× 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 XXXI/12: Membership changes on the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel Document type Decision Reference number XXXI/12 Date Nov 8, 2019 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere Treaty Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987) Meeting Thirty-First Meeting of the Parties Website ozone.unep.org Abstract To thank the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel for its outstanding work and to thank the individual co-chairs and members of the Panel for their outstanding service and dedication; To thank Mr. Min Shao (China) and Mr. Nigel D. Paul (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), who have served as co-chairs of the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, for their long and outstanding service to the Montreal Protocol; To endorse the appointment of Mr. Krishna K. Pandey (India) and Mr. Paul Barnes (United States of America) as new co-chairs of the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel for a four-year term; To thank the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for its outstanding reports and to thank the individual co-chairs and members of the Panel for their outstanding service and dedication; To endorse the appointment of Mr. Jianjun Zhang (China) as co-chair of the Medical and Chemicals Technical Options Committee for an additional term of four years; To endorse the appointment of Mr. Omar Abdelaziz (Egypt) as a new co-chair of the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee for a term of four years; To endorse the appointment of Mr. Keiichi Ohnishi (Japan) as co-chair of the Medical and Chemicals Technical Options Committee for an additional term of four years; To endorse the appointment of Mr. Sidi Menad Si Ahmed (Algeria) as senior expert of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for an additional term of one year; To endorse the appointment of Ms. Suely Carvalho (Brazil) as senior expert of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for an additional term of four years; To urge the parties to follow the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel’s terms of reference, consult the Panel’s co‑chairs and refer to its matrix of needed expertise prior to making nominations for appointments to the Panel.