Waste oil is also listed as code A4060 under Annex VIII, Lis t A of the Basel
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and
their Disposal 1989. As Malaysia is one of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the
importation and exportation of such wastes must follow the procedures of the
Convention. Importation or exportation of the wastes require prior written approval from
the Department of Environment as mandated under Section 34B(1)(b)&(c), of the
Environmental Quality Act, 1974. Any person who contravenes this section and shall on
upon conviction shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years
and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand Ringgit.