32 Control Wastes of Transboundary within Africa, Movement adopted and in Bamako, Management Mali, of Hazardous in January constitute the offence of trafficking in hazardous waste. 1991 shall The following substances this statute: shall be "hazardous wastes" for the purpose a) Wastes that belong to any category b) Wastes defined that are not covered under paragraph (a) above but are as, or are considered to be, hazardous wastes by the c) d) Bamako Convention; contained in Annex of | of the domestic legislation of the State of export, import or transit; Wastes which possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex Il of the Bamako Convention; Hazardous substances which have been banned, radioactive, are included in the cancelled or refused registration by government regulatory action, or voluntarily withdrawn from registration in the State of manufacture, for human health or environmental reasons. Wastes which, as a result of being subject to any scope of this international control systems, including international instruments, applying specifically to radioactive Convention. materials are Wastes which derive from the normal operations of a ship, the discharge of which is covered by another international instrument, the scope of this Convention. shall not fall within For the purposes of this Article, “failure to re-import” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Bamako Convention. The export of hazardous waste into a Member State for the purpose of rendering it safe shall not constitute an offence under this Article. Article 28L Bis Illicit Exploitation of Natural Resources For the purpose of this Statute, “Illicit exploitation of natural resources” means any of the following acts if they are of a serious nature affecting the stability of a state, region or the Union: a) Concluding an agreement to exploit resources, in violation principle of peoples’ sovereignty over their natural resources; of the

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