× 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/4: Illegal import of certain refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump products and equipment Type du document Décision Numéro de référence XXXIV/4 Date Nov 4, 2022 SourceUNEP, 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 Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Parties Site web ozone.unep.org Résumé To invite parties that have restricted the manufacture and/or import of certain refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump products and equipment containing or relying on controlled substances, including with respect to energy efficiency, and that do not want to receive such products and equipment from other parties against payment or free of charge, to submit to the Secretariat by 1 May 2023 the information listed below: The types of products and equipment concerned, including their codes in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, where applicable; The specific domestic restrictions on the controlled substances (i.e., maximum global warming potential of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) permitted to be used) for each category of product and equipment; The minimum energy efficiency performance standard permitted under domestic legislation for each category of product and equipment; Any attempted illegal imports of such restricted products and equipment to their countries; To consider this issue at the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Parties and include the item on the agenda of the forty-fifth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, taking into account the information requested in paragraph 1 of the present decision.