× 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 XI/15: Global exemption for laboratory and analytical uses Document type Decision Reference number XI/15 Date Nov 29, 1999 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere Treaty Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987) Meeting 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: Testing of oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water; Testing of tar in road-paving materials; and Forensic finger-printing.