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Decision I/12C: Clarification of terms and definitions: Basic domestic needs

Document type
Decision
Reference number
I/12
Date
May 5, 1989
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
First Meeting of the Parties
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract

The First Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. I/12C to agree to the following clarification of the term “basic domestic needs” in Articles 2 and 5 of the Protocol: “Basic domestic needs” referred to in Articles 2 and 5 of the Protocol should be understood as not to allow production of products containing controlled substances to expand for the purpose of supplying other countries.