Ministry of the Environment, Water Resources and the Legal Amazon Ministry of the Environment, WaterResources and the Legal AmazonNational Environmental Council Resolution No. 23 of 12December 1996 The National EnvironmentalCouncil (CONAMA), by virtue of the authority and jurisdictionvested therein by Laws No. 6.938 1 of 31 August1981, 8.028 2 of 12 April 1990 and 8.490 3 of 19 November1992, and Decree No. 99.274 4 of 6 June 1990, and in view of theprovisions contained in its internal regulations; and In consideration of the realand potential risks that the handling of waste may have onhealth and the environment; In consideration of the needto control and, in some cases, prohibit the entry ofwaste into our country, particularly waste consideredhazardous; In consideration that theBasil Agreement on the Control of Cross-Border Movement andStorage of Hazardous Waste, adopted under the auspices ofthe United Nations Organization, which...