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Decision XI/19: Assessment of new substances

Document type
Decision
Reference number
XI/19
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/19:

  1. To recall that decision X/8 requested Parties that, should new substances be developed and marketed which, following application of decision IX/24, are agreed by the Parties to pose a significant threat to the ozone layer, appropriate steps are taken under the Montreal Protocol to ensure their control and phase-out;
  2. To note that many new chemicals are brought into the market by the chemical industry so that criteria for assessing the potential ODP of these chemicals will be useful;
  3. To request the Scientific Assessment Panel and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel:
    1. To develop criteria to assess the potential ODP of new chemicals;
    2. To develop a guidance paper on mechanisms to facilitate public-private sector cooperation in the evaluation of the potential ODP of new chemicals in a manner that satisfies the criteria to be set by the Panels;
  4. To request the Panels to report back to the Thirteenth Meeting of the Parties.