TNAG-2519-FCO40-3677-Application-of-Basel-Convention-on-the-Control-of-Transbound-1992 — Page 17

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OF 071746Z MAY 92

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YOUR TELNO 37:

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BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROLS OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL

1.

FCO LEGAL ADVICE IS THAT UK RATIFICATION CAN BE EXTENDED AT A LATER DATE TO DTS. THIS WILL BE BY EXTENDING THE APPLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL RATIFICATION, NOT BY DEPOSITING A NEW INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION.

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HOWEVER THE UK WOULD NOT WANT TO MAKE NUMEROUS EXTENSIONS

FOR ONE DT AT A TIME. WE WOULD WANT TO INCLUDE AS MANY DTS AS

POSSIBLE IN THE ORIGINAL RATIFICATION. A LATER EXTENSION CAN BE

MADE WHEN ALL OF THE DTS WHO WANT THE CONVENTION APPLIED ARE READY.

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