× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Annex IV: Reporting accounting framework for essential uses other than laboratory and analytical applications Document type Decision Reference number - Date Nov 27, 1996 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere Treaty Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987) Meeting Eighth Meeting of the Parties Website ozone.unep.org Abstract A B C D E F (D + E) G (C - F) H1 I (H + F) J K L M2 (I - J - L) Year of essential use Ozone-depleting substance Amount exempted for year of essential use3 Amount acquired by production Amount acquired for essential uses by import and countries of manufacture Total acquired for essential use Authorized but not acquired On hand start of year1 Available for use in current year Used for essential use Quantity contained in exported products Destroyed On hand end of year2 Amount Country (s) All quantities expressed in metric tonnes. 1National Governments may not be able to estimate quantities on hand as at 1 January 1996 but can track the subsequent inventory of ODS produced for essential uses (Column M). 2Carried forward as on hand start of the year for next year. 3Note that essential use for a particular year may be the sum of quantities authorized by decision in more than one year.