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Decision XX/13: Reports of Parties submitted under Article 9 of the Montreal Protocol

Type du document
Décision
Numéro de référence
XX/13
Date
Nov 16, 2008
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Statut
active
Sujet
Air et atmosphère, Déchets et substances dangereuses
Traité
Protocole de Montréal relatif à des substances qui appauvrissent la couche d’ozone (Sep 16, 1987)
Réunion
Site web
ozone.unep.org
Résumé

1.   To note with appreciation the reports submitted in 2007 and 2008 by the following 18 Parties in accordance with Article 9 of the Montreal Protocol: Argentina, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda and Zambia;

2.   To recall that paragraph 3 of Article 9 states that, every two years after entry into force of the Montreal Protocol, which entered into force in 1989, each Party shall submit to the Secretariat a summary of activities that it has conducted pursuant to that Article and that relevant activities include promotion of research and development, information exchange on technologies for reducing emissions of ozone-depleting substances, alternatives to the use of controlled substances and the costs and benefits of relevant control strategies and raising awareness of the environmental effects of emissions of controlled and other substances that deplete the ozone layer;

3.   To recognize that information relevant to the reporting obligation under paragraph 3 of Article 9 may be generated through cooperative efforts undertaken in the context of regional ozone networks, activities by ozone research managers under Article 3 of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, participation by Parties in the assessment work of both the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and the Scientific Assessment Panel under Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol and national public awareness-raising initiatives;

4.   To note that the reporting under paragraph 3 of Article 9 of the Protocol can be undertaken through electronic means;

5.   To request the Secretariat to share the information reported under paragraph 3 of Article 9 of the Protocol with other Parties through the Secretariat’s website;