ODS ozone depleting substances

Trafficking in ozone depleting substances

illegal trade in ozone depleting substances

Regional Network Coordination for Ozone Depleting Substances

Illegal trade in ozone depleting substances is controlled by the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which aims to gradually reduce and finally phase out all ozone depleting substances.

Likewise, export licensing systems or bans for re exporting ozone depleting substances were rare, as were import prohibitions for equipment containing ozone depleting substances.

Decision XVII __ Preventing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances

Decision XVI 33. Illegal trade in ozone depleting substances

All of these ozone depleting substances contain either chlorine or bromine (substances containing only fluorine do not harm the ozone layer).

Draft decision XVII I Preventing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances

Ozone depleting substances and some of their alternatives contribute to climate change.

Includes the location of the Regional Network Coordination for Ozone Depleting Substances.

Monitoring and preventing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (decision XVI 33).

Monitoring and preventing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (decision XVI 33)

Monitoring and preventing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (decision XVI 33).

Monitoring and preventing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (decision XVI 33)

Some representatives raised concerns about the impact of any new tracking system for ozone depleting substances, particularly in terms of the additional burdens it might impose on countries exporting ozone depleting substances.

Annex IV 2004 recovered ozone depleting substances imported and exported by the Parties

Item 6 Monitoring and preventing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (decision XVI 33)

To note with appreciation the notes by the Secretariat on information reported by the Parties on illegal trade in ozone depleting substances and on streamlining the exchange of information on reducing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances

This would help to prevent illegal trade in ozone depleting substances and equipment containing them

The report concluded that progress had been made in the reduction of process agent related emissions through Executive Committee projects aimed at converting existing processes using ozone depleting substances to processes that do not use ozone depleting substances.

By 2010, close to 100 ozone depleting substances, including CFCs, will have been phased out globally.

(i) Implementing efficient legal systems to control and monitor imports and exports of ozone depleting substances

Report of the workshop on illegal trade in ozone depleting substances, held in Montreal on 3 April

The training should focus on measures to identify and prevent illegal trade in ODS ozone depleting substances

On many occasions, the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have expressed concern regarding the illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (ODS), and ODS containing products containing ozone depleting substances The Parties have discussed various ways that they mightcould possibly address the issue.

Emphasis should be on training and capacity building forof the officials responsible for phasing out ozone depleting substances

c. Examine possibilities of developing classification criteria for ozone depleting substances in cooperation with the Meeting of Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (in cooperation with OECD)

The training focused mainly on CFC refrigerants, while other ozone depleting substances were dealt with only in general terms.

In response, Parties stressed the importance of the various ongoing initiatives for combating illegal trade in ozone depleting substances.

While the Montreal Protocol as originally conceived did not address the problem of illegal trade, the parties subsequently agreed to establish licensing systems to monitor the flow of ozone depleting substances and to prevent legitimately produced ozone depleting substances from ending up on the black market.

Without the decisions taken 20 years ago, atmospheric levels of ozone depleting substances would have increased ten fold by 2050.

In some countries illegal trade in ozone depleting substances has increased dramatically and a variety of smuggling methods have emerged.

Mindful of the importance of preventing illegal trade for ensuring the smooth and effective phase out of ozone depleting substances,

Draft terms of reference for a feasibility study on developing a system for tracking the movement of ozone depleting substances

However, no new methods using non ozone depleting substances had emerged since the last report on that issue, and CTOC welcomed information from the Parties on any new ozone depleting substance free testing methods that became available.

The activities noted above were generally designed to increase awareness of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone issue and the methods available to minimize emissions of ozone depleting substances.

Summary of information on illegal trade in ozone depleting substances reported to the Secretariat in 2005 pursuant to decision XIV 7

Economic incentives would be needed to encourage users to replace the equipment and to recover and transport the ozone depleting substances.

C. Decision XVII __ Technical and financial implications of the environmentally sound destruction of concentrated and diluted sources of ozone depleting substances

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer provides the framework for Parties to phase out the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS) according to a strict time table.

The following non Article 5 Parties had reported production of controlled ozone depleting substances for 2004 Canada, Czech Republic, Greece and Israel.

In the case of ozone depleting substances with high global warming potential, greenhouse gas emissions can also be directly avoided or reduced through accelerating the phase out of such substances.

The following Article 5 Parties had reported production of controlled ozone depleting substances for 2004 Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India and Mexico.