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Decision XX/13: Reports of Parties submitted under Article 9 of the Montreal Protocol

Document type
Decision
Reference number
XX/13
Date
Nov 20, 2008
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
Twentieth Meeting of the Parties
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract
  1. To note with appreciation the reports submitted in 2007 and 2008 by the following 18Parties in accordance with Article 9 of the Montreal Protocol: Argentina, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Spain, SriLanka, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda and Zambia;
  2. To recall that paragraph 3 of Article 9 states that, every two years after entry into force of the Montreal Protocol, which entered into force in 1989, each Party shall submit to the Secretariat a summary of activities that it has conducted pursuant to that Article and that relevant activities include promotion of research and development, information exchange on technologies for reducing emissions of ozone-depleting substances, alternatives to the use of controlled substances and the costs and benefits of relevant control strategies and raising awareness of the environmental effects of emissions of controlled and other substances that deplete the ozone layer;
  3. To recognize that information relevant to the reporting obligation under paragraph 3 of Article 9 may be generated through cooperative efforts undertaken in the context of regional ozone networks, activities by ozone research managers under Article 3 of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, participation by Parties in the assessment work of both the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and the Scientific Assessment Panel under Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol and national public awareness-raising initiatives;
  4. To note that the reporting under paragraph 3 of Article 9 of the Protocol can be undertaken through electronic means;
  5. To request the Secretariat to share the information reported under paragraph 3 of Article9 of the Protocol with other Parties through the Secretariat’s website;