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Decision XI/15: Global exemption for laboratory and analytical uses

Document type
Decision
Reference number
XI/15
Date
Dec 3, 1999
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
Eleventh Meeting of the Parties
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract

The Eleventh Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. XI/15 to eliminate the following uses from the global exemption for laboratory and analytical uses for controlled substances, approved in decision X/19, from the year 2002:

  1. Testing of oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water;
  2. Testing of tar in road-paving materials; and
  3. Forensic finger-printing.