This is due to a decrease in the emission of CFCs and, particularly, to a stabilization of HCFC emissions between 2002 and 2015.

ii. The Committee agreed to note with appreciation Party A's progress in implementing its plan of action to phase out CFCs and its continued efforts to comply with the Protocol's control measures for CFCs.

He also noted that emissions came from a variety of sources, including direct emissions, but a significant global warming contribution from these sources came from leakage or deterioration from banked material, i.e. substances contained in existing systems, stockpiles, and newly installed equipment.

Due to these activities, illegal imports of CFCs have been detected and seized in several cases.

With In regard to the CFC import ban, the Party expressed regret for the delay, delaystating, advising that the process of consideration and consultation with concerned organizsations was still under way and that working groups had been established to consider the matter.

Mr. Kuijpers then quantified the potential emissions benefits of a mitigation scenario in relation to a business as usual scenario, which included a reduction of CFC emissions by 30 per cent in 2015 and a reduction of HCFC emissions by 50 per cent in 2015.

This represents a deviation from the Party's obligation under the Protocol to reduce its consumption to no greater than a level equivalent to a 20 per cent reduction in its baseline level of zero.

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

Essential use nominations for 2006 and 2007 of chlorofluorocarbons for metered dose inhalers approved by the Parties at the Seventeenth Meeting (metric tonnes)

Essential use nominations for 2006 and 2007 of chlorofluorocarbons for metered dose inhalers approved by the seventeenth Meeting of the Parties (metric tonnes)

The current year, 2005, will see Parties undertake commitments to further controls on CFCs, halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform and methyl bromide.

Hydrochlorofluorocarbon, chillers and destruction technologies

Azerbaijan has responded to decision XVI 21, reporting its Annex A group I substances (CFC) consumption for 2004 of 69.9 ODP tonnes.

Guyana reported consumption of 6.300 ODP tonnes of Annex B, group I, (other CFCs) in 2004.

To authorize the following levels of production and consumption necessary to satisfy essential uses of chlorofluorocarbons for metered dose inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The special report notes further that the major contribution to both ozone layer protection and climate protection in this area will come from the completion of the transition from CFC to HFC based MDIs.

i. The Committee therefore agreed To note with appreciation Party A's progress in implementing its plan of action to phase out CFCs and its continued compliance with the Protocol's CFC control measures.

At their sSixteenth Meeting, the Parties to the Protocol reviewed and approved the requestsCFC metered dose inhaler, of certain countries for essential uses of exemptions for CFCs for metered dose inhalers nominationsfor 2006.

He noted that the CO2 equivalents in this sector were still dominated by the high global warming potential of CFC 12 emissions, and that end of life measures could be taken to help reduce those emissions.

Ms Solomon then reviewed an evaluation of the mobile air conditioning sector, which showed the growth of use of HFC 134a and the need to consider end of life management issues for both CFCs and HFCs.

It also noted that the sum requested for 2006 included 181 tonnes of CFCs for production of salbutamol MDIs for export to the United States of America and other non Article 5 Parties, and that the request seemed to conflict with the European Community's action plan, which stated that from 2006, the European Community would not be requesting an essential use exemption for exports to Parties not operating under Article 5, paragraph 1.

He noted that the TEAP recommendation for 2006 had not taken into consideration the full amount of CFCs being used in the production process, which included losses in the production process.

Specifically, he noted that tThe Asia and Pacific region accounted for 80 per cent of the problem of illegal trade, and there weare only 150 or so legal importers and 19 legal CFC production plants.

The 1998 Declaration on HCFCs, HFCs and PFCs could also usefully be revisited.

The Party also advised, in a letter dated 23 February 2005, that its Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources had submitted an appeal to its Cabinet of Ministries for the introduction of the CFC import ban.

In terms of trends regarding key gases, data from several sources had suggested that CFC levels were stable or decreasing and currently amounted to 1.5 1.9 GT of carbon dioxide equivalents, HCFC levels were increasing by 1 3 per cent per year and currently amounted to 0.53 0.56 GT of CO2 equivalents, and HFC levels were increasing by 13 17 per cent per year and currently amounted to 0.36 GT of CO2 equivalents.

The decision further noted that the Party had not fulfilled its subsequent undertaking, contained in decision XV 28, to ban the consumption of CFCs from January 2003.

To monitor closely the progress of Guyana with regard to the phase out of Annex B, group I, substances (other fully halogenated CFCs) and Annex B, group III, substances (methyl chloroform).

In that regard, he noted that decision XV 5 which required the designation of essential use recommendations and allocations according to active ingredient, could have the unintended consequence of making it more difficult to deplete stocks, and suggested that Parties might wish to consider the advantages of retaining flexibility to transfer allocations and stockpiles between MDI manufacturers and different active ingredients to minimize new CFC production.

To authorize the levels of production and consumption necessary to satisfy essential uses of chlorofluorocarbons for metered dose inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases as specified in the annex to the present decision, subject to the conditions established by the Meeting of the Parties in paragraph 2 of its decision VII 28

He also suggested there wais a need to keep up to date a list of legal CFC production plants, as at least 7 cases of illegal and unregistered plants hadve been reported to date.

On the other hand, HCFC emissions are expected to increase by almost a factor of two, since HCFC controls apply to developed but not to developing countries in the period up to 2015.

Decision XVI 24 noted with appreciation the plan of action submitted by Guinea Bissau to ensure its prompt return to compliance with the Protocol's Annex A group I substances (CFCs) control measures.

He indicated that should the United States MDI manufacturers decide to shift production now to alternatives, the majority of CFC use for salbutamol MDIs could be phased out by the end of 2006.

Article 4 of the Montreal Protocol with respect to hydrochlorofluorocarbons)

With regard to the 2006 nomination of the United States of America, the representative of the United States of America said that his country had made a great deal of progress in the reduction of use in CFC consumption for MDIs.

Obligations of Parties to the Beijing Amendment under Article 4 of the Montreal Protocol with respect to hydrochlorofluorocarbons (decision XV 3)

UNEP provides institutional strengthening support to the Party under the Protocol and UNDP and UNEP are currently assisting Panama implement a national CFC phase out plan.

Banked ozone depleting substances were defined in the report to include substances that had been produced but not yet released to the atmosphere, including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) stored in existing equipment as a pure chemical and distributed within the cells of foams.

Parties might also wish to consider the TEAP interpretation that if a company utilized a quantity of a substance under an essential use exemption while possessing pre 1996 material, then any pre 1996 surplus remaining at the end of essential use production by the company ought to be treated as if it were produced after 1996.

Decision XVII Potential non compliance in 2004 with consumption of the controlled substance in Annex B, group I (other fully halogenated CFCs), and Annex B, group III (methyl chloroform), by Guyana, and request for a plan of action

On a positive note, Mr. Gonzalez highlighted the significant progress that had been made in addressing metered dose inhalers containing CFCs, and congratulated both industry and Governments for their partnership which had been instrumental in achieving that progress.

This could have the side effect of reducing the price of HCFC 22 and therefore potentially increasing its production and consumption and retarding its phase out.

Banked ozone depleting substances are defined in the report to include substances that have been produced but not yet released to the atmosphere, including CFCs stored in existing equipment as a pure chemical and distributed within the cells of foams.

He proposed that Parties might also wish to remind CFC MDI producers that CFCs obtained under essential use exemptions must be employed for essential uses transferred to a Party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 for basic domestic needs or destroyed.