× 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. Decision IV/17A: Trade issues Document type Decision Reference number IV/17 Date Nov 25, 1992 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere Treaty Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987) Meeting Fourth Meeting of the Parties Website ozone.unep.org Abstract The Fourth Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. IV/17A: to take note of the information provided by some Parties on the implementation of Article 4 of the Protocol and to encourage further those Parties that have not yet done so to provide the information to the Secretariat as soon as possible; to clarify, as follows, the situation of Parties that have not ratified the London Amendment: under paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Protocol, the export ban on Annex A substances shall apply only to any State not party to the Montreal Protocol of 1987; under paragraph 2 bis of Article 4 of the Protocol, the export ban on Annex B substances shall commence only on 10 August 1993.