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Decision IV/17A: Trade issues

Document type
Decision
Reference number
IV/17
Date
Nov 25, 1992
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
Fourth Meeting of the Parties
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract

The Fourth Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. IV/17A:

  1. 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;
  2. to clarify, as follows, the situation of Parties that have not ratified the London Amendment:
    1. 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;
    2. under paragraph 2 bis of Article 4 of the Protocol, the export ban on Annex B substances shall commence only on 10 August 1993.