Countries should develop own lists of hazardous equipment
A position that holds that individual countries should develop their own lists of equipment, components and substances that are deemed to be hazardous with respect to national legislation.
“It is our view that it would be more feasible to include a recommendation that individual countries develop lists to clarify equipment, components and substances that are deemed to be hazardous for the purpose of implementing their own national legislation.”

From p. 1 of response by Canada to Basel Secretariat. 2012. ‘Draft Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movement of E-Waste, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste (Version 8 May 2012)’. http://www.basel.int/Implementation/Ewaste/TechnicalGuidelines/DevelopmentofTGs/tabid/2377/Default.aspx.
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