× 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 XXXIV/14: Data and information provided by the parties in accordance with Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol Document type Decision Reference number XXXIV/14 Date Nov 4, 2022 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-Fourth Meeting of the Parties Website ozone.unep.org Abstract To note that 194 parties of the 198 parties that should have reported data for 2021 have done so, and that 175 of those parties had reported their data by 30 September 2022 as required under paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; To note with appreciation that 117 of those parties had reported their data by 30 June 2022, in accordance with the encouragement in decision XV/15, and that reporting by 30 June each year greatly facilitates the work of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in assisting parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol to comply with the Protocol’s control measures; To note with concern that four parties, namely Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel and the Russian Federation, have not reported their 2021 data as required under paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, and that this places them in non-compliance with their data reporting obligations under the Montreal Protocol until such time as the Secretariat receives their outstanding data; To also note with concern that one party not operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, namely San Marino, that is a party to the Kigali Amendment and should have submitted baseline data for Annex F substances (HFCs) for the years 2011 to 2013, has not done so as required under paragraph 2 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, and that this places it in non-compliance with its data reporting obligations under the Montreal Protocol until such time as the Secretariat receives its outstanding baseline data for HFCs; To note that a lack of timely data reporting by parties impedes the effective monitoring and assessment of parties’ compliance with their obligations under the Montreal Protocol; To urge the parties listed in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the present decision to report the required data to the Secretariat as soon as possible; To request the Implementation Committee under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol to review the situation of those parties at its seventieth meeting; To encourage parties to continue to report consumption and production data as soon as the figures are available, and preferably by 30 June each year, as agreed in decision XV/15.