× 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/5: Destruction technologies for controlled substances Document type Decision Reference number XXXV/5 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 Noting with appreciation the 2022 report by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel’s Medical and Chemicals Technical Options Committee that contains the response to decision XXX/6 on destruction technologies for controlled substances, Noting also with appreciation the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel’s assessment of destruction technologies with regard to their destruction and removal efficiency and its recommendations to parties for potential approval for inclusion on the list of approved technologies, and suggesting that parties consider this information in the development and implementation of their domestic regulations, Noting that in decision XXX/15 the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel is requested to provide a review of destruction technologies if new compelling information becomes available, To approve the following destruction technology, for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Article 1 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, as an addition to the technologies listed in annex VI to the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol[1] and modified by decisions V/26, VII/35, XIV/6, XXIX/4 and XXX/6, for diluted sources of ozone-depleting substances and Annex F, group I substances for which there is already approval for concentrated sources: cement kiln; To remove portable plasma arc technology as a separate approved technology for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Article 1 of the Montreal Protocol, given that portable plasma arc technology is a subset of the already-approved category of nitrogen plasma arc destruction technology; To invite parties to submit to the Secretariat information relevant to a review of destruction technologies. [1] UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/15.