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Review mop decisions & oewg discussions
1. Review of Decisions
of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
and
Discussions at 31st OEWG Meeting
Meeting of the Regional Ozone Network
for Europe & Central Asia (ECA)
Belgrade, 10-13 May 2011
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Ozone Secretariat
Sophia Mylona
Monitoring and Compliance Officer
2. Content of presentation
Highlights from 22nd Meeting of the Parties (MOP)
Bangkok, 8-12 November 2010
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Key decisions
Other relevant information
Key issues for the 31st Open-ended Working
Open-
Group (OEWG)
Bangkok, 1-5 August 2011
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3. Memberships of Government
Representatives
No seat for ECA/CEIT countries in the
Executive Committee this year
However,
Serbia has a seat as Vice-President of the MP
Vice-
Bureau
Armenia still has a seat in the Implementation
Committee this year (Decision XXII/23)
The FYR of Macedonia is a member of the
steering
panel for the evaluation of the financial
4. Decision XXII/2: Evaluation of the Financial
Mechanism
Parties agreed on the terms of reference for an
evaluation of the financial mechanism of the
Montreal Protocol. The agreed group of
Parties (steering panel) reviewed bids for the
study in March and the selected consultant,
ICF, will begin work on the study this year.
The ICF Report will be submitted to the Parties
next year (24th MOP)
5. Decision XXII/3: Replenishment of the
Multilateral fund for 2012-2014
2012-
Parties agreed terms of reference for a TEAP study
on the level of funding needed from 2012-2014,
2012-
including indicative figures for 2015-17 and 2018-20.
2015- 2018-
The study is to be distributed in June 2011
OEWG will discuss this in Bangkok and it is likely to
request TEAP to do more analysis
Parties will decide on the agreed level of funding
when they meet in Bali in November (23rd MOP)
Negotiations in the replenishment contact group are
hard - you may wish to consider representation
6. Decision XXII/7: Laboratory and analytical use
exemption
Non-
Non-A5s have had this use exempted for more than a decade
and have worked to develop alternatives for almost all such
uses. Since there are alternatives for almost all uses, TEAP has
recommended removing the exemptions for all but three uses.
The Decision allows Article 5 Parties to deviate from the
existing bans only until 31 December 2011
– the issue to be revisited at 23rd MOP
Parties are also requested to investigate domestically the
possibility of replacing ODS in lab uses and report progress to
the Secretariat by 30 April 2010.
Do any of your labs use ODS to perform testing?
Do you still need to use ODS? You should check.
TEAP is to analyze the needs of A5 Parties – its report to be
reviewed in Bangkok
7. Decision XXII/8: Use of control substances as
process agents
Process agents are chemicals used as catalysts in the production
of other chemicals/products (e.g. chlorinated rubber and
endosulphin). Often, most ODS is destroyed in the process.
Decision XXII/8 called for the TEAP to report process
agent uses by country – and noted that only a couple of
A5 Parties have such uses
Decision XXI/3 asked for all Parties to ensure that they
have reported, at least once, to say they do not use ODS
as process agents.
The Secretariat sent out a letter on that with a form for you
to fill in – it is important that you complete it and send it
back.
8. Decision XXII/9: HCFCs in preblended polyols
Historically, imports of ODS contained in preblended
polyols were not counted as consumption under the
Montreal Protocol
Last year, the ExCom took a decision (61/47) agreeing to
fund the phase-out of consumption of HCFCs in
phase-
preblended polyols under specific conditions -
Decision XXII/9 acknowledges the manner the issue has
been dealt with by the ExCom.
It was understood that the ExCom decision would not
affect the historic view that ODS in polyols was not to
be counted as consumption. Thus, there is no need to
report polyols to the Ozone Secretariat – However, such
amounts are eligible for MLF funding
9. Decision XXII/10: Destruction
technologies with regard to
ODS
Requests to TEAP:
to evaluate and recommend or update
destruction and removal efficiencies for ODS,
especially methyl bromide
to review the list of adopted and emerging
destruction technologies, and to evaluate their
performance and commercial and technical
availability
to develop criteria that should be used to verify
ODS destruction at facilities
Invitation to Parties to submit relevant data to
10. ODS Bank Management
On the broader issue of ODS Bank
Management, the MOP did not take a decision
on a way forward; main point of disagreement
seemed to be a fundamental difference of views
– Some think destruction should be covered in
full by the MLF, and others think destruction is
not needed for compliance, so other sources of
money should be found, and the MLF should
only fund demonstration projects and
information efforts
Parties are likely to engage the broader issue
again
11. Non-
Non-Compliance decisions regarding
exports to non-Parties
non-
Decision XXII/13: Non-compliance with the MP by
Non-
Singapore
Singapore, a party to the Copenhagen Amendment,
exported methyl bromide to a non-Party
non-
The decision urged Singapore to refrain from such trade
Decision XXII/16: Non-compliance with the MP by
Non-
the Republic of Korea
The Republic of Korea, a party to the Beijing
Amendment, exported HCFCs to a non-Party
non-
Given measures taken by ROK to stop such exports, the
decision noted that no further action was necessary
Both decisions called for close monitoring of those
12. Decision XXII/17: Ratification of the CA, MA
XXII/17:
and BA by Kazakhstan
The decision:
noted with concern that Kazakhstan is the
only
non-
non-A5 Party that has not ratified the
Copenhagen Amendment
noted that this situation prevents Kazakhstan
from trading in ODS with Parties to the
Protocol
urged Kazakhstan to ratify, approve or accede
to all MP Amendments so that it can trade
13. HFC Proposals
Two submitted proposals (one by the Federated
States
of Micronesia and the other jointly by Canada,
Mexico
and USA) called for a phase-down of HFCs under
phase-
the
MP and funding for the phase-down under MLF
phase-
The proposals would also have the MLF to fund
the
phase-
phase-out HFC-23 produced as byproduct of
HFC-
HCFC-
HCFC-22
14. Overview of some additional decisions
Decision XXI/1 : Status of Ratification of the VC, the MP and
its Amendments
Parties that have not ratified the above were urged to do so
Decision XXII/4 : EUNs for controlled substances for 2011
Approved requests for EUE for CFC MDIs for 5 A5 Parties
(including Russian Federation – 212.0 MT of CFCs for MDIs)
Decision XXII/5 : EUEs for CFC-113 for aerospace
CFC-
applications in the Russian Federation
Authorized the production and consumption of 100 MT in 2010
Decision XXII/6: CUEs for MeBr for 2011 and 2012
Amounts approved for 2 non-A5 Parties in 2011 and 4 in 2012
non-
15. Overview of some additional decisions…cont
Decision XXII/14 : Data and information provided
by the Parties in accordance with Article 7
Parties were encouraged to report preferably by
30 June each year (Decision XV/15)
Decision XXI/19 : Status of establishment of
licensing systems under Article 4B of the MP
All Parties that already operate licensing systems
were urged to ensure that those are structured in
accordance with Article 4B of the MP and that are
implemented and enforced effectively.
16. Key issues on the agenda for the 31th OEWG
Terms of reference for the replenishment of
the MLF for 2012-2014
2012-
Proposed Amendments to the MP
Amendments to include HFCs under the Protocol
have been submitted again this year
QPS issues
An EU proposal on better management and control of
QPS exemption is likely to be put forward this year
EUEs and CUEs for 2012 and 2013
Other Exemptions (Lab and Process Agents uses)
17. Key issues on the agenda for the 31th OEWG…cont
TEAP Report on alternatives to ODS feedstocks
(Decision XXI/8)
ODS bank management
Questions and Answers on Panels’ Quadrennial
reports
Nepal and Copenhagen ratification
Nepal (non-Party to CA, MA and BA) has
(non-
requested to be considered in full compliance with
the control provisions of the Copenhagen
Amendment pursuant to paragraphs 8 and 9
Article 4 of the Protocol
18. Dates and venues of upcoming
meetings
46th Meeting of the Implementation
Committee
Bangkok, 28-29 July 2011
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31st Meeting of the Open-ended Working
Open-
Group
Bangkok, 1-5 August 2011
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23st Meeting of the Parties to the MP
Bali, 14-18 November 2011
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