× 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 XXXV/17: Data and information provided by the parties in accordance with Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol Document type Decision Reference number XXXV/17 Date Oct 27, 2023 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-Fifth Meeting of the Parties Website ozone.unep.org Abstract To note that 195 parties of the 198 parties that should have reported data for 2022 have done so, and that 175 of those parties had reported their data by 30 September 2023 as required under paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; To note with appreciation that 109 of the reporting parties had submitted their data for 2022 by 30 June 2023, 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 three parties, namely the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan and San Marino, have not reported their data for 2022 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 Protocol until such time as the Secretariat receives their outstanding data; To also note with concern that one party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol, namely Eritrea, that has ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and should have submitted baseline data for Annex F substances (hydrofluorocarbons) for the years 2020 to 2022, has not done so as required under paragraph 2 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, and that this places the party in non-compliance with its data reporting obligations under the Montreal Protocol until such time as the Secretariat receives its outstanding baseline data for hydrofluorocarbons; To further note with concern that one party not operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, namely San Marino, that ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol in 2020 and is thus required to submit data on Annex F substances (hydrofluorocarbons) for 2021, submitted data for other controlled substances but not for hydrofluorocarbons, as required under paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, and that this places the party in non-compliance with its data reporting obligations under the Montreal Protocol until such time as the Secretariat receives its outstanding data for hydrofluorocarbons; 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, 4 and 5 above 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 seventy-second 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 encouraged in decision XV/15 and subsequent decisions on the matter.