summary of the legal framework under the Basel Law[PDF 35KB]
- Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes[PDF 117KB]
- The Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law[PDF 153KB]
- Order for Enforcement of the Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes[PDF 77KB]
- Ordinance for Enforcement of the Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes[PDF 63KB]
- Matters listed in Article 3, items (i) to (iv) of the Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes pursuant to the provision of Article 3 of the same Law[PDF 456KB]
- Materials prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) (a) of the Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes[PDF 96KB]
- Ministerial Ordinance Concerning Notification, etc. Based on the Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes[PDF 58KB]
Regulations among OECD Countries
- Ordinance Specifying the Regions and Specified Hazardous Waste, etc. Set Forth in Article 4, Paragraph (2) of the Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes[PDF 100KB]
- Ordinance Specifying Wastes that Japan Needs to Control Based on the Council Decision Concerning the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development[PDF 53KB]
Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law
- Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law[PDF 100KB]
International Treaties
- Basel Convention[PDF 108KB] (Basel Convention on the Control of Transboudary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal)
- OECD Decision[PDF 194KB] (Decision of the Council concerning the revision of decision C(92)39/Final on the control of transboudary movements of waste destined for recovery operations)