Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
05/22/2012
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.
At the request of the IRS to monitor inspection of imported goods at the port of Itajai / SC, from the port of Valencia, Spain, IBAMA found 19 tons of garbage. As soon as they are raised all documents pertinent to the case, IBAMA will the tax assessment by the irregular importation of waste (garbage), and apply the penalty to the offender, which shall have a period of 60 days to return the product to the country of origin.
The cargo was described as "Other woven fabrics of cotton cloth," as documentary description, imported goods should correspond to non-standard linen fabrics, 100% cotton for the manufacture of small cleaning towels in different colors. However, the material imported from Spain was composed of the finished product. Among others there was towels and uniforms, we have all used and discarded as waste, because of poor storage conditions.
According to the head of the Regional Office of IBAMA in Itajai, Carlos Mergen, garbage is easily perceived by the state of deterioration of parts, with the presence of organic contaminants. "This situation is relevant to the inherent aspects of the Basel Convention, which provides for the control and international trade in waste," he informs.
Inspectors found that the product seized, mostly, was used in Spanish hospitals and chains, as printed in the registration material. According Mergen, you can safely infer that the merchandise is made up of tissues, as described in the import documents. Product is already used, contamination, which can be defined as waste, since the batch is characterized by products formed by garments for personal use have already been used and contaminated therefore dangerous for the environment and human health without the lowest conditions, including, for reuse in industrial processing.
According to the Basel Convention, the product in question should have been treated properly and designed in its own country and that in such cases of trafficking, to avoid health risks and environmental load should be returned to Spain.
Source: IBAMA
Our news are taken in full of our partner sites. For this reason, we can not change the content of these up in case of typing errors.
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.