The proposal for a regulation amends Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community with a view to prohibiting all exports of hazardous waste for the purposes of recycling from OECD countries to non-OECD countries as of 1 January 1998. This amendment implements Decision II/12 adopted during the Second Conference of the parties to the Basle Convention in March 1994.�