Prohibition on transboundary movement of hazardous waste: imports and exports barred unless authorized under implementing environmental regulations. The notification invokes customs regulatory power to prohibit import into India and export out of India of hazardous wastes specified in Scheduled VI to the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, as a measure to protect human, animal and plant life and health, subject to exceptions provided under the Environment (Protection) Act and its rules, and suppresses an earlier customs notification while preserving prior actions under it.
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Prohibition on transboundary movement of hazardous waste: imports and exports barred unless authorized under implementing environmental regulations.
The notification invokes customs regulatory power to prohibit import into India and export out of India of hazardous wastes specified in Scheduled VI to the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, as a measure to protect human, animal and plant life and health, subject to exceptions provided under the Environment (Protection) Act and its rules, and suppresses an earlier customs notification while preserving prior actions under it.
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