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It asserts that any OECD agreement that limits the scope of plastic waste controls beyond what the Basel Convention requires would violate Article 11.2 of the Convention, which mandates 'environmentally sound management' (ESM). The paper rejects three current negotiation options, arguing they either allow for illegal derogations or replace negotiated safeguards with vague 'specifications'. 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