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Decision XV/18: Non-compliance with data reporting requirement for the purpose of establishing baselines under Article 5, paragraphs 3 and 8 ter (d)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
XV/18
Date
Nov 14, 2003
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
Fifteenth Meeting of the Parties
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract

The Fifteenth Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. XV/18:

  1. To note with appreciation the fact that, as requested under decision XIV/16 of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Parties, the following Parties have reported baseline data, thus bringing themselves into compliance with the provisions of Article 5, paragraphs 3 and 8 ter (d): Angola, Cambodia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Maldives, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Nigeria, Palau, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sierra Leone, Suriname and Vanuatu;
  2. To note nevertheless that the following Parties have still not reported data for one or more of the years which are required for the establishment of baselines for Annexes A, B and E to the Protocol, as provided for by Article 5, paragraphs 3 and 8 ter (d):
    1. For Annex A: Cape Verde, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, So Tom and Prncipe, and Somalia;
    2. For Annex B: Cape Verde, Djibouti, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, So Tom and Prncipe, and Somalia;
    3. For Annex E: Cape Verde, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, India, Liberia, Mali, So Tom and Prncipe, and Somalia;
  3. To note that that places those Parties in non-compliance with their data reporting obligations under the Montreal Protocol;
  4. To stress that compliance by those Parties with the Montreal Protocol cannot be determined without knowledge of those data;
  5. To note that all those Parties are receiving assistance with data collection from the Multilateral Fund through the implementing agencies;
  6. To note also that some of those Parties have only recently ratified various amendments to the Montreal Protocol and consequently may be in the process of collecting the required baseline data;
  7. To urge those Parties to work closely with the implementing agencies concerned to report the required data to the Secretariat as a matter of urgency, and to request the Implementation Committee to review the situation of those Parties with respect to data reporting at its next meeting.