biodiesel, liquefied petroleum gas (autogas) and ethanol gases. (E85) regulation of the export, import and transit of hazardous waste to ensure that transboundary movements are minimised and managed in an environmentally sound manner controls on the import, export, manufacture, acquisition, use, storage, handling and disposal of ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases. Applying an equivalent Discontinued as a result of changing Government priorities. carbon price to the import Following the 2013 federal election the Government committed and manufacture of to repeal the carbon tax, including the equivalent carbon tax that synthetic greenhouse applied to synthetic greenhouse gases. Legislation to repeal the gases, and arrangements equivalent carbon price for synthetic greenhouse gases was for destruction of waste enacted on 17 July 2014. synthetic greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances until June 2014. Implementing transitional The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import arrangements for the export Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 was tabled in refund scheme and for Parliament to reduce the risk of possible gas shortages before imports made between the carbon tax was repealed. The Bill did not proceed as 1 April 2014 and legislation to repeal the carbon price was enacted on 17 July 30 June 2014 where the 2014. synthetic greenhouse gases were entered into a warehouse licensed under the Customs Act 1901. Meeting The Department fulfilled international obligations on Australia’s Australia’s obligations under hazardous waste by: international agreements on administrating national legislation regulating the export, waste and hazardous import and transit of hazardous waste to ensure that substances, hazardous transboundary movements are minimised and managed in chemicals, synthetic an environmentally sound manner greenhouse gases, and ozone depleting significantly improving hazardous waste data and Australia’s substances. reporting under the Basel Convention compiling an inventory of hazardous waste Australia’s infrastructure. The Department fulfilled obligations on hazardous Australia’s chemicals by: administering the prior informed consent procedure under the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
gases. biodiesel, liquefied petroleum gas (autogas) and ethanol (E85) regulation of the export, import and transit of hazardous waste to ensure that transboundary movements are minimised and managed in an environmentally sound manner controls on the import, export, manufacture, acquisition, use, storage, handling and disposal of ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases. Applying an equivalent carbon price to the import and manufacture of synthetic greenhouse gases, and arrangements for destruction of waste synthetic greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances until June 2014. Discontinued as a result of changing Government priorities. Following the 2013 federal election the Government committed to repeal the carbon tax, including the equivalent carbon tax that applied to synthetic greenhouse gases. Legislation to repeal the equivalent carbon price for synthetic greenhouse gases was enacted on 17 July 2014. Implementing transitional arrangements for the export refund scheme and for imports made between 1 April 2014 and 30 June 2014 where the synthetic greenhouse gases were entered into a warehouse licensed under the Customs Act 1901. The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 was tabled in Parliament to reduce the risk of possible gas shortages before the carbon tax was repealed. The Bill did not proceed as legislation to repeal the carbon price was enacted on 17 July 2014. Meeting Australia’s obligations under international agreements on waste and hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, synthetic greenhouse gases, and ozone depleting substances. The Department fulfilled Australia’s international obligations on hazardous waste by: administrating national legislation regulating the export, import and transit of hazardous waste to ensure that transboundary movements are minimised and managed in an environmentally sound manner significantly improving Australia’s hazardous waste data and reporting under the Basel Convention compiling an inventory of Australia’s hazardous waste infrastructure. The Department fulfilled Australia’s obligations on hazardous chemicals by: administering the prior informed consent procedure under the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
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