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Annex VI: Essential use exemptions for 1998 and 1999

Document type
Decision
Reference number
-
Date
Sep 17, 1997
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere
Treaty
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987)
Meeting
Ninth Meeting of the Parties
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract

(in metric tonnes)

Party* CFC-11 CFC-12 CFC-113 CFC-114 Halon-2402
  1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998
1. Australia 35.0 49.0 85.0 120.0 -- -- -- 5.0 --
2. European Union -- 1,690.0 -- 2,857.0 -- 19.0 -- 434.0 --
3. Hungary 6.0 3.0 2.25 3.0 0.23 0.23 1.7 3.0 --
4. Russian Federation 226.0 -- 226.0 -- -- -- -- -- 255.0
5. United States** -- 1,085.3 -- 2,539.7 -- -- -- 280.8 --
TOTAL 267.0 2,827.3 313.25 5,519.7 0.23 19.23 1.7 722.8 255.0

* TEAP and the Open-ended Working Group had recommended approval of an exemption for South Africa for 1999 of 69 tonnes of CFC-11, 174 tonnes of CFC-12 and 3 tonnes of CFC-114 for use in MDIs for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. At the request of the representative of South Africa, the nomination was deleted from the table following the country's reclassification as a developing country Party.

** Three metric tonnes of CFC-12 for sterile aerosol talc authorized as an emergency use for 1997. Any residual quantity available at the end of 1997 could be used in 1998 if needed to effect a safe transition to a non-ODS alternative.