Decree NoDecree No. 1.197 of 16 July 1990 The President of the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovveis (IBAMA -- Brazilian Institute of the Environment and of Renewable Natural Resources), in accordance with the powers and responsibilities conferred on him by Law No. 7735 of 22 February 1989, as published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette), In view of the extensive and indiscriminate transfer of toxic industrial wastes of whatever nature to Third-World countries, including Brazil; In view of the fact that life, the quality of life and the environment may be threatened as a result of the importation of such wastes; In view of the need to introduce measures to regulate the importation of these wastes to correct the current lack of checks and regulations; In view of Resolution No. 158 passed on 28 June 1988 by the Conselho Nacional do Comércio Exterior (CONCEX -- National Council of Foreign Trade) and of CACEX Memorandum ...