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Decision VII/5: Definition of “quarantine” and “pre-shipment applications”

Tipo de documento
Decision
Número de referencia
VII/5
Fecha
Dic 5, 1995
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Estado
Activo
Materia
Desechos y sustancias peligrosas, Aire y atmósfera
Tratado
Protocolo de Montreal relativo a las sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono (Sep 16, 1987)
Reunión
Página web
ozone.unep.org
Resumen

The Seventh Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. VII/5 that:

  1. "Quarantine applications", with respect to methyl bromide, are treatments to prevent the introduction, establishment and/or spread of quarantine pests (including diseases), or to ensure their official control, where:
    1. Official control is that performed by, or authorized by, a national plant, animal or environmental protection or health authority;
    2. Quarantine pests are pests of potential importance to the areas endangered thereby and not yet present there, or present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled;
  2. "Pre-shipment applications" are those treatments applied directly preceding and in relation to export, to meet the phytosanitary or sanitary requirements of the importing country or existing phytosanitary or sanitary requirements of the exporting country;
  3. In applying these definitions, all countries are urged to refrain from use of methyl bromide and to use non-ozone-depleting technologies wherever possible. Where methyl bromide is used, Parties are urged to minimize emissions and use of methyl bromide through containment and recovery and recycling methodologies to the extent possible.