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Secretariat of the Basel Convention - Competent Authorities

(As of 9 November 1999)

 
Competent Authority” means one governmental authority designated by a Party to be responsible within such geographical area as the Party may think fit, for receiving the notification of a transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes, and any information related to it, and for responding to such a notification, as provided in Article 6.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Chief Environmental Officer, Environment Division
Ministry of Tourism and Environment
Queen Elizabeth Highway
St. John's, Antigua, West Indies
Telephone:  (1 268) 462 06 51
Telefax:  (1 268) 462 28 36
E-Mail:  mintourenv@candw.ag

ARGENTINA

Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y  
Desarrollo Sustentable
San Martín 459, Capital Federal
1004 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Telephone:  (54 11) 43 48 82 85/94
Telefax:  (54 11) 43 48 83 55

AUSTRALIA

Manager, Hazardous Waste Section
Environment Protection Group
Environment Australia
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Telephone:  (61 26) 274 14 11
Telefax:  (61 26) 274 11 64/16 10
E-Mail:  geoff.thompson@ea.gov.au

AUSTRIA
The Federal Ministry of Environment,  
Youth and Family Affairs
Department III/1
Stubenbastei 5
A-1010 Vienna, Austria
Telephone:  (43 1) 515 223 513
Telefax:  (43 1) 515 227 333 and 7502
E-Mail:  ica.basel@bmu.gv.at

BAHAMAS

Director
Department of Environmental Health Services
Ministry of Consumer Welfare and Aviation
P.O. Box SS-19048
Nassau, Bahamas
Telephone:  (1 242) 322 49 08
Telefax:  (1 242) 322 36 07 E-Mail:  dcooper@dehs.bs

BAHRAIN

Director General of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Housing, Municipalities and Environment
P.O. Box 26909
Adliya, Bahrain
Telephone:  (973) 29 36 93
Telefax:  (973) 29 36 94

Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Housing, Municipalities  and Environment
P.O. Box 26909
Adliya, Bahrain
Telephone:  (973) 29 36 93
Telefax:  (973) 29 36 94

BANGLADESH

Director General
Department of Environment
House No. 2, Road No. 16 (New)
Dhanmondi R/A
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Telephone:  (880 2) 81 24 61
Telefax:  (880 2) 31 86 82

BARBADOS

Permanent Secretary (Environment)
Ministry of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Sir Frank Walcott Building, Colloden Road
St. Michael, Barbados
Telephone:  (1 246) 431 76 80
Telefax:  (1 246) 437 88 59
E-Mail:  envdivn@caribsurf.com

BELGIUM

Ministerie van Volksgezondheid en Leefmilieu
Dienst Risicobeheersing
Pachecolaan 19 bus 5
1010 Brussels, Belgium
Telephone:  (32 2) 210 45 42
Telefax:  (32 2) 210 47 04
E-Mail:  ann.vanpoucke@health.fgov.be
(Only in relation to transit)


Ministère de la Région Wallonne
DGRNE - OWD
Avenue Prince de Liège 15
5100 Jambes, Belgium
Telephone:  (32 81) 32 58 51
Telefax:  (32 81) 32 57 75
E-Mail:  c.delbeuck@mrw.wallonie.be
(Wallonia:  only in relation to import and export)

BIM
Gulledelle 100
B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
Telephone:  (32 2) 775 75 11
Telefax:  (32 2) 775 75 05
E-Mail:  ipi@ibgebim.be
(Brussels:  only in relation to import and export)


OVAM
Afdeling Sturing Afvalstromen
Kanunnik De Deckerstraat 22-26
B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium
Telephone:  (32 15) 28 42 84
Telefax:  (32 15) 21 62 47
(Flanders:  only in relation to import and export)


BENIN

Ministère de l'Environnement,
de  l'Habitat et de l'Urbanisme
B.P. 01-3621, Cotonou, Benin
Telephone:  (229) 31 55 96
Telefax:  (229) 31 50 81

BOLIVIA

Viceministra de Medio Ambiente, Recursos  
Naturales y Desarrollo Forestal
Av. Arce No. 2147
La Paz, Bolivia
Telephone:  (591 2) 37 20 63
Telefax:  (591 2) 36 93 04
E-Mail:  vdsma@coord.rds.org.bo

BRAZIL

Directorate for Environmental Control
Brazilian Institute for the Environment and  the Renewable Resources (IBAMA)
Sain, Edificio Sede do IBAMA, Bloco "C"
CEP 70.800-200, Brasília, DF, Brazil
Telephone:  (55 61) 316 12 68/82
Telefax:  (55 61) 225 05 64
E-Mail:  fzilda@sede.ibama.gov.br

Secretariat of Environmental Quality
Ministry of Environment
Esplanada dos Ministérios
Bloco B, 8 (oitavo) andar
CEP 70.068-900 - Brasília, DF, Brazil
Telephone:  (55 61) 317 12 04/30
Telefax:  (55 61) 226 80 50
E-Mail:  eduardo.novaes@mma.gov.br

BULGARIA

Ministry of Environment and Water
67 William Gladstone Str.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone:  (359 2) 88 14 40
Telefax:  (359 2) 81 05 09 or 52 16 34
E-Mail:  moew@mb.bia-bg.com '>

BURUNDI

Conseiller au Cabinet du Ministre de  
l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire  
et de l'Environnement
B.P. 631
Bujumbura, Burundi
Telephone:  (257) 22 49 79/16 49
Telefax:  (257) 22 89 02 or 24 12 05

CANADA

Chief, Transboundary Movement Division
Hazardous Waste Branch
Environment Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd., 12th Floor
Hull, Quebec K1A OH3, Canada
Telephone:  (1 819) 953 13 90
Telefax:  (1 819) 997 30 68
E-Mail:  john.myslicki@ec.gc.ca

CHILE

Subsecretaría de Salud
Ministerio de Salud
Enrique Mac-Iver 541
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Telephone:  (56 2) 639 40 01
Telefax:  (56 2) 638 43 77

CHINA

State Environmental Protection Administration
115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie
Beijing 100035, China
Telephone:  (861 0) 66 15 45 47/19 37
Telefax:  (861 0) 66 15 17 62

HONG KONG SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, CHINA
Director of Environmental Protection
Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
9th Floor, World Trade Square, Tower 1
123 Hoi Bun Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, China
Telephone:  (85 2) 275 534 86
Telefax:  (85 2) 230 504 53

COSTA RICA

Director, Protección Ambiente Humano
Ministerio de Salud
Apartado 10.123-1000
San José, Costa Rica
Telephone:  (506) 233 21 40
Telefax:  (506) 233 21 49

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Direction de l'Environnement
Ministère du Logement, du Cadre de  
Vie et de l'Environnement
BP V. 184, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Telephone:  (225) 21 06 23
Telefax:  (225) 21 04 95/45 61

CROATIA

State Directorate for the Protection of  Nature and Environment
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Telephone:  (385 1) 611 93 71 or 610 65 80
Telefax:  (385 1) 53 72 03
E-Mail:  duzo@ring.net

CUBA

Director, International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Prado y San José, Capitolio Nacional
La Habana 10200, Cuba
Telephone:  (53 7) 57 06 06
Telefax:  (53 7) 33 80 54
E-Mail:  arango@dci.citma.gov.cu

CYPRUS

Environment Service
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural  Resources and Environment
Tagmatarchou Pouliou 17
Ag. Andreas, Nicosia, Cyprus
Telephone:  (357 2) 30 38 70/83
Telefax:  (357 2) 77 49 45
E-Mail:  rocperiv@cytanet.com.cy

CZECH REPUBLIC

Waste Management Department Ministry of the Environment
Vrsovicka 65
100 10 Praha 10, Czech Republic
Telephone:  (420 2) 67 12 22 83/25 76
Telefax:  (420 2) 67 31 15 45 E-Mail:  lackova@env.cz

DENMARK

Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Danish E.P.A.)
Strandgade 29 1401
Copenhagen K, Denmark
Telephone:  (45) 32 66 01 00
Telefax:  (45) 32 66 04 79
E-Mail:  lm@mst.dk or as@mst.dk

ECUADOR
Subsecretaría de Saneamiento Ambiental  
y de la Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda
Calle Toledo No. 684 y Lérida
Casilla Postal 680
Quito, Ecuador
Telephone:  (593 2) 54 44 00
Telefax:  (593 2) 22 88 40
E-Mail:  postmast@subsaamecuanex.net.ec

EGYPT

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
30 Misr Helwan St.
Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
Telephone:  (202) 525 64 42/52
Telefax:  (202) 525 64 75/90
E-Mail:  eeaa@idsc.gov.eg

Director Department of Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Maspiro - Corniche El Nil
Cairo, Egypt
Telephone:  (202) 574 78 47
Telefax:  (202) 574 78 39

EL SALVADOR

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Alameda Roosevelt y 55 Av. Norte
Edificio Torre El Salvador, 3er Nivel
San Salvador, El Salvador
Telephone:  (503) 260 56 14
Telefax:  (503) 260 89 00
E-Mail:  calidadambiental@marn.gob.sv or opozono@vianet.com.sv

ESTONIA

Waste Management Commission
Ministry of the Environment
Toompuiestee 24
EE 0100 Tallinn, Estonia
Telephone:  (372) 626 28 62
Telefax:  (372) 626 28 01
E-Mail:  marje@ekm.envir.ee

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Head of Waste Management Unit
Directorate-General for Environment,  
Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection
European Commission
200, rue de la Loi 1049
Brussels, Belgium
Telephone:  (32 2) 299 22 65
Telefax:  (32 2) 299 10 68
E-Mail:  ludwig.kraemer@dg11.cec.be

FINLAND

The Finnish Environment Institute
P.O. Box 140
FIN-00251 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone:  (358 9) 40 30 00
Telefax:  (358 9) 40 30 05 91
E-Mail:  tfs@vyh.fi

FRANCE

Direction de la prévention des pollutions et des risques
Sous-direction des produits et des déchets
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire  
et de l'Environnement
20, avenue de Ségur
75302 Paris 07 SP, France
Telephone:  (33 1) 42 19 15 56
Telefax:  (33 1) 42 19 14 68
E-Mail:  marie-claire.lhenry@environnement.gouv.fr
(Competent Authority for Transit. France has
designated the Departmental Prefectures as Competent Authority for Export and Import.)

GAMBIA

The Executive Director National Environment Agency
5 Fitzgerald Street
PMB 48
Banjul, The Gambia
Telephone:  (220) 22 80 56
Telefax:  (220) 22 97 01
E-Mail:  nea@gamtel.gm

GEORGIA

Deputy Head of Main Department for Land Resources  
Protection, Waste and Chemical Substances Management
Ministry of Environment
68 ‘a’ Kostava Street
380015 Tbilisi, Georgia
Telephone:  (995 32) 23 06 64 or 33 40 82
Telefax:  (995 32) 94 36 70 or 98 34 25
E-Mail: gmep@caucasus.net

GERMANY

Umweltbundesamt Anlaufstelle Basler Übereinkommen
Postfach 33 00 22
14191 Berlin, Germany
Telephone:  (49 30) 89 03 34 59/3507
Telefax:  (49 30) 89 03 31 03
E-Mail:  focal.point.basel@uba.de
(Competent Authority for Transit. Germany
has designated 45 Competent Authorities for Export and Import. The list could be obtained from the Secretariat upon request.)

GREECE

Ministry of Environment, Physical  
Planning and Public Works
Patission 147
112 51 Athens, Greece
Telephone:  (30 1) 864 42 63
Telefax:  (30 1) 864 74 20

HUNGARY

Chief Inspector National Inspectorate for Environment and Nature Conservation
Fö u. 44-50
H-1011 Budapest, Hungary
Telephone:  (36 1) 457 35 45
Telefax:  (36 1) 201 42 82
E-Mail:  katalin.ughy@ktmdom2.ktm.hu

ICELAND

Environmental and Food Agency of Iceland
P.O. Box 8080
Armuli 1a
IS-128 Reykjavík, Iceland
Telephone:  (354) 585 10 00
Telefax:  (354) 585 10 10
E-Mail:  stefane@hollver.is

INDIA

Secretary to the Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi 110 003, India
Telephone:  (91 11) 436 07 21
Telefax:  (91 11) 436 06 78

INDONESIA

Environmental Impact Management Agency
(BAPEDAL)
Otoríta Batam Building, 5th Floor
Jl. D.I. Panjaitan Kav 24
Jakarta 13410, Indonesia
Telephone:  (62 21) 85 90 49 32
Telefax:  (62 21) 85 90 49 31
E-Mail:  webmaster@bapedal.go.id

IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)

Department of the Environment
No. 187 Ostad Nejatollahi Ave Tehran
P.O. Box 5181
15875 Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Telephone:  (98 21) 890 37 20
Telefax:  (98 21) 890 82 30
E-Mail:  environ3@dci.iran.com

IRELAND

Environmental Protection Agency
Ardcavan, Wexford, Ireland
Telephone:  (353 53) 471 20
Telefax:  (353 53) 471 19
(Competent Authority of Destination and Transit)


ISRAEL

Head Hazardous Substances Division Ministry of Environment
P.O. Box 34033
Jerusalem 91340, Israel
Telephone:  (972 2) 655 37 65/6
Telefax:  (972 2) 655 37 63

ITALY

Ministero Degli Affari Esteri
D.G.A.E. Segreteria Ambiente
Rome, Italy
Telephone:  (39 6) 36 91 27 02
Telefax:  (39 6) 322 28 51

JAPAN

Director, Office of Marine Environment and Waste Management
Water Quality Bureau Environment Agency
1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8975, Japan
Telephone:  (81 3) 55 21 83 11
Telefax:  (81 3) 35 93 14 38

JORDAN

The General Director
General Corporation for the Environment Protection (GCEP)
P.O. Box 1408 / 35206
Amman 11941, Jordan
Telephone:  (962 6) 535 01 49
Telefax:  (962 6) 535 00 84/0791

KUWAIT

Director General Environment Public Authority
P.O. Box 24395
Safat 13104, Kuwait
Telephone:  (965) 482 12 85-9
Telefax:  (965) 482 05 71

LATVIA

Chief Specialist Environmental Protection Department
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
25 Peldu Str.
1494 Riga, Latvia
Telephone:  (371 2) 22 65 67
Telefax:  (371 2) 22 81 59

LEBANON

Directeur Général Ministère de l'Environnement
P.O. Box 70-1091, Antelias
Beirut, Lebanon
Telephone:  (961 4) 52 22 22
Telefax:  (961 4) 52 31 63/50 80
E-Mail:  nkodeih@moe.gov.lb

LIECHTENSTEIN

Head of the Office for the Protection of Waters Amt für Gewässerschutz
(Office for the Protection of Waters)
Städtle 38
FL-9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Telephone:  (075) 236 61 90
Telefax:  (075) 236 61 99
E-Mail:  manfred.frick@aus.llv.li

LITHUANIA

National Environmental Protection Inspectorate
A. Juozapaviciaus 9
LT-2600 Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone:  (370 2) 73 29 94
Telefax:  (370 2) 72 27 66

LUXEMBOURG

Division des Déchets
Administration de l'Environnement
1, rue Bender
L-1229 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Telephone:  (352) 40 56 56-1
Telefax:  (352) 49 64 38
E-Mail:  Robert.Schmit@aev.etat.lu

MALAYSIA

The Director General Department of Environment
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
12th and 13th Floor, Wisma Sime Darby
Jalan Raja Laut
50662 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone:  (603) 294 78 44
Telefax:  (603) 293 14 80/76 55
E-Mail:  hri@jas.sains.my

MALDIVES

The Deputy Minister Ministry of Planning, Human Resources and Environment
Ghaazee Building
Ameeru Ahmed Magu
Male 20-05, Maldives
Telephone:  (960)
Telefax:  (960) 32 73 51
Telex:  66110 MPDMALE MF

MEXICO

Director General de Residuos, Materiales y Riesgo.
Instituto Nacional de Ecologia
Rio Elba No. 20 piso 14
Col. Cuauhtémoc
06500 Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Telephone:  (52 3) 27 32 25
Telefax:  (52 3) 27 32 26

MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)

Department of Health Services
P.S. 123
Palikir, Pohnpei 96941
Federated States of Micronesia
Telephone:  (691) 320 26 41/13
Telefax:  (691) 320 29 33

MONACO

Le Ministre Plenipotentiaire
Chargé de la Coopération Internationale  
pour l'Environnement et le Développement
16, Boulevard de Suisse
MC 98000, Monaco
Telephone:  (377) 93 15 83 33
Telefax:  (377) 93 50 95 91
E-Mail:  bfautrier@gouv.mc

MONGOLIA

Ministry of Nature and the Environment
Government Building No. 3
Baga Toiruu 44
Ulaanbaatar - 11, Mongolia
Telephone:  (976 1) 32 22 69
Telefax:  (976 1) 32 14 01
E-Mail:  baigyam@magicnet.mn

MOROCCO

Département de l'Environnement
36, avenue Al Abtal
Agdal, Rabat, Maroc
Telephone: 
Telefax:  (212 7) 77 76 97
E-Mail:  layachi@minenv.gov.ma

NAMIBIA

The Chairman
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Private Bag 13306
Windhoek, Namibia
Telephone:  (264 61) 24 90 15
Telefax:  (264 61) 24 03 39

NEPAL

Secretary
Ministry of Population and Environment
Singh Durbar
Kathmandu, Nepal
Telephone:  (977 1) 24 15 86/87
Telefax:  (977 1) 24 21 38
E-Mail:  mercure@svr1.ktm.unep.net

NETHERLANDS

Directorate General for Environmental Protection
Internationaal Meldpunt Afvalstoffen
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
P.O. Box 418
3440 AK Woerden, The Netherlands
Telephone:  (31 348) 48 74 40
Telefax:  (31 348) 48 74 04

NEW ZEALAND

Resources and Networks Branch
Environmental Issues Group
Ministry of Commerce (MCM)
P.O. Box 1473
Wellington, New Zealand
Telephone:  (64 4) 474 26 75
Telefax:  (64 4) 499 09 69
E-Mail:  terry.collier@moc.govt.nz

NICARAGUA

Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos  
Naturales (MARENA)
Apdo. Postal No. 5123
Managua, Nicaragua
Telephone:  (505 2) 63 12 71-73
Telefax:  (505 2) 63 12 74

NIGER

Chef du Service Lutte contre les Pollutions et Nuisances
Direction de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Hydraulique et de l'Environnement
B.P. 578
Niamey, Niger
Telephone:  (227) 73 33 29
Telefax:  (227) 73 55 91/73 27 84
E-Mail:  smahazou@intnet.ne

NIGERIA

Federal Environmental Protection Agency
P.M.B. 265
Independence Way
Garki, Abuja, Nigeria
Telephone:  (234 9) 234 28 07
Telefax:  (234 9) 234 28 07
E-Mail:  fepa@hyperia.com

NORWAY

Ministry of Environment
P.O. Box 8013 Dep
0030 Oslo, Norway
Telephone:  (47) 22 24 58 03
Telefax:  (47) 22 24 95 63
E-Mail:  af@md.dep.no or ech@md.dep.no or iad@md.dep.no

OMAN

Director General of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Environment
P.O. Box 323 Muscat
Postal Code 112, Sultanate of Oman
Telephone:  (968) 69 25 35
Telefax:  (968) 69 24 62
E-Mail:  dgen@mail.com

PANAMA

Jefe del Departamento Saneamiento Ambiental
Ministerio de Salud
Despacho del Ministro
Apartado 2048
Panamá 1, Panamá
Telephone:  (507) 262 23 36/17 83
Telefax:  (507) 262 21 80/00 50

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The Secretary
Department of Environment and Conservation
P.O. Box 6601
Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Telephone:  (675) 325 01 80
Telefax:  (675) 325 01 82
E-Mail:  dougal@daltron.com.pg

PARAGUAY

Servicio Nacional de Saneamiento  
Ambiental (SENASA)
Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social
Mariscal Estigarribia 796 e/ Tacuary
Asunción, Paraguay
Telephone:  (595 21) 58 58 08
Telefax:  (595 21) 44 92 62
E-Mail:  gildt@pol.com.py

PERU

Viceministra de Industria
Viceministerio de Industria
Calle Uno Oeste Nr. 50 - Urb. Corpac
Lima 27, Peru
Telephone:  (51 1) 224 32 75
Telefax:  (51 1) 224 32 64
E-Mail:  ambien@mitinci.gov.pe

Director General de Salud Ambiental
Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA)
Las Amapolas Nr. 350. Urb. San Eugenio
Lince-Lima, Peru
Telephone:  (51 1) 442 83 53/6
Telefax:  (51 1) 440 65 62
E-Mail:  jvillena@digesa.sld.pe or posmast@digesa.sld.pe

PHILIPPINES

Environmental Management Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Topaz Building
99-101 Kamias Road
Quezon City 1102, Philippines
Telephone:  (63 2) 928 37 71/37 74
Telefax:  (63 2) 924 75 40
E-Mail:  emb@gaia.psdn.iphil.net

POLAND

Chief Specialist
Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection
ul. Wawelska 52/54
00-922 Warsaw, Poland
Telephone:  (48 22) 25 11 04
Telefax:  (48 22) 25 15 09/(48 39) 12 00 42

PORTUGAL

Instituto dos Resíduos
Av. Almirante Gago
Coutinho, No. 30, 5 Piso
1000 Lisboa, Portugal
Telephone:  (351 1) 842 86 70/1
Telefax:  (351 1) 842 86 89

QATAR

The Director
Environment Department
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture
P.O. Box 7634
Doha, Qatar
Telephone:  (974) 43 71 88/71
Telefax:  (974) 41 52 46
E-Mail:  navneetb@gisqatar.org.qa

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Import Division
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
Government Complex
Kwacheon 427-760,
Republic of Korea
Telephone:  (82 2) 503 94 41
Telefax:  (82 2) 503 94 38

Waste Management Policy Division
Ministry of Environment
1 Joonang-dong
Kwacheon-Si, Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea
Telephone:  (82 2) 504 92 59
Telefax:  (82 2) 504 92 80

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Ministry of Environment
73, Stefan cel Mare Bd.
2001 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Telephone:  (373 2) 27 74 83
Telefax:  (373 2) 27 74 86
E-Mail:  egreta@medium.gov.md

ROMANIA

Department of Environmental Protection
Ministry of Waters, Forests and  Environmental Protection
Bd. Libertatii 12
Tronson 5, Sector 5
Bucaresti, Romania
Telephone:  (401) 410 02 15/48
Telefax:  (401) 410 02 17 / 411 14 36

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

State Committee of the Russian Federation on Environmental Protection
B. Grusinskaya str. 4/6
123812 Moscow, GSP, Russian Federation
Telephone:  (7 095) 125 59 08
Telefax:  (7 095) 254 82 83/60 74

SAINT LUCIA

Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Sustainable Development
Government Office Complex
P.O. Box 709
Castries, St. Lucia
Telephone:  (1 758) 451 87 46
Telefax:  (1 758) 452 25 06
E-Mail:  estplanning@candw.lc

SAUDI ARABIA

Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA)
P.O. Box 1358
Jeddah 21431, Saudi Arabia
Telephone:  (96 62) 651 23 12
Telefax:  (96 62) 651 14 24

SENEGAL

Direction de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la  
Protection de la Nature
23, rue Calmette, B.P. 4049
Dakar, Senegal
Telephone:  (221) 821 07 25
Telefax:  (221) 822 62 12

SEYCHELLES

Ministry of Industry
P.O. Box 648
Victoria, Seychelles
Telephone:  (248) 22 50 60
Telefax:  (248) 22 50 86

Division of Environment Botanical Gardens
P.O. Box 445
Victoria, Seychelles
Telephone:  (248) 22 46 44
Telefax:  (248) 22 45 00
E-Mail:  doe@seychelles.net

SINGAPORE

Head, Pollution Control Department
Ministry of the Environment
12th Storey, Environment Building
40 Scotts Road
Singapore 228231, Singapore
Telephone:  (65) 732 77 33
Telefax:  (65) 731 96 51
E-Mail:  cheng_geok_ling@env.gov.sg  or tan_quee_hong@env.gov.sg or hui_kok_choy@env.gov.sg

SLOVAKIA

Waste Management Department
Ministry of the Environment
nám L. Štúra 1
812 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Telephone:  (421 7) 59 56 23 36
Telefax:  (421 7) 59 56 23 67
E-Mail:  odoh@lifeenv.gov.sk

SLOVENIA

Nature Protection Authority
Ministry of Environment and Regional Planning
Vojkova 1b
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Telephone:  (386 61) 178 40 00
Telefax:  (386 61) 178 40 51
E-Mail:  katja.buda@gov.si or nada.suhadolnik-gjura@gov.si

SOUTH AFRICA

The Director General
Chief Directorate:  Environmental Quality and Protection
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Private Bag X447
Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Telephone:  (27 12) 310 34 48/36 97
Telefax:  (27 12) 320 11 67/04 88/14 21
E-Mail:  bes_bm@ozone.pwv.gov.za

SPAIN

Jefe del Area de Gestión de Residuos y Jefe  
del Servicio de Diseño de Planes
Subdirección General de Calidad Ambiental,  
Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz, s/n
28071 Madrid, Spain
Telephone:  (34 91) 597 57 99/6
Telefax:  (34 91) 597 63 61

SRI LANKA

Chairman
Central Environmental Authority
Maligawatte New Town
Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
Telephone:  (94 1) 44 67 50
Telefax:  (94 1) 44 67 49
E-Mail:  cen_aut@slt.lk

SWEDEN

Sweden Environmental Protection Agency
S-106 48 Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone:  (46 8) 698 10 00
Telefax:  (46 8) 698 12 22
E-Mail:  margareta.appelberg@environment.se

SWITZERLAND

Waste Management Division
Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (FOEFL)
3003 Bern, Switzerland
Telephone:  (41 31) 322 93 27
Telefax:  (41 31) 322 59 32

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Ministry of State for Environment
Tolyani Street
Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Telephone:  (963 11) 333 05 10
Telefax:  (963 11) 333 56 45

THAILAND

Director General
Department of Industrial Works
Ministry of Industry
75/6 Rama VI Road, Ratchatewi
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Telephone:  (66 2) 202 42 28 or 245 78 74
Telefax:  (66 2) 202 40 15
E-Mail:  basel@narai.diw.go.th

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Ministry of Environment "Drezdenska" 52
91000 Skopje, Macedonia
Telephone:  (389 91) 36 69 30
Telefax:  (389 91) 36 69 31
E-Mail:  infoeko@moe.gov.mk

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Managing Director, CEO
Environmental Management Authority (EMA)
P.O. Bag No. 150
Newtown
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone:  (1 868) 628 80 42/4/5
Telefax:  (1 868) 628 91 22

TUNISIA

Ministère de l'Environnement et de  
l'Aménagement du Territoire
Centre Urbain Nord Building I.C.F.
2080 Ariana
El-Manzah, Tunis (1004), Tunisia
Telephone:  (216 1) 70 40 00/20 00
Telefax:  (216 1) 70 24 31

TURKEY

Waste Management Department
General Directorate of Environmental Pollution,  
Prevention and Control Ministry of Environment
Eskisehir Yolu 8.km. C Blok
06530 Ankara, Turkey
Telephone:  (90 312) 285 17 84
Telefax:  (90 312) 285 58 75
E-Mail:  atikyon@marketweb.net.tr

UGANDA

Executive Director
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
Communications House
Plot 1 Colville Street
Plot 3 Portal Avenue
P.O. Box 22255
Kampala, Uganda
Telephone:  (256 41) 23 68 17 or 25 10 64/5/8
Telefax:  (256 41) 25 75 21 or 23 26 80
E-Mail:  neic@starcom.co.ug

UKRAINE

Directeur du Département des problèmes  
de la sûreté écologique dans l'industrie
Ministère de la Protection de
 l'Environnement et de la Sûreté Nucléaire
5 Minekobezpeky, Hreshchatyk
252601, Kyiv-1, Ukraine
Telephone:  (38 044) 228 69 26
Telefax:  (38 044) 229 23 96/228 29 22

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Director General
Federal Environmental Agency
P.O. Box 5951
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Telephone:  (971 2) 77 73 63
Telefax:  (971 2) 77 05 01
E-Mail:  uaefea@emirates.net.ae

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
The Environment Agency
TFS National Service
'Mirwell'
Carrington Lane, Sale
Manchester M33 5NL, United Kingdom
Telephone:  (44 161) 973 22 37
Telefax:  (44 161) 973 46 01
E-Mail: 
(Competent Authority for England and Wales.
This competent authority also acts as the UK's sole Competent Authority for Transit.)

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Principal Secretary
Vice President's Office
P.O. Box 5380
Dar-es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
Telephone:  (255 51) 11 84 16/7
Telefax:  (255 51) 11 38 56/30 82

URUGUAY

Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento  
Territorial y Medio Ambiente
Sabala 1427
Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone:  (598 2) 916 51 33/82 87
Telefax:  (598 2) 916 51 32/82 88
E-Mail:  suspel@adinet.com.uy

UZBEKISTAN

State Committee for Nature Protection
5a A. Kadiry str.
700128 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Telephone:  (7 371 2) 41 04 42/49 23
Telefax:  (7 371 2) 41 39 90/56 33
E-Mail:  prognoz@ecoinf.gov.uz

VENEZUELA

Direción General Sectorial de Calidad Ambiental
Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos  
Naturales Renovables (MARNR)
Centro Simón Bolivar
Torre Sur, Piso 18
Caracas, Venezuela
Telephone:  (58 2) 408 15 00/03/22
Telefax:  (58 2) 481 02 36

VIET NAM

National Environment Agency
Ministry of Science, Technology  and Environment (MOSTE)
67 Nguyen Du Street
Hanoi, Viet Nam
Telephone:  (84 4) 822 44 20
Telefax:  (84 4) 822 31 89
E-Mail:  baselvn@srv1-han.unep.net

YEMEN

Director General of Environment Protection
Environment Protection Council (EPC)
P.O. Box 19719
Sana'a, Republic of Yemen
Telephone:  (967 1) 26 23 50/40 72
Telefax:  (967 1) 26 40 62
E-Mail:  epc@y.net.yr

ZAMBIA

The Director
Environmental Council of Zambia
P.O. Box 35131
Lusaka, Zambia
Telephone:  (260 1) 25 41 30/46
Telefax:  (260 1) 25 41 64
E-Mail:  necz@zamnet.zm

   
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