“Requiring identification of all installations individually might make the establishment and the maintenance of the database burdensome and difficult.”

From p. 1 of response by Brazil to Basel Secretariat. 2015. ‘Decision BC-12/5 | Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste under the Basel Convention’. http://www.basel.int/TheConvention/ConferenceoftheParties/Meetings/COP12/tabid/4248/mctl/ViewDetails/EventModID/8051/EventID/542/xmid/13027/Default.aspx.

“Colombia considers that it is not necessary to include this additional requirement in Table No. 8 of Appendix No. 3, as it would be a cumbersome and ineffective procedure for the authorities and it is not a waste. In the case of Colombia, companies that perform fault analysis, maintenance of used equipment and reconditioning are not subject to an environmental permit or control; Therefore it would have no way to verify or report such information.”

English translation of p.1 of response from Colombia to Basel Secretariat. 2015. ‘Decision BC-12/5 | Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste under the Basel Convention’. http://www.basel.int/TheConvention/ConferenceoftheParties/Meetings/COP12/tabid/4248/mctl/ViewDetails/EventModID/8051/EventID/542/xmid/13027/Default.aspx.