Report of the 4th Meeting of the Parties
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GENERAL
UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/15
25 November 1992
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Copenhagen, 23-25 November 1992
REPORT OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER
1. The Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was held at the Bella Center, Copenhagen, from 23 to 25 November 1992, at the invitation of the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark.
2. Following the entry into the hall of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, at 10.15 a.m. on Monday, 23 November 1992, Mr. P. Chin Fah Kui, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment of Malaysia and Vice-President of the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, started the proceedings.
3. His Excellency Mr. Stig Moller, Minister of the Environment of Denmark, welcomed participants on behalf of the people and Government of Denmark and stated that he was deeply honoured by the presence in the hall of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark.
4. He said that the task of the Meeting was to phase out as quickly as possible ozone-depleting chemicals, while ensuring environmentally sound development for the developing countries. The Montreal Protocol also must be used to set the trend for international cooperation in other fields, such as climate change, biodiversity and hazardous waste. Now was the chance to show that the pledges to save the Earth made at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development were meaningful.
5. Praising the great contribution to international environmental cooperation of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dr. Mostafa Tolba, he said that with the Executive Director's retirement from UNEP, the environment was saying good-bye to an outstanding driving force.Na.92-6155 151292
6. Dr. Tolba, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), having expressed his gratitude to the Government and people of Denmark for hosting the meeting, said that ozone-layer depletion was unique among global environmental problems in that its causes and cures were known, a timetable for, and the approximate cost of, implementing the solutions had been worked out, and the wealthy nations had agreed to meet the costs of, and to pass on their know-how to, the less fortunate. The Protocol had, by any standard, achieved wide success. The world would, however, continue to pay, for decades to come, for the 14-year delay between the identification of the problem in 1973 and the signing of the Protocol in 1987. The lesson from that experience was that the best approach was to err on the side of caution, heed early warnings and insist that the burden of proof lay with those who would experiment with the natural workings of the world.
7. Outlining the issues before the Meeting, he said that it had three days to decide how humanity would respond to the growing threat to the ozone layer. The phase-out of controlled substances had to be accelerated, the use of transitional substances held back and phase-out schedules initiated for hydrochlorofluorocarbons, as well as methyl bromide. In addition, an agreement was needed to link the application of the amendment and adjustments in developing countries to the 1995 review of financial resources and technology transfer, and it was also essential to establish the Multilateral Fund, to commit to its replenishment and to decide on the level of contributions to it, at least for 1994.
8. Finally, he expressed his confidence that the Parties would in their deliberations be guided by one criterion above all others: the protection of the ozone layer. The next generation deserved an ozone layer as good as nature could provide. It was the current generation that had done the damage and it was for that generation to undo it.
9. Mr. P. Chin Fah Kui (Malaysia), Acting President of the Third Meeting of the Parties, conveyed the Meeting's gratitude to Mr. K'Ombudo (Kenya), who was unable to attend, for discharging so ably the functions of President since the Third Meeting. He also expressed his gratitude to the Executive Director of UNEP for his determined leadership and wisdom, to his colleagues in the Bureau, to the Ozone Secretariat and, in particular, to the Government and the people of Denmark and Her Majesty the Queen for hosting the meeting.
10. He said the Montreal Protocol had broken new ground in the international efforts and cooperation to protect the global environment. He was, however, somewhat concerned that the London Amendment had not entered into force according to schedule, owing to the late receipt of ratifications. Implementation of international agreements like the Protocol must take place swiftly and without delay. He therefore urged all countries to ratify the amended Protocol as soon as possible.
11. The period since the Third Meeting had been an exciting one. While he was reasonably happy with the success of the implementation of the Protocol and the Interim Multilateral Fund, he would point out that there had recently been certain rather unsatisfactory developments such as attempts by some countries to alter the structure of the Multilateral Fund and the failure of a great many countries to pay their contributions to the Fund. These matters coupled with moves to accelerate the phase-out of ozone- depleting substances were causing much concern to developing countries, and he hoped that they could be resolved amicably by the Parties.
12. At the end of the opening ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark left the hall.
13. The following 75 Parties to the Montreal Protocol were represented: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, European Community, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
14. The following 25 States not party to the Protocol were also represented: Bahamas, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Iraq, Kuwait, Laos, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
15. Observers from the following United Nations bodies and specialized agencies were also present: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
16. The following intergovernmental organizations were represented: Customs Co-operation Council (CCC), International Institute of Refrigeration (IIF-IIR) and the Nordic Council.
17. The following other organizations were also represented: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy, Allied Signal Inc., American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Association of Home Appliances Manufacturers (AHAM), Association of Methyl Bromide Industry Japan (AMBIJ), Australian Conservation Foundation, Chamber of Mines Research Organization, Confederation of Danish Industries, CSERGE/LSE, Dansk Naturfrednung, DOWELANCO, Dupont Brazil (ABINEE), Dupont Canada Inc., Dupont International S.A. (Switzerland), Eurobrom, European Chlorinated Solvents (ECSA), European Council of Federations of the Chemical Industry (CEFIC), Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA), Halon Alternative Research Corporation, Halozone Recycling Inc., Halozone Technologies Inc. (Canada), Hankook Shinwha Co. Ltd., Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium (IPAC), Japan Association for Hygiene of Chlorinated Solvents (JAHCS), Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association (JAMA), Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association (JEMA), Japan Flon Gas Association (JFGA), Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone Layer Protection (JICOP), Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA), MC Solvents Co. Ltd., Methyl Bromide Global Coalition, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers' Association Inc. (MVMA/ICIA), MTI, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oxford University, Program for Alternative Fluorocarbon Toxicology Testing (PAFT), Refrigeration Industry Board (United Kingdom), Schering Plough Corporation, Shanti Consultants Ltd., Toshiba Corporation and the Worldwatch Institute.
18. In accordance with rule 21, paragraph 1, of the rules of procedure, the following officers were elected, by acclamation, at the opening of the meeting:
President:
Mr. Kamal Nath, Minister of Environment and Forests,
India
Vice-Presidents:
Mr. Ryszard Purski, Chief Specialist in the
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry, Poland
(Eastern European Group)
Mr. Eduardo Mora, Under-Secretary for Multilateral
Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ecuador (Latin American and
Caribbean Group)
Mr. J.A.M. Alders, Minister for Housing, Physical Planning
and Environment, Netherlands (Western European and Others Group)
Rapporteur:
Mr. Magang, Minister of Works, Transport and
Communications, Botswana
19. The following agenda, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/4/1, was adopted:
2. Organizational matters:
3. Consideration of the report of the Executive Director:
4. Information provided by the Parties in accordance with Articles 4, 7 and 9 of the Montreal Protocol and report of the Implementation Committee.
5. Report of the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Ozone Fund.
6. Revised budget for the Montreal Protocol Trust Fund for 1992 and the proposed budget for the biennium 1993-1994.
7. Date and venue for the Fifth Meeting of the Parties.
8. Other matters.
9. Adoption of the report.
10. Closure of the Meeting.
20. In accordance with rule 19 of the rules of procedure, the officers of the Meeting examined the credentials of representatives and, having found them to be in good and due form, so reported to the Meeting.
21. A number of delegations objected to the credentials of the representative of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Two delegations made statements on the subject, which are to be found in Annex XVI to this report.
22. Mr. Watson, Co-Chairman of the Ozone Scientific Assessment Panel and overall Chairman of the Assessment Panels, presented a report on the work of the scientific, environmental impacts, and technology and economic assessment panels based on the 1991 assessment reports and the interim scientific, technology and economic assessment of methyl bromide in 1992. He said that ozone depletion was significantly more serious than it had been in 1990 and that there was no doubt that it was caused primarily by the emission of anthropogenic chemicals containing chlorine and bromine. It was clear that the potential existed for large-scale ozone depletion over the Arctic and surrounding populated areas in both winter and spring. For the first time, serious levels of UV-B radiation had been observed in conjunction with ozone depletion over Antarctica and Australia and in a mountainous region of Europe, and its effects had started to become noticeable in the real world, with damage to phytoplankton observed in Antarctica during the period of the ozone hole. Even if the London control measures were to be implemented globally, the atmospheric abundance of chlorine would increase from the current level of about 3.5 ppbv to over 4 ppbv around the year 2000. The scientific community now also recognized that atmospheric ozone was threatened by the anthropogenic emissions of methyl bromide, which could have accounted for between 5 and 10 per cent of the observed ozone loss during the previous 10 to 20 years. If production of methyl bromide continued to increase at its historical rate, it could account for 15 per cent of predicted ozone depletion by the year 2000.
23. From a scientific perspective, protection of the ozone layer could be achieved by taking all technically and economically feasible measures to minimize atmospheric concentrations of bromine and chlorine, including a phase-out of the substances currently controlled under the Protocol, as rapidly as technically and economically possible; the recovery and banking of CFCs and halons; the reduction to a minimum of emissions of methyl bromide; and the minimization of the initial substitution rates of HCFCs, followed by the most technically and economically feasible phase-out of those substances. In particular, he emphasized that controls on methyl chloroform and methyl bromide had the greatest effect on limiting ozone depletion during the next one to two decades because of their short atmospheric lifetimes. Adoption of measures similar to those presented by the Executive Director would halve the integrated amount of ozone depletion over the next several decades and the chronic effects of UV-B radiation.
24. He did have some good news to report: the phase-out of controlled substances was about three years ahead of the London schedule; elimination costs had become much lower than estimated in 1989; it was technically and economically feasible to phase out CFCs, methyl chloroform and carbon tetrachloride between 1995 and 1997; and halon production could be eliminated by 1995 or earlier, assuming that halon banks could be established and trading issues regulated. Methyl bromide emissions could also be significantly reduced by a variety of measures, including substitution, improved management practices and containment and recovery. It must, however, be noted that partnerships between developed and developing countries were needed and that access to technology and financing were essential. In that respect, the Multilateral Fund was vital for the early elimination of controlled substances in developing countries.
25. Mr. Mateos, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, said that, after four meetings of the Committee, the initial critics had been proved wrong, as representatives of the developed and developing countries worked side by side, adopting all decisions by consensus and taking into consideration the concerns of all members. To date, 60 projects had been approved for the phase-out of more than 30,000 tonnes of ozone-depleting substances, which represented 20 per cent of the total consumption of the developing countries party to the Protocol. Using a flexible approach, the Committee had approved all bilateral contributions, the work programmes and, sometimes with amendments, the project proposals submitted to it. As at October 1992, it had allocated funds for the preparation of 39 country programmes, 9 of which had already been approved. All doubts about policy had been resolved promptly and decisively, it being the implicit task of the Committee to ensure that there was no delay in allocating available funds. In that connection, the Fund Secretariat had a basic role in facilitating the approval of projects. Having drawn the attention of the Meeting to the subject matter of the decisions adopted by the Committee as set out in its report (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/8, para. 6), he said that the mechanisms provided by the Parties enabled the Fund to function and guided the Committee in its decisions. He did not believe that any changes were necessary at the moment.
26. Turning to the Committee's plans for the preparation of country programmes, he said that the initial results had exceeded expectations, with all nine approved programmes aimed at the phase-out of controlled substances and most countries involved committing themselves to phasing out the substances according to the same schedule as that followed by non-Article 5 Parties. The Fund's cooperation and the belief that its financial resources were available in support of national efforts were integral to the assumption of those voluntary commitments. With the approval of the China country programme, strategies would have been developed to eliminate more than half of current consumption of controlled substances in developing countries party to the Protocol. The Committee was also dealing with institution-building, training and information exchange, and the improvement of the data-reporting capabilities of developing countries. He was, however, concerned that, without more financial resources, the Committee's work would be totally blocked. Parties that wished to avoid paying should state so openly so that the Committee's work could proceed more smoothly.
27. For the future, there was a need to speed up the conclusion of agreements between recipient countries and the implementing agencies, increase the number of requests for projects, and improve coordination and cooperation among the four implementing agencies, to which he was grateful for having introduced innovations in their internal procedures. Finally, he expressed his concern about the barriers to speedy project implementation, a matter which a subcommittee had recently been established to evaluate.
28. Ms. Carola Bjorklund, President of the Implementation Committee, said that the Committee represented a new form for settling disputes outside the traditional judicial framework. It was important that it was given, by the Meeting of the Parties, effective rules of procedure and a mandate to enable it to fulfil its task. Such a regime would undoubtedly increase chances of reaching amicable resolutions which the draft non-compliance procedure set out as the main goal for the Committee. It was the intermediate role envisaged for the Committee that was essential and made it the main provider of vital information for the Parties with regard to their own control of States' compliance. The Implementation Committee had tested the draft non-compliance procedures (UNEP/OzL.Pro/WG.3/3/3) over a two-year period and had found the mandate to be both efficient and appropriate for supporting its work. The members of the Committee fully supported the work produced by the Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal Experts and had noted with satisfaction that the Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth Meeting of the Parties had responded positively to the proposed non-compliance procedure as contained in annex IV of the draft decisions before the Meeting (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/L.1/Rev.1). With regard to annexes V and VI of the same document, she recalled that, at the Third Meeting of the Parties, the Implementation Committee had stressed that it would be useful for it to be provided with an indicative list of advisory and conciliatory measures, indicating what appropriate measures the Committee might recommend to be taken by the Meeting of the Parties in respect of Parties in non-compliance with the Protocol.
29. Having drawn the attention of the Meeting to the reporting statistics contained in the Secretariat's report on the reporting of data by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/6 and Corr.1), she said that many Parties, which also accounted for a major portion of the production and consumption of controlled substances in the world, had reduced their consumption much beyond the extent called for by the Protocol. On the other hand, the Committee had noted with some concern that there was a trend of increased consumption of controlled substances, particularly halons, by some Parties operating under Article 5. Two other problems noted by the Committee were the pattern of late reporting by many Parties and the problem of getting accurate population data. Some developing countries still seemed to have serious problems in fulfilling the data-reporting requirements. In that connection, the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on the Reporting of Data had identified several technical and administrative problems and their possible solutions. It was suggested, inter alia, that import control by customs regulations, based on the Harmonized Commodity System, should be established. However, in view of the difficulties that had been raised, the Committee supported the proposal from the Preparatory Meeting that Parties should insert further subdivisions to the recommended Harmonized System subheadings.
30. She also called for high priority to be given to support for developing countries to help them fulfil their reporting duties. Indeed, at the most recent meeting of the Implementation Committee, representatives from the Interim Multilateral Fund and the implementing agencies had been invited to inform the Committee about their programmes to assist Parties operating under Article 5. Since the Implementation Committee was very interested in close cooperation with the Fund and the implementing agencies and the work of those agencies was of crucial importance to the work of the Committee, it was essential for the Committee and the Fund to work closely together and exchange information on a regular basis.
31. Mr. Lee-Bapty (United Kingdom), Co-Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, said that the report of the Legal Drafting Group (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/2/Rev.1), which was before the Meeting, reflected the outcome of the meetings of the Open-ended Working Group and their own drafting. It was no surprise that the chemicals already controlled were those on which the greatest degree of consensus had been achieved. For those that had become a subject of discussion more recently, there had been more to do. In particular, methyl bromide was one substance where there was a need to balance its undoubted damage to the ozone layer with the vital applications for which it was undoubtedly needed. The Group had not agreed whether to phase out or reduce all but quarantine and pre-shipment uses by the end of the century, or to be satisfied with a freeze until further research had been completed, or, indeed, to defer any controls until after that research. It had, at least, identified how any one of those options could be reflected in the Protocol itself. For hydrochlorofluorocarbons, the situation was still more complicated. The Group had largely adopted the framework developed by the Executive Director and the group of experts he had convened and had abandoned the various individual proposals on the way. It had agreed that there should be a consumption limit and had generally agreed on a reduction schedule. What remained was to set the initial level and the final phase-out date and to consider the extent to which, for the first time, the Protocol could be used to influence the applications for which the chemicals were employed.
32. One other important issue was the question of the application of new controls to Article 5 Parties. It was generally accepted that the question of controls on hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrobromofluorocarbons and methyl bromide in developing countries should be decided on in 1995. However, no conclusion had been reached as to whether the acceleration of controls on chlorofluorocarbons and halons should apply, after the 10-year grace period, to Article 5 Parties or whether that matter should be decided after the 1995 review.
33. Mr. López (Venezuela), Chairman of the Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer said that the work of the Preparatory Meeting had been extremely positive and more than expected had been achieved. There were, however, still a number of outstanding issues. He hoped that there could be further progress in the Open-ended Working Group so that any agreements could go, through the Preparatory Committee, to the Meeting of the Parties with no dissenting views. In spite of the delay in completing its work, the Preparatory Meeting had been effective and productive in its endeavour to provide the Meeting of the Parties with proposals containing as few controversial issues as possible. He therefore urged the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to adopt the draft decisions that would be submitted to it.
34. Statements were then made by representatives of 54 States, including 3 non-Parties, by a regional economic grouping Party to the Protocol, and by 4 non-governmental organizations. Discussion focused on the proposed amendments and adjustments to the Protocol, and the proposals regarding the financial mechanism.
35. Nearly all the representatives who spoke expressed the view that the Montreal Protocol was an excellent example of international cooperation and provided a model for all subsequent international legal instruments relating to the environment. Several of them noted that the endeavours to protect the ozone layer also constituted a positive contribution to the work being done elsewhere on global warming and climate change. A number of representatives of Parties referred to the need for cooperation between the Governments - the prime movers in the matter of the Protocol - and not only industry but also non-governmental organizations and, indeed, individuals. Several of them mentioned the need for programmes to sensitize public opinion to the seriousness of the problem of ozone-layer depletion.
36. Many representatives of Parties gave accounts of the work already done in their countries to implement the Montreal Protocol and of the plans of action adopted and other future work programmes. One representative referred, in particular, to the need for more observation stations to fill the data gaps.
37. Virtually all the speakers stressed the serious need for additional data on the ozone layer, particularly in the light of the latest scientific information. The representatives of countries situated in high latitudes were particularly concerned about that issue. Depletion of the ozone layer was proceeding at an alarming rate, far faster than had been predicted, with possible hazardous consequences for human health and the environment. Increases in surface UV-B radiation had actually been measured in both hemispheres. And both hemispheres, "holes" in the ozone layer had been detected and were becoming larger every year.
38. A number of representatives referred to the need for sustainable development, one of them adding that that meant paying careful attention to natural cycles in different environments. Another representative stated that the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development had pointed the way to what might be described as a future environmental foreign policy, conducted by States through the United Nations. Sustainable development, several representatives argued, meant changes in the behaviour of producers and, in particular, of consumers. An example was given, in the context of the Montreal Protocol, that air-conditioning might be an essential use for controlled substances in one context and a mere luxury in another. Luxury, and indeed comfort, that entailed damage to the environment would have to be renounced.
39. Most of the representatives of developed countries were in favour of the proposed adjustments and Amendment, as a reasonable compromise between the different views expressed, though a number of them stated that they would have preferred earlier phase-out dates for the controlled substances than those proposed. Several of the representatives of developed countries stressed the importance of securing the cooperation of industry, both in terms of the development of more benign chemicals and technologies and in implementing control measures. One of them cautioned against making impossible demands on industry. Most of the representatives of developed countries favoured a rapid phase-out of the transitional substances and the inclusion of methyl bromide in the Protocol as a controlled substance, since it was a known ozone-depleting substance. Several representatives underlined the importance of recovery and recycling activities, with regard to both the replacement of new production and the reduction of emissions to the atmosphere.
40. While most of the representatives of Parties operating underArticle 5, paragraph 1, favoured, in principle, the more rapid phasing out of the controlled substances by the Parties not operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, they were concerned that exports of those substances should be guaranteed, at affordable prices, during their own grace and phase-out periods. In that connection, many of them emphasized that there should be no automatic application of the new provisions to the countries operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, pending the 1995 review of the situation. Most of them added that the inclusion of methyl bromide as a controlled substance in the Protocol could have serious effects on their economies. One representative expressed the hope that the proposed new regulations, particularly with respect to methyl bromide, would not be used to establish non-tariff barriers to international trade. One representative cautioned against the taking of hasty decisions which would endanger the fragile economies of the developing countries. One representative of a Party stated that his delegation would have liked the Fourth Meeting to devote itself to revising the London Amendment rather than adopting new amendments.
41. The proposed establishment of the Multilateral Fund was generally welcomed, many representatives stating that the Interim Multilateral Fund had proved its worth. However, some representatives of countries not operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, stated that, given the importance of the financial mechanism, it was essential that the effectiveness of the Interim Multilateral Fund to date should be evaluated and reviewed before establishing the mechanism. One representative expressed the opinion that it would be more effective and efficient to merge the financial mechanism into the Global Environment Fund (GEF) by 1995 but, in a spirit of compromise, he withdrew his delegation's reservation on the establishment of the Fund. Many representatives expressed dismay at the fact that the payment of contributions to the Interim Multilateral Fund was seriously in arrears and urged that, if the payment of contributions to the financial mechanism was not already mandatory, it should become so. Several representatives of Parties not operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, informed the Meeting that their countries' contributions had just been paid.
42. Some representatives expressed deep concern that certain countries were questioning the commitment made in London to establish the Multilateral Fund on a permanent basis and were unwilling to reaffirm their financial commitment to the Fund beyond 1993. They emphasized that the Fund was an essential element without which implementation of the Protocol would be meaningless. One of them stated that his delegation viewed with great concern any attempt to alter the structure of the Fund. It had currently a democratic character due to the governance by both developed and developing countries, and a change in that structure would be short-sighted and counter-productive.
43. A number of representatives referred to the conditions for the transfer of technology, stating that the current situation was unsatisfactory. Several of them stated that such transfer should be carried out on concessionary terms, while one considered that it should be free of charge.
44. Another delegation drew the attention of the Parties to the lack of independent certification on the overall environmental acceptability of the growing list of alternatives that were alleged to be safe. It urged the establishment of a legal regime for certification, product safety and liability for the alternatives before they could be marketed.
45. Some representatives of Parties not operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, stated that their countries were encountering serious, but it was hoped transitory, economic difficulties. They did not wish to become recipients of assistance from the Fund but they did need temporary exemption from certain of their obligations under the Protocol. It was regrettable that the Parties appeared unwilling to recognize the existence of a third group of countries - those with economies in transition - as well as the two established groups of developed and developing countries.
46. One of them added that his country had accepted the position of successor State to a previous multinational State that had fissured into its component parts. Although that had meant a considerable reduction in its territory and population, there had been no recalculation of its assessed contribution. A further complication was that most of the other successors to the previous multinational State were not Parties to the Protocol, with the result that what had previously been domestic transactions in controlled substances had become trade with non-Parties and would henceforth be governed by Article 4. However, if a preferential regime were established to meet those concerns, his delegation would not object to new and tightened controls.
47. A number of representatives welcomed the proposed establishment of the non-compliance procedure, several of them noting that it could help to provide a solution to the problem of countries facing special difficulties, particularly transitory ones.
48. The representative of Kuwait described the severe environmental impact arising as a result of the invasion and occupation of his country by Iraq. Speaking in exercise of the right of reply, the representative of Iraq said that such extraneous political issues as those raised by the representative of Kuwait had no place in a technical meeting.
49. The observer for a non-governmental organization said that the Montreal Protocol had been a great success for international diplomacy, at the cost of a great deal of hard work by many dedicated people. Unfortunately, it had not been a success for the protection of the ozone layer. Every year since 1987 the scientists had informed the world that actual ozone destruction was worse than expected. The negotiation and renegotiation of the Protocol, held back by the dragging feet of industrial interests, had failed to match the urgency of the problem. If HCFCs were used as a transitional product, as advocated by industry, it would significantly delay the recovery of the ozone layer. Methyl bromide, a truly potent ozone destroyer, appeared likely to escape effective control. Her own and other non-governmental organizations were doing their best, as were independent scientists and others, but there was a limit to their possibilities. Only Governments could take effective action to remedy the situation at the eleventh hour, and she urged them to do so.
50. The observer for another non-governmental organization said that all the Parties represented at the Meeting had committed themselves to halting the depletion of the ozone layer, and the peoples of the world expected them to honour those commitments. In fact, however, a number of Governments had challenged the necessity of honouring their financial commitments made in London two years previously; a dangerous ozone destroyer - methyl bromide - seemed unlikely to face severe restrictions; production of HCFCs would continue for decades more, and the essential-uses loophole could permit production of CFCs, halons, methyl chloroform and carbon tetrachloride for the foreseeable future. That was not the result the peoples of the world expected, and he appealed to the Meeting to find the political will to rid the world of all the chemicals destroying its protective ozone layer.
51. The observer for a third non-governmental organization said it would be useful if the non-governmental organizations concerned with the environment were represented on the assessment panels. He felt sure that such representation would give the panels a valuable new dimension.
52. The observer for a fourth non-governmental organization reported a 30 per cent reduction in CFCs in one area of one country to meet the objectives of the Protocol, and requested that its data on controlled substances be recorded and made available to the Parties.
53. The representative of one country said that the observer should not have referred to the data from a province of that country. That province was, of course, like all other provinces of that country, bound by the Montreal Protocol, since the country was a Party thereto. However, he was unable to accept the establishment of direct relations between a province of one country and the Secretariat of the Montreal Protocol, UNEP or, indeed, any other organ dealing with the environment. The correct procedure was for the authorities to forward their data to the Government of that country for incorporation in the overall data of the country, which would then be forwarded to the Secretariat.
54. Under agenda items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, the Meeting had before it the report of the Executive Director (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/5 and Add.1), the report of the Secretariat on information provided by the Parties in accordance with Articles 4, 7 and 9 (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/6 and Corr.1 and Add.1), the report of the Implementation Committee (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/3/3), the report of the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/8/Rev.1 and Add.1), a report by the Executive Committee on meeting the needs of Article 5 Parties for controlled substances during the grace and phase-out periods (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/8/25 and Add.1), the revised budget for 1992 and 1993, the proposed initial budget for 1994 (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/7), financial reports on the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol and on the Interim Secretariat for the Vienna Convention and its Montreal Protocol (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/9), and a note regarding the Harmonized System customs code numbers for the products listed in Annex D of the amended Montreal Protocol (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/3 and Corr.1). It also had before it a note by the Executive Director on further adjustments and amendment to the Montreal Protocol (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/10 and Corr.1 and Add.1), a note by the Executive Director on contributions tothe Interim Multilateral Fund (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/13 and Corr.1), draft decisions (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/L.1/Rev.1), the report of the Legal Drafting Group prepared during the eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/2/Rev.1), the report of the eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties (UNEP/OzL.Pro/WG.1/8/2) and thereport of the Preparatory Meeting (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/Prep/2), and the reports of the first and second meetings of the Bureau of the Third Meetingof the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (UNEP/OzL.Pro.3/Bur/1/3 and UNEP/OzL.Pro.3/Bur/2/3).
55. After extensive deliberations and informal consultations, the Meeting agreed on final versions of the draft adjustments to the Protocol, the draft Amendment to the Protocol and the draft decisions submitted to it by the Preparatory Meeting on the basis of a revision of the report of the Legal Drafting Group prepared during the Meeting (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/2/Rev.2 and Corr.1) and a revised text of the draft decisions (UNEP/Pro/OzL.Pro.4/L.1/Rev.2 and Corr.1 and Add.1). These texts were adopted by the Meeting at its closing session, on 25 November 1992, by consensus, with the comments and amendments reflected in paragraphs 61-83 below. The adjustments and Amendment as adopted by the Meeting are contained in annexes I to III to the present report while the decisions may be found in paragraph 56 below.
IV. DECISIONS
- To invite the attention of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol to the entry into force, on 10 August 1992, of the Amendment to the Protocol adopted by the Second Meeting of the Parties and to urge all Parties that have not yet ratified the said Amendment to do so;
- To adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 9 of Article 2 of the Montreal Protocol, the adjustments and reductions of production and consumption of the controlled substances listed in Annex A to the Protocol, as set out in Annex I to the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties;
- To adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 9 of Article 2 of the Montreal Protocol, the adjustments and reductions of production and consumption of the controlled substances listed in Annex B to the Protocol, as set out in Annex II to the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties;
- To adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4 of Article 9 of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol as set out in Annex III to the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties;
- To confirm the positions of Cameroon, Chile, Russian Federation, Thailand and the United States as members of the Implementation Committee for one further year, and to select Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Republic of Korea and Uganda for a two-year period;
- To note that the Open-ended Working Group recommended that no criteria for future classification as a developing country for the purpose of the Montreal Protocol be adopted by the Meeting of the Parties and that the Parties should consider individually applications by Parties for classification as developing countries as and when such applications are made;
- To encourage further the participation of representatives of developing countries in all meetings organized under the Montreal Protocol and to provide financial assistance for such participation in the 1993 and 1994 budgets;
- To note the list of trade names of controlled substances compiled by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and distributed by the Secretariat to all Governments in March 1992;
- To clarify Article 7 of the amended Protocol so that it is understood to mean that, in cases of transshipment of controlled substances through a third country (as opposed to imports and subsequent re-exports), the country of origin of the controlled substances shall be regarded as the exporter and the country of final destination shall be regarded as the importer. In such cases, the responsibility for reporting data shall lie with the country of origin as the exporter and the country of final destination as the importer. Cases of import and re-export should be treated as two separate transactions; the country of origin would report shipment to the country of intermediate destination, which would subsequently report the import from the country of origin and export to the country of final destination, while the country of final destination would report the import;
- To clarify, as follows, the situation whereby a developing country operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol exceeds the consumption limits set in that Article: Where a developing country operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol exceeds the maximum level of consumption for controlled substances set in that Article, the Parties shall consider the situation on a case-by-case basis when requested to do so by the developing country. The procedure on non-compliance adopted by the Fourth Meeting of the Parties (Annex IV to the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties) would enable the Implementation Committee to address such a situation with a view to securing an amicable solution and to make appropriate recommendations to the Meeting of the Parties regarding, inter alia, such measures as reduction schedules and technical and financial assistance;
- That the exceptions provided for in paragraph 8 of Article 4 of the 1990 London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol should apply to Colombia, a country not yet Party to the Protocol, from 1 January 1993 until the date on which the Protocol and its Amendment enter into force for Colombia, bearing in mind that Colombia is in full compliance with Article 2, Articles 2A to E, and Article 4 of the Protocol and the amended Protocol and has submitted data to that effect to this Meeting and, previously, to the Ozone Secretariat, as specified in Article 7 of the amended Protocol;
- To take note of the reports of the first and second meetings of the Bureau of the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro.3/Bur/1/3 and UNEP/OzL.Pro.3/Bur/2/3;
- To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to study the feasibility, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 4 of the Protocol, of banning or restricting, from States not party to this Protocol, the import of products produced with, but not containing, controlled substances in Annex A of the Protocol and to report its findings, by 31 March 1993, to the Secretariat with a view to their consideration at the Fifth Meeting of the Parties in 1993;
- To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to study and report, through the Secretariat, by 31 March 1994 at the latest, on a list of products containing controlled substances from Annex B to enable the Sixth Meeting of the Parties, in 1994, to consider the elaboration of such a list as an annex to the Protocol, in accordance with paragraph 3 bis of Article 4 of the Protocol;
- To convene the Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in October/November 1993.
57. The Meeting further decided to extend the mandate of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to consider the issues referred to it by the Fourth Meeting of the Parties.
58. It was proposed, and accepted by the Meeting, that Mr. John Carstenssen, a representative of Denmark, should serve as Co-Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group in replacement of Mr. Steve Lee-Bapty of the United Kingdom. The Meeting endorsed the selection of Denmark and Mexico as Co-Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties.
59. The Meeting noted that, in future, each assessment panel was to have three Co-Chairmen, of which one should be from a developing country. Following the nominations of the regional groups concerned, the Meeting decided that Mr. Au Camp (South Africa) should serve as Co-Chairman of the Scientific Assessment Panel, Mr. A. Cvijac (Brazil) as Co-Chairman of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, and Mr. Tan Xiao Yan (China) as Co-Chairman of the Environmental Effects Panel. The Meeting also decided that Mr. L. Kuijpers (Netherlands) would replace Mr. S. Lee-Bapty as a Co-Chairman of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel. The Meeting placed on record its appreciation of the services of Mr. Lee-Bapty as a Co-Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group as well as of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel.
60. It was further agreed that Mr. Banks (Australia) would serve as Chairman of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee and Mr. Y. Fujimoto (Japan) would act as Senior Adviser on the Solvents Technical Options Committee.
Decision IV/4 ("Further Amendment of the Protocol")
61. The Meeting agreed that the figure in paragraph 1 (a) of the proposed Article 2F in the draft Amendment should be three point one and that the date in paragraph 2 of the same Article should be 2004.
62. The text of the proposed Article 2 in the draft Amendment was adopted with the addition of a sentence at the end to provide for exemption for quarantine and pre-shipment applications, as had already been agreed by the Parties. Some delegations reiterated their reservations on listing methyl bromide as a controlled substance in view of the scientific uncertainty regarding the substance, even though they did not wish to block consensus on the issue. Some other delegations felt that the amendment regarding that substance was not adequate even though they also supported the consensus. Regarding the ozone-depleting potential of methyl bromide, some delegations felt that it should not be mentioned as 0.7 in the proposed Annex E in view of the uncertainties on that issue even though they, too, did not wish to block the consensus view that it should be mentioned.
63. With regard to the proposed amendment to Article 5, paragraph 1, of the draft Amendment, the representative of Malaysia expressed the opinion that, any further Amendments to adjustments or Amendments adopted at London should only apply to Article 5, paragraph 1 Parties after the 1995 review. If at that time these Parties ratified the Copenhagen Amended Protocol, they would not be considered "state not Party" referred to in Article 4, as the Copenhagen Amendment allowed them not to be bound by the further control measures referred above for the controlled substances concerned.
64. The Chairman of the Legal Drafting Group, speaking in a personal capacity, gave the following informal view of the meaning of paragraph 9 of Article 4 of the Protocol.
65. That paragraph defined "a State not party to this Protocol" to include a State or regional economic integration organization that had not agreed to be bound by the control measures in effect for a specified substance. Thus, where a Party to the Protocol, as adopted in Montreal, did not agree to be bound by an Amendment that specified a control measure, it would appear to be a non-Party for the purposes of Article 4 where that control measure was concerned. The fact of a Party being an Article 5, paragraph 1, country and thus being entitled to delay its compliance with the control measures, would not mean that it was "a State not party to the Protocol". Such a country was in every sense a party to the Protocol provisions by which it was bound with all the rights and obligations of a Party within its category.
66. The Chairman of the Legal Drafting Group recalled that interpretation of the Protocol was primarily a matter for the Parties themselves and that no individual or group was in a position to provide authoritative legal opinions on the text.
67. No objections were raised to the statement made by the Chairman of the Legal Drafting Group. Some delegations stated that there were differing interpretations regarding the implications of the amendment to Article 5, paragraph 1. On the suggestion of two delegations, the Meeting agreed that the first letter of the word "Amendments" as it appeared in the first line of the draft amendment to Article 5, paragraph 1, should be in lower case.
68. The representative of Switzerland stated that the addition to Article 5, paragraph 1, was contrary to the principle of common but differentiated responsibility accepted by all the countries in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The London Amendment already contained safeguards, such as a grace period and review procedure, to take account of the legitimate concerns of the countries operating under that paragraph.
Decision IV/5 ("Non-compliance procedure")
69. The Meeting agreed to delete paragraph 3 of draft decision IV/5, together with the annex referred to therein.
Decision IV/6 ("Implementation Committee")
70. The Meeting agreed to select Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Republic of Korea and Uganda as members of the Implementation Committee for a two-year period, in addition to confirming the positions of Chile, Cameroon, Thailand, Russian Federation and the United States of America for one more year.
Decision IV/16 ("Annex D to the Montreal Protocol")
71. Draft decision IV/15, as amended on the proposal of one delegation, was adopted by the Meeting as decision IV/16.
Decision IV/17 B ("Application to Colombia of paragraph 8 of Article 4 of the amended Montreal Protocol")
72. After the adoption of decision IV/17 B, the representative of Colombia expressed his gratitude to all those who had helped realize his country's aspirations. Colombia intended to expedite the ratification procedures and hoped to participate in the next Meeting as a Party to the Protocol.
Decision IV/17 C ("Application of trade measures under Article 4 to non-Parties to the Protocol")
73. One delegation expressed the view that it was problematic to deviate from the text of the Protocol by means of a simple decision. It hoped that decision would not create a precedent.
74. Another delegation expressed the view that the decision should not be considered to be an exception to the text of the Protocol but, rather, a provisional interpretation.
Decision IV/18 ("Financial Mechanism"), section I
75. The Meeting decided to remove the square brackets in paragraph 3 of draft decision IV/17, which became section I of decision IV/18.
Decision IV/20 ("Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund")
76. Draft decision IV/19, as orally corrected by the Secretariat, was adopted as decision IV/20.
77. With regard to the scale of contributions adopted for the Multilateral Fund, the delegation of the Republic of Korea stated that it could notaccept the classification of its country as not operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, on the basis of old and out-of-date data for the year 1989. The data for Korea for 1992 would be submitted officially to the Secretariat by the end of September 1993, as stipulated in Article 7. Pending submission of those data, the Republic of Korea should be classified as temporarily operating under Article 5, paragraph 1.
78. The Secretariat, in response to the statement made by the representative of the Republic of Korea, clarified that a developing country qualified as a Party operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, if its consumption in the year when the Protocol entered into force for it was less than the limits specified in Article 5, paragraph 1. Pending receipt of data from such a country for that particular year, according to decision II/10 adopted by the Second Meeting of the Parties, the Secretariat should include the country in the list of Parties operating under Article 5, paragraph 1, on the basis of estimated data. The Republic of Korea, prior to its ratification of the Protocol, had submitted data for 1989 to the Secretariat in connection with its claim that it should be treated as a Party operating under Article 2, paragraph 6, of the Protocol, and had resubmitted it in 1991 showing that its consumption was much above the limit specified in Article 5, paragraph 1. The Secretariat, therefore, had been unable to classify the Republic of Korea as a Party operating under Article 5, paragraph 1. If information received in the future showed that the Republic of Korea qualified for such a classification, the Secretariat would reclassify it accordingly.
Decision IV/26 ("International recycled halon bank management")
79. Draft decision IV/25 was adopted as decision IV/26 with corrections introduced orally by the representatives of India and Canada.
Decision IV/30 ("Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs"))
80. Draft decision IV/28 bis was adopted as decision IV/30 with a correction introduced orally by the representative of Brazil.
Annexes XI and XIV
81. On the proposal of France, the Meeting agreed that a further column should be included in the scale of contributions contained in annexes XI and XIV to the report of the Meeting to show the existing United Nations scale of assessments for the sake of comparison with the scale already appearing in the draft annexes, which was the one being recommended to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session by the Committee on Contributions.
Statements made in explanation of position
82. Following the adoption of the decisions, the representative of the Russian Federation said that his country supported the efforts of the world community to phase out ozone-deleting substances and was prepared to contribute to the achievement of that goal. It was, however, experiencing extraordinary political, economic and social difficulties and did not have the capacity to assume the additional obligations under the new amendments and adjustments to the Montreal Protocol. It would direct all available resources towards the replacement of ozone-depleting substances and technology in its industry and therefore could not undertake guaranteed obligations with respect to financial participation in the Multilateral Fund for the Montreal Protocol. The Russian Federation would not object to the new amendments and adjustments to the Montreal Protocol, if - and only if - it was granted a specific preferential regime in the Protocol's implementation.
83. The representative of Guyana said that the generosity shown to countries not in compliance with the Protocol was a good example of the global partnership that was required if the spirit of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was to be fulfilled.
V. RESOLUTIONS
84. At the closing session, on 25 November 1992, the Parties adopted a resolution on methyl bromide as proposed orally by the President and amended by Israel. The text of the resolution is attached as annex XV to the present report.
VI. OTHER MATTERS
85. There were no other matters.
VII. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT
86. The Fourth Meeting of the Parties adopted the present report, on the basis of the draft report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/L.2 and Add.1, on 25 November 1992.
87. After the customary exchange of courtesies, the President declared the Meeting closed at 1.30 p.m. on 25 November 1992.
The Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer decides, on the basis of the assessments made pursuant to Article 6 of the Protocol, to adopt adjustments and reductions of production and consumption of the controlled substances in Annex A to the Protocol as follows:
Paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article 2A of the Protocol shall be replaced by the following paragraphs, which shall be numbered paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 2A:
Paragraphs 2 to 4 of Article 2B of the Protocol shall be replaced by the following paragraph, which shall be numbered paragraph 2 of Article 2B:
The Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer decides, on the basis of the assessments made pursuant to Article 6 of the Protocol, to adopt adjustments and reductions of production and consumption of the controlled substances in Annex B to the Protocol as follows:
Article 2C of the Protocol shall be replaced by the following Article:
Article 2D of the Protocol shall be replaced by the following Article:
Article 2E of the Protocol shall be replaced by the following Article:
In paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
, Annex B, Annex C or Annex E
In paragraph 5 of Article 2 of the Protocol, after the words:
there shall be added:
and Article 2H
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 5 of Article 2 of the Protocol:
In paragraphs 8 (a) and 11 of Article 2 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted each time they occur:
In paragraph 9(a)(i) of Article 2 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
The following Article shall be inserted after Article 2E of the Protocol:
The following Article shall be inserted after Article 2F of the Protocol:
Each Party shall ensure that for the twelve-month period commencing on 1 January 1996, and in each twelve-month period thereafter, its calculated level of consumption of the controlled substances in Group II of Annex C does not exceed zero. Each Party producing the substances shall, for the same periods, ensure that its calculated level of production of the substances does not exceed zero. This paragraph will apply save to the extent that the Parties decide to permit the level of production or consumption that is necessary to satisfy uses agreed by them to be essential.
The following Article shall be inserted after Article 2G of the Protocol:
Each Party shall ensure that for the twelve-month period commencing on 1 January 1995, and in each twelve-month period thereafter, its calculated level of consumption of the controlled substance in Annex E does not exceed, annually, its calculated level of consumption in 1991. Each Party producing the substance shall, for the same periods, ensure that its calculated level of production of the substance does not exceed, annually, its calculated level of production in 1991. However, in order to satisfy the basic domestic needs of the Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, its calculated level of production may exceed that limit by up to ten per cent of its calculated level of production in 1991. The calculated levels of consumption and production under this Article shall not include the amounts used by the Party for quarantine and pre-shipment applications.
In Article 3 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
and for the words
there shall be substituted each time they occur:
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 1 bis of Article 4 of the Protocol:
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 2 bis of Article 4 of the Protocol:
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 3 bis of Article 4 of the Protocol:
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 4 bis of Article 4 of the Protocol:
In paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Article 4 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
In paragraph 8 of Article 4 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
there shall be added:
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 9 of Article 4 of the Protocol:
The following words shall be added at the end of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol:
The following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol:
In paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
In paragraph 5 of Article 5 of the Protocol, after the words:
there shall be added:
In paragraph 6 of Article 5 of the Protocol, after the words:
there shall be added:
The following words shall be deleted from Article 6 of the Protocol:
and replaced by
Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 7 of the Protocol shall be replaced by the following:
or the best possible estimates of such data where actual data are not available, not later than three months after the date when the provisions set out in the Protocol with regard to the substances in Annexes B, C and E respectively enter into force for that Party.
3. Each Party shall provide to the Secretariat statistical data on its annual production (as defined in paragraph 5 of Article 1) of each of the controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B, C and E and, separately, for each substance,
for the year during which provisions concerning the substances in Annexes A B, C and E respectively entered into force for that Party and for each year thereafter. Data shall be forwarded not later than nine months after the end of the year to which the data relate.
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Protocol:
In paragraph 4 of Article 7 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
The following words shall be deleted from paragraph 1 (a) of Article 9 of the Protocol:
In paragraph 1 of Article 10 of the Protocol, after the words:
there shall be added:
The following words shall be deleted from paragraph 4 (g) of Article ll of the Protocol:
In Article 17 of the Protocol, for the words:
there shall be substituted:
The following annex shall replace Annex C of the Protocol:
Controlled substances
_____________________________________________________________________________ Group Substance Number of Ozone Depleting Isomers Potential* _____________________________________________________________________________ Group I CHFCl2 (HCFC-21)** 1 0.04 CHF2Cl (HCFC-22)** 1 0.055 CH2FCl (HCFC-31) 1 0.02 C2HFCl4 (HCFC-121) 2 0.01 - 0.04 C2HF2Cl3 (HCFC-122) 3 0.02 - 0.08 C2HF3Cl2 (HCFC-123) 3 0.02 - 0.06 CHCl2CF3 (HCFC-123)** - 0.02 C2HF4Cl (HCFC-124) 2 0.02 - 0.04 CHFClCF3 (HCFC-124)** - 0.022 C2H2FCl3 (HCFC-131) 3 0.007 - 0.05 C2H2F2Cl2 (HCFC-132) 4 0.008 - 0.05 C2H2F3Cl (HCFC-133) 3 0.02 - 0.06 C2H3FCl2 (HCFC-141) 3 0.005 - 0.07 CH3CFCl2 (HCFC-141b)** - 0.11 C2H3F2Cl (HCFC-142) 3 0.008 - 0.07 CH3CF2Cl (HCFC-142b)** - 0.065 C2H4FCl (HCFC-151) 2 0.003 - 0.005 C3HFCl6 (HCFC-221) 5 0.015 - 0.07 C3HF2Cl5 (HCFC-222) 9 0.01 - 0.09 C3HF3Cl4 (HCFC-223) 12 0.01 - 0.08 C3HF4Cl3 (HCFC-224) 12 0.01 - 0.09 C3HF5Cl2 (HCFC-225) 9 0.02 - 0.07 CF3CF2CHCl2 (HCFC-225ca)** - 0.025 CF2ClCF2CHClF (HCFC-225cb)** - 0.033 C3HF6Cl (HCFC-226) 5 0.02 - 0.10 C3H2FCl5 (HCFC-231) 9 0.05 - 0.09 C3H2F2Cl4 (HCFC-232) 16 0.008 - 0.10 C3H2F3Cl3 (HCFC-233) 18 0.007 - 0.23 C3H2F4Cl2 (HCFC-234) 16 0.01 - 0.28 C3H2F5Cl (HCFC-235) 9 0.03 - 0.52 C3H3FCl4 (HCFC-241) 12 0.004 - 0.09 C3H3F2Cl3 (HCFC-242) 18 0.005 - 0.13 C3H3F3Cl2 (HCFC-243) 18 0.007 - 0.12 C3H3F4Cl (HCFC-244) 12 0.009 - 0.14 C3H4FCl3 (HCFC-251) 12 0.001 - 0.01 C3H4F2Cl2 (HCFC-252) 16 0.005 - 0.04 C3H4F3Cl (HCFC-253) 12 0.003 - 0.03 C3H5FCl2 (HCFC-261) 9 0.002 - 0.02 C3H5F2Cl (HCFC-262) 9 0.002 - 0.02 C3H6FCl (HCFC-271) 5 0.001 - 0.03 _____________________________________________________________________________ Group II CHFBr2 1 1.00 CHF2Br (HBFC-22B1) 1 0.74 CH2FBr 1 0.73 C2HFBr4 2 0.3 - 0.8 C2HF2Br3 3 0.5 - l.8 C2HF3Br2 3 0.4 - 1.6 C2HF4Br 2 0.7 - 1.2 C2H2FBr3 3 0.1 - 1.1 C2H2F2Br2 4 0.2 - 1.5 C2H2F3Br 3 0.7 - 1.6 C2H3FBr2 3 0.1 - 1.7 C2H3F2Br 3 0.2 - 1.1 C2H4FBr 2 0.07- 0.1 C3HFBr6 5 0.3 - 1.5 C3HF2Br5 9 0.2 - 1.9 C3HF3Br4 12 0.3 - 1.8 C3HF4Br3 12 0.5 - 2.2 C3HF5Br2 9 0.9 - 2.0 C3HF6Br 5 0.7 - 3.3 C3H2FBr5 9 0.1 - 1.9 C3H2F2Br4 16 0.2 - 2.1 C3H2F3Br3 18 0.2 - 5.6 C3H2F4Br2 16 0.3 - 7.5 C3H2F5Br 8 0.9 - 14 C3H3FBr4 12 0.08- 1.9 C3H3F2Br3 18 0.1 - 3.1 C3H3F3Br2 18 0.1 - 2.5 C3H3F4Br 12 0.3 - 4.4 C3H4FBr3 12 0.03- 0.3 C3H4F2Br2 16 0.1 - 1.0 C3H4F3Br 12 0.07- 0.8 C3H5FBr2 9 0.04- 0.4 C3H5F2Br 9 0.07- 0.8 C3H6FBr 5 0.02- 0.7 _____________________________________________________________________________* Where a range of ODPs is indicated, the highest value in that range shall be used for the purposes of the Protocol. The ODPs listed as a single value have been determined from calculations based on laboratory measurements. Those listed as a range are based on estimates and are less certain. The range pertains to an isomeric group. The upper value is the estimate of the ODP of the isomer with the highest ODP, and the lower value is the estimate of the ODP of the isomer with the lowest ODP.
** Identifies the most commercially viable substances with ODP values listed against them to be used for the purposes of the Protocol.
The following annex shall be added to the Protocol:
Controlled substances
_____________________________________________________________________________ Group Substance Ozone-Depleting Potential _____________________________________________________________________________ Group I CH3Br methyl bromide 0.7 _____________________________________________________________________________
No State or regional economic integration organization may deposit an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to this Amendment unless it has previously, or simultaneously, deposited such an instrument to the Amendment adopted at the Second Meeting of the Parties in London, 29 June 1990.
The following procedure has been formulated pursuant to Article 8 of the Montreal Protocol. It shall apply without prejudice to the operation of the settlement of disputes procedure laid down in Article 11 of the Vienna Convention.
Thermal oxidation category
Note: These technologies are described in the report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Destruction Technologies.
Pollutant |
Stack Concentration |
Comments |
PCDD/PDCF ------------------HCI ------------------ HF ------------------ HBr/Br2 ------------------ Particulates |
<1.0*ng/m3 ------------------- <100 mg/m3 ------------------- 5 mg/m3 ------------------- <5 mg/m3 ------------------- <50 mg/m3 |
Frequency, method of sampling, and limit for the ODS that is being destroyed as recommended by national regulatory agencies |
CO | <100 mg/m3 | Continuous emission monitoring with 1 hour rolling average |
ODS | Atmospheric releases of ODS shall be monitored at all facilities with air emission discharges (where applicable) to ensure compliance with the recommendations of the report of the ad hoc Technical Advisory Committee on Destruction Technologies. |
* Toxic equivalence using international method. Emissions limits are expressed as mass per dry cubic metre of flue gas at 0oC and 101.3 kPa corrected to 11% 02.
UN SCALE OF UN SCALE PERCENTAGES ADJUSTED 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 4 PARTY ASSESSMENTS OF ADJUSTED TO PERCENTAGES CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUTIONS IN FORCE ASSESSMENTS EXCLUDE WITH 25% BY PARTIES BY PARTIES AS AT FOR NON CEILING ($ US) ($ US) 25 NOV 1992 1993-1994* CONTRIBUTORS CONSIDERED Algeria** 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 4 438 5 532 Argentina 0.57% 0.57% 0.57% 0.59% 15 809 19 709 Australia 1.51% 1.51% 1.51% 1.55% 41 881 52 213 Austria 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.77% 20 802 25 934 Bahrain 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Bangladesh 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Barbados** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Belarus 0.48% 0.48% 0.48% 0.49% 13 313 16 597 Belgium 0.31% 1.06% 1.06% 1.09% 29 400 36 653 Botswana** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Brazil 1.59% 1.59% 1.59% 1.63% 44 099 54 979 Bulgaria 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 3 606 4 495 Burkina Faso 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Cameroon 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Canada 3.11% 3.11% 3.11% 3.19% 86 257 107 538 Chile 0.08% 0.08% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 China 0.77% 0.77% 0.77% 0.79% 21 356 26 625 Costa Rica 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Croatia** 0.00% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 3 606 4 495 Cuba** 0.09% 0.09% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Cyprus** 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Czechoslovakia 0.55% 0.55% 0.55% 0.56% 15 255 19 018 Denmark 0.65% 0.65% 0.65% 0.67% 18 028 22 476 Ecuador 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Egypt 0.07% 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Fiji 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Finland 0.57% 0.57% 0.57% 0.59% 15 809 19 709 France 6.00% 6.00% 6.00% 6.16% 166 413 207 468 Gambia 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Germany 8.93% 8.93% 8.93% 9.17% 247 678 308 782 Ghana 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Greece 0.35% 0.35% 0.35% 0.36% 9 707 12 102 Guatemala 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Guinea** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Hungary 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 4 992 6 224 Iceland 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 India** 0.36% 0.36% 0.36% 0.37% 9 985 12 448 Indonesia** 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 4 438 5 532 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.77% 0.77% 0.77% 0.79% 21 356 26 625 Ireland 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 4 992 6 224 Israel** 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.24% 6 379 7 953 Italy 4.29% 4.29% 4.29% 4.40% 118 985 148 340 Japan 12.45% 12.45% 12.45% 12.78% 345 306 430 496 Jordan 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Kenya 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Korea, Republic of** 0.69% 0.69% 0.69% 0.71% 19 137 23 859 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.25% 6 657 8 299 Liechtenstein 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Luxembourg 0.06% 0.06% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Malawi 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Malaysia 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 3 328 4 149 Maldives 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Malta 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Mauritius** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Mexico 0.88% 0.88% 0.88% 0.90% 24 407 30 429 Netherlands 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.54% 41 603 51 867 New Zealand 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.25% 6 657 8 299 Niger** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Nigeria 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.21% 5 547 6 916 Norway 0.55% 0.55% 0.55% 0.56% 15 255 19 018 Panama 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Philippines 0.07% 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Poland 0.47% 0.47% 0.47% 0.48% 13 036 16 252 Portugal 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.21% 5 547 6 916 Russian Federation 9.41% 6.71% 6.71% 6.89% 186 105 232 018 Saint Kitts and Nevis** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Singapore 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 3 328 4 149 Slovenia** 0.00% 0.09% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 South Africa 0.41% 0.41% 0.41% 0.42% 11 372 14 177 Spain 1.98% 1.98% 1.98% 2.03% 54 916 68 464 Sri Lanka 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Swaziland** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Sweden 1.11% 1.11% 1.11% 1.14% 30 786 38 382 Switzerland 1.16% 1.16% 1.16% 1.19% 32 173 40 110 Syrian Arab Republic 0.04% 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Thailand 0.11% 0.11% 0.11% 0.11% 3 051 3 804 Togo 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Trinidad and Tobago 0.05% 0.05% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Tunisia 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Turkey 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.28% 7 489 9 336 Uganda 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Ukraine 1.18% 1.87% 1.87% 1.92% 51 865 64 661 United Arab Emirates 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.22% 5 824 7 261 United Kingdom 5.02% 5.02% 5.02% 5.15% 139 232 173 582 United States 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 675 598 842 273 Uruguay 0.04% 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Venezuela 0.49% 0.49% 0.49% 0.50% 13 590 16 943 Yugoslavia 0.42% 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 4 438 5 532 Zambia 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Zimbabwe** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 EEC 2.50% 2.50% 2.50% 2.50% 67 560 84 227 TOTAL 100.46% 99.16% 98.14% 100.00% 2 702 390 3 369 090* As recommended by the United Nations Committee on Contributions in its report to the General Assembly at its forty- seventh session (A/47/11). All calculations in the present table are based on these percentages.
** New Parties who joined during 1992.
10 PROJECT PERSONNEL COMPONENT REVISED 1992 REVISED 1993 PROPOSED 1994 ------------ ------------ ------------- 1100 Project personnel (Title & Grade) US $ US $ US $ 1101 Secretary (shared) (D-1) 54 000 56 000 58 000 1102 Deputy Secretary (Lawyer) (P-4/5)(a) 48 000 96 000 98 000 1103 Programme Officer (Lawyer) (P-3) 75 000 77 000 79 000 1104 Prog Officer (Chemist) (shared) (P-3/4) 43 000 45 000 47 000 1105 Administrative Officer (shared) (P-2/3) 30 000 32 000 34 000 1199 Sub-total 250 000 306 000 316 000 1200 Consultants (b) 1201 Assistance in data reporting, analysis 90 000 100 000 110 000 and promotion of the Protocol 1299 Sub-total 90 000 100 000 110 000 1300 Administrative support (Title & Grade) Support staff costs -------------------- 1301 Administrative Assistant (shared) (G-8) 7 000 7 500 8 000 1302 Senior Secretary (G-6) 12 000 13 000 14 000 1304 Secretary (shared) (G-6) 6 000 6 500 7 000 1305 Secretary (shared) (G-6) 6 000 6 500 7 000 1306 Document Clerk (c) (G-5) 0 6 000 6 500 1320 Temporary Assistance (d) 5 000 5 000 5 000 1301 - 20 Support staff total 36 000 44 500 47 500 Conference servicing costs (CSC) (e) ------------------------------------ 1321 CSC - Open Ended WG Meetings 800 000 377 000 750 000 1322 CSC - Prep Meeting for Parties 165 000 136 000 200 000 1323 CSC - Meeting of the Parties 165 000 136 000 200 000 1324 CSC - Meetings of the Assessment Panels 0 5 000 15 000 1325 CSC - Meetings of the Bureau 68 000 74 000 75 000 1326 CSC - Meetings of the Committees 30 000 33 000 33 000 1327 CSC - Informal Consultation Meetings 15 000 20 000 20 000 1321 - 27 Conference Servicing total 1 243 000 781 000 1 293 000 1399 Sub-total 1 279 000 825 500 1 340 500 1600 Travel on official business (f) 1601 Travel & subsistence (Sec. Staff) 65 000 70 000 80 000 1602 Travel & subsistence (CS UNEP Staff) 25 000 30 000 35 000 1699 Sub-total 90 000 100 000 115 000 1999 Component Total 1 709 000 1 331 500 1 881 500 30 MEETINGS COMPONENT 3300 Participation in meetings/conferences, etc. (g) 3301 DC Participants in TAP Meetings 100 000 240 000 130 000 3302 DC Participants in Parties Meetings 100 000 120 000 130 000 3303 DC Participants in Prep Meetings 100 000 120 000 130 000 3304 DC Participants in OEWG Meetings 200 000 240 000 260 000 3305 DC Participants in Bureau Meetings 30 000 36 000 39 000 3306 DC Participants in Committee Meetings 50 000 60 000 65 000 3399 Sub-total 580 000 816 000 754 000 3999 Component Total 580 000 816 000 754 000 40 EQUIPMENT AND PREMISES COMPONENT 4100 Expendable equipment (h) 4101 Miscellaneous expendables 7 500 10 000 12 500 4199 Sub-total 7 500 10 000 12 500 4200 Non-expendable equipment (i) 4201 Personal computers (7) 16 000 0 0 4202 Photocopiers (2) (shared) 0 0 0 4203 Telefax and others (shared) 7 000 0 0 4204 Portable computers (1) 3 000 0 0 4299 Sub-total 26 000 0 0 4300 Rental of office premises (j) 4301 Rental of office premises (shared) 15 000 15 000 15 000 4399 Sub-total 15 000 15 000 15 000 4999 Component Total 48 500 25 000 27 500 50 MISCELLANEOUS COMPONENT 5100 Operation and maintenance of equipment (k) 5101 Maintenance of equipment 6 000 8 000 10 000 5102 Maintenance of premises 15 000 0 0 5199 Sub-total 21 000 8 000 10 000 5200 Reporting costs (l) 5201 Reporting (general) 35 000 40 000 40 000 5202 Reporting (Tech. Assessmt. Panels) 45 000 0 75 000 5299 Sub-total 80 000 40 000 115 000 5300 Sundry (m) 5301 Communications 15 000 30 000 30 000 5302 Freight charges (shipment of docs.) 60 000 30 000 50 000 5303 Others 5 000 5 000 5 000 5399 Sub-total 80 000 65 000 85 000 5400 Hospitality (n) 5401 Hospitality 15 000 17 500 20 000 5499 Sub-total 15 000 17 500 20 000 5999 Component Total 196 000 130 500 230 000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99 TOTAL 2 533 500 2 303 000 2 893 000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contingency (o) 0 100 000 100 000 Programme support cost (13%) 329 355 299 390 376 090 ============================================================================================= GRAND TOTAL 2 862 855 2 702 390 3 369 090 =============================================================================================Explanation of footnotes as justification for 1992, 1993 and 1994 Budgets
Number Description W/M Approved Revised Budget Estimates 1100 Personnel 1101 Chief, Fund Secretariat 12 111 000 111 000 1102 Deputy Chief 80 000 91 000 1103 Programme Officer 80 000 84 000 1104 Programme Officer 59 000 67 000 1105 Programme Officer 59 000 67 000 1106 Programme Officer 59 000 67 000 1107 Programme Officer 59 000 67 000 1108 Information Officer 59 000 67 000 1109 Administrative Officer 70 000 60 000 1199 TOTAL 636 000 681 000 1200 Consultants 1201 Consultancies and other related studies - - 1202 Evaluation studies 200 000 200 000 1299 TOTAL 200 000 200 000 1300 Administrative Support 12 1301 Administrative Assistant 12 39 000 40 000 1302 Library Assistant 12 39 000 36 000 1303 Senior Secretary (Chief Officer) 12 35 000 36 000 1304 Senior Secretary (Deputy) 12 35 000 32 000 1305 Secretary (Deputy) 12 31 000 32 000 1306 Secretary (for 3-P-3s 12 35 000 32 000 1307 Secretary (for P-3/P-4) 12 31 000 32 000 1308 Secretary (for P-3/Consultant 12 31 000 32 000 1309 Clerk/Messenger/Receptionist 25 000 24 000 1321 Conference servicing costs (CSC) 1325 With Meeting 75 000 90 000 1326 With Meeting 75 000 90 000 1327 With Meeting 75 000 90 000 1328 2 Meetings Sub-Committee 20 000 20 000 1399 TOTAL 547 000 586 000 1600 Travel on official business 1601 Travel and subsistence (Secretariat Staff 100 000 100 000 1699 TOTAL 100 000 100 000 1999 Component total, Personnel 1 483 000 1 567 000 30 MEETING COMPONENT 3300 Meetings, conferences etc. 3305 Travel and substance of Chairman and Vice-Chairman 37 500 37 000 3306 With Meeting 110 250 87 000 3307 With Meeting 110 250 87 000 3308 With Meeting 110 250 87 000 3309 2 Sub-Committees 31 500 31 500 399 750 330 000 3399 TOTAL 3999 Component total, Meetings 399 750 330 000 4100 Expendable equipment (items under $500) 4101 Office stationery supplies 15 000 15 000 4102 Software and computer expendables 15 000 15 000 4199 TOTAL 30 000 30 000 4200 Non-expendable equipment 4201 Furniture - - 4202 Typewriters - - 4103 Personal computers - 3 22 500 22 500 4104 Portable computers - 3 15 000 18 000 4105 Others 10 000 7 000 47 500 47 500 4299 TOTAL 4300 Premises 4301 Rent of offices - - 4399 TOTAL - - 4999 1992 Component total - - 50 MISCELLANEOUS COMPONENT 5100 Operation and maintenance of equipment 5101 Maintenance of equipment 5 000 5 000 5102 Maintenance of offices 5 000 5 000 5103 Rental of computer equipment 18 000 18 000 5104 Rental of photocopier(s) 15 000 15 000 5105 Rental of telecommunication equipment 18 000 18 000 5199 TOTAL 61 000 61 000 5200 Reporting costs 5201 Reporting (document production costs) 50 000 50 000 5299 TOTAL 50 000 50 000 5300 Sundry 5301 Communications 50 000 50 000 5302 Freight charges (shipment of documents) 20 000 20 000 5303 Others 5 000 5 000 5399 TOTAL 75 000 75 000 5400 Hospitality 5401 Official hospitality 15 000 10 000 5499 TOTAL 15 000 10 000 5999 Component total, Miscellaneous 201 000 196 000 GRAND TOTAL 2 161 250 2 170 500
Number Description W/M US $ 10 PROJECT PERSONNEL COMPONENT 1100 Project Personnel (Title and Grade) 1101 Chief Officer D.2 12 111 000 1102 Deputy Chief Officer P.5 12 87 000 1103 Deputy Chief Officer P.5 12 87 000 1104 Programme Officer P.3 12 64 000 1105 Programme Officer P.3 12 64 000 1106 Programme Officer P.3 12 64 000 1107 Programme Officer P.3 12 64 000 1108 Information Officer P.3 12 64 000 1109 Fund and Administration Officer P.4 12 72 000 1199 Total 677 000 1200 Consultants 1201 Evaluation of programmes, projects, etc. 200 000 200 000 1299 Total 200 000 1300 Administrative Support (Title and Grade) 1301 Administrative Assistance G.9 12 43 000 1302 Documentalist G.8 12 33 000 1303 Secretary to Chief Officer G.8 12 39 000 1304 Senior Secretary G.6 12 33 000 1305 Senior Secretary G.6 12 33 000 1306 Senior Secretary G.6 12 33 000 1307 Senior Secretary G.6 12 33 000 1308 Senior Secretary G.6 12 33 000 1309 Registry Clerk G.4 12 25 000 1329 CSC (conference servicing costs) for 12th Executive Committee Meeting 90 000 1330 CSC - 13th Executive Committee Meeting 90 000 1331 CSC - 14th Executive Committee Meeting 90 000 1332 CSC - 2 Sub-Committee Meetings 30 000 1399 Total 605 000 1600 Travel on business 1601 Travel and subsistance (Staff) 120 000 19 Component total 1 602 000 20 Contracts components 2100 Sub-contracts 2101 External printing: Information materials 30 000 29 Component total 30 000 30 Meetings component 3300 Travel and DSA for participants at Meetings 3305 Chairman/Vice-Chairman's travel and dsa 30 000 3314 12th Executive Committee (7 x 3 x $4,000) 84 000 3315 13th Executive Committee (7 x 3 x $4,000) 84 000 3316 14th Executive Committee (7 x 3 x $4,000) 84 000 3317 2 Sub-Committee meetings (2 x 3 x $3,000) 18 000 3399 Total 300 000 39 COMPONENT TOTAL 300 000 40 Equipment and premises component 4100 Expendable equipment (Items under $US 500) 4101 Office stationary supplies 12 000 4102 Software and computer items 6 000 4199 Total 18 000 4200 Non-expendable equipment 4201 Office furniture 0 4202 Personal computers 0 4203 Portable computers 0 4204 Other 3 000 4299 Total 3 000 4301 Rental of offices 540 000 49 Component total 561 000 50 Miscellaneous component 5100 Operation and maintenance of equipment 5101 Maintenance of equipment 7 000 5102 Maintenance of office 5 000 5103 Maintenance of computer equipment 10 000 5104 Rental of photocopier(s) 18 000 5105 Rental of telecommunication equipment 21 000 5199 Total 61 000 5200 Reporting costs (Including translation costs) 5201 Executive Committee meetings 40 000 5202 Others (including meetings of Parties) 20 000 5299 Total 60 000 5300 Sundry costs 5301 Communications 30 000 5302 Freight (documents) 20 000 5303 Miscellaneous charges 10 000 5399 Total 60 000 5400 Hospitality 5401 Hospitality for meetings 10 000 59 Component total 191 000 99 Grand total 2 684 000 Programme Support Costs 127 600 Counterpart Contribution (Canada) 650 000 Total Cost to Fund 2 161 600
UN SCALE OF UN SCALE PERCENTAGES ADJUSTED 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 4 PARTY ASSESSMENTS OF ADJUSTED TO PERCENTAGES CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUTIONS IN FORCE ASSESSMENTS EXCLUDE WITH 25% BY PARTIES BY PARTIES AS AT FOR NON CEILING ($ US) ($ US) 25 NOV 1992 1993-1994* CONTRIBUTORSCONSIDERED NON-PAYING ART 5 PARA 1 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Algeria** 0.16% 0.16% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Argentina 0.57% 0.57% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Bangladesh 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Barbados** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Botswana** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Brazil 1.59% 1.59% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Burkina Faso 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Cameroon 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Chile 0.08% 0.08% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 China 0.77% 0.77% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Costa Rica 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Croatia** 0.00% 0.13% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Cuba** 0.09% 0.09% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Cyprus** 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Ecuador 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Egypt 0.07% 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Equatorial Guinea 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Fiji 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Gambia 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Ghana 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Guatemala 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Guinea** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 India 0.36% 0.36% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Indonesia** 0.16% 0.16% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.77% 0.77% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Jordan 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Kenya 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.24% 0.24% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Malawi 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Malaysia 0.12% 0.12% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Maldives 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Mauritius** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Mexico 0.88% 0.88% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Niger** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Nigeria 0.20% 0.20% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Panama 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Philippines 0.07% 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Slovenia** 0.00% 0.09% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Sri Lanka 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Swaziland** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Syrian Arab Republic 0.04% 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Thailand 0.11% 0.11% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Togo 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Trinidad and Tobago 0.05% 0.05% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Tunisia 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Turkey 0.27% 0.27% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Uganda 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Uruguay 0.04% 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Venezuela 0.49% 0.49% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Yugoslavia 0.42% 0.16% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Zambia 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 Zimbabwe** 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 PAYING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Bahrain 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 39 971 39 971 Korea, Republic of** 0.69% 0.69% 0.69% 0.81% 919 330 919 330 Malta 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 13 324 13 324 Singapore 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 0.14% 159 883 159 883 United Arab Emirates 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.25% 279 796 279 796 DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (GENERAL) Australia 1.51% 1.51% 1.51% 1.78% 2 011 867 2 011 867 Austria 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.88% 999 272 999 272 Belarus 0.31% 0.48% 0.48% 0.56% 639 534 639 534 Bulgaria 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.15% 173 207 173 207 Canada 3.11% 3.11% 3.11% 3.66% 4 143 646 4 143 646 Czechoslovakia 0.55% 0.55% 0.55% 0.65% 732 799 732 799 Finland 0.57% 0.57% 0.57% 0.67% 759 446 759 446 Hungary 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.21% 239 825 239 825 Iceland 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 39 971 39 971 Israel** 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.27% 306 443 306 443 Japan 12.45% 12.45% 12.45% 14.64% 16 587 909 16 587 909 Liechtenstein 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 13 324 13 324 New Zealand 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.28% 319 767 319 767 Norway 0.55% 0.55% 0.55% 0.65% 732 799 732 799 Poland 0.47% 0.47% 0.47% 0.55% 626 210 626 210 Russian Federation 9.41% 6.71% 6.71% 7.89% 8 940 150 8 940 150 South Africa 0.41% 0.41% 0.41% 0.48% 546 268 546 268 Sweden 1.11% 1.11% 1.11% 1.30% 1 478 922 1 478 922 Switzerland 1.16% 1.16% 1.16% 1.36% 1 545 540 1 545 540 Ukraine 1.18% 1.87% 1.87% 2.20% 2 491 517 2 491 517 United States 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 28 334 903 28 334 903 DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (EEC) Belgium 1.06% 1.06% 1.06% 1.25% 1 412 304 1 412 304 Denmark 0.65% 0.65% 0.65% 0.76% 866 035 866 035 France 6.00% 6.00% 6.00% 7.05% 7 994 173 7 994 173 Germany 8.93% 8.93% 8.93% 10.50% 11 897 994 11 897 994 Greece 0.35% 0.35% 0.35% 0.41% 466 327 466 327 Ireland 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.21% 239 825 239 825 Italy 4.29% 4.29% 4.29% 5.04% 5 715 834 5 715 834 Luxembourg 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 79 942 79 942 Netherlands 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.76% 1 998 543 1 998 543 Portugal 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.24% 266 472 266 472 Spain 1.98% 1.98% 1.98% 2.33% 2 638 077 2 638 077 United Kingdom 5.02% 5.02% 5.02% 5.90% 6 688 458 6 688 458 TOTAL 98.55% 96.67% 88.80% 100.00% 113 339 610 113 339 610* As recommended by the United Nations Committee on Contributions in its report to the General Assembly at its forty- seventh session (A/47/11). All calculations in the present table are based on these percentages.
** New Parties who joined during 1992.
The Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Depletethe Ozone Layer
Resolve in the light of serious environmental concerns raised in the scientific assessment, to make every effort to reduce emissions of and to recover, recycle and reclaim, methyl bromide. They look forward to receiving the full evaluations to be carried out by the UNEP Scientific Assessment Panel and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, with a view to deciding on the basis of these evaluations no later than at their Seventh Meeting, in 1995, a general control scheme for methyl bromide, as appropriate, including concrete targets beginning, for Parties not operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, with, for example a 25 per cent reduction as a first step, at the latest by the year 2000, and a possible phase-out date.
Copenhagen, 25 November 1992
Statement by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Community *
"As we have already made clear on a number of occasions, the European Community and its member States do not accept that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is the automatic continuation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
"In this context, we take note of General Assembly resolution 47/1, adopted on 22 September 1992, in which the Assembly considered that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) cannot continue automatically the membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the United Nations, and decided that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) should therefore apply to join the United Nations and shall not participate in the work of the General Assembly.
"The European Community and its member States have also noted the United Nations Legal Counsel's advice on the applicability of the General Assembly resolution to other United Nations bodies. We regard General Assembly resolution 47/1 as a model for action in the specialized agencies and other United Nations bodies in due course, as appropriate.
"We do not accept that representatives of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may validly represent Yugoslavia in this meeting. The presence of the representative in question is without prejudice to future action which the Community and its member States may take."
Statement by the representative of Yugoslavia
"We are sorry about the statements of some countries raising the question of the status of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We would like to stress that this approach as well as the imposed sanctions against Yugoslavia are essentially contrary to the basic premises of both the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol.
"This conference is devoted to the protection of the ozone layer, a question of global character and raising political issues does not help in reaching the goals of this meeting.
"Yugoslavia respects the resolutions of the United Nations. Yugoslavia does not participate, we hope temporarily, in the meetings of the General Assembly, but Yugoslavia is not expelled from the United Nations and its bodies and works intensively to fulfil their goals.
"At the same time we would like to give our positive contribution to the work of this conference, aware of the fact that it is of global and our own interest." _____________________
* This statement was supported by the representatives of Australia, Austria, Hungary, Malaysia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States of America.