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5. To encourage Parties to consider adopting, where possible within their national policy 

framework, incentives to promote the transition to alternatives such as deposit/rebate schemes or other 

financial measures; 

6. To encourage Parties or regions to use the October 2009 Technology and Economic 

Assessment Panel quarantine and pre-shipment task force report to develop documents that summarise 

information on technical options to reduce emissions, and on adopted technologies that have replaced 

methyl bromide quarantine and pre-shipment applications, the reductions achieved, the investments 

needed, the operating costs, and the funding strategies; 

7. To encourage Parties to implement the recommendations of the third meeting of the 

Commission of the Phytosanitary Measures under the IPPC, also referred to in Decision XX/6; 

XXI/11: Critical-use exemptions for methyl bromide for 2010 

and 2011 

Noting with appreciation the work done by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 

and its Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee, 

Recognizing the significant reductions made in critical use nominations in many Parties, 

Recalling paragraph 10 of decision XVII/9, 

1. To permit, for the agreed critical-use categories for 2010 set forth in table A of the 

annex to the present decision for each Party, subject to the conditions set forth in the present decision 

and decision Ex.I/4 to the extent that those conditions are applicable, the levels of production and 

consumption for 2010 set forth in table B of the annex to the present decision which are necessary to 

satisfy critical uses, in addition to the amounts permitted in decision XX/5; 

2. To permit, for the agreed critical-use categories for 2011 set forth in table C of the annex 

to the present decision for each Party, subject to the conditions set forth in the present decision and in 

decision Ex.I/4 to the extent that those conditions are applicable, the levels of production and 

consumption for 2011 set forth in table D of the annex to the present decision which are necessary to 

satisfy critical uses, with the understanding that additional levels of production and consumption and 

categories of uses may be approved by the Meeting of the Parties in accordance with decision IX/6; 

3. That Parties shall endeavour to license, permit, authorize or allocate quantities of 

critical-use methyl bromide as listed in tables A and C of the annex to the present decision; 

4. To recognize the continued contribution of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options 

Committee’s expertise and to agree that, in accordance with section 4.1 of the Technology and 

Economic Assessment Panel’s terms of reference, the Committee should ensure that it develops its 

recommendations in a consensus process that includes full discussion among all available members of 

the Committee and should ensure that members with relevant expertise are involved in developing its 

recommendations; 

5. To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to ensure that the critical 

use recommendations reported in its annual progress report clearly set out the reasons for 

recommendations and that, where requests are received from Parties for further information, the Methyl 

Bromide Technical Options Committee should provide a response within four weeks of the submission 

of such a request; 

6. That each Party which has an agreed critical use exemption renews its commitment to 

ensure that the criteria in paragraph 1 of decision IX/6 are applied when licensing, permitting or 

authorizing critical use of methyl bromide and, in particular, the criterion laid down in paragraph 1 (b) 

(ii) of decision IX/6. Each Party is requested to report on the implementation of the present paragraph to 

the Ozone Secretariat by 1 February for the years to which the present decision applies. 

7. To request all Parties that have nominated a critical use exemption to report data on 

stocks using the accounting framework agreed at the 16th Meeting of the Parties and to urge Parties that 

have not yet provided such a report to submit the accounting framework prior to the 22nd Meeting of the 

Parties. 

8. When submitting nominations, Parties are requested to submit updates of the reports 

requested in the decisions on critical uses including the following: 
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i. National Management Strategy under decision Ex.I/4(3), if there are significant 

changes 

ii. Methyl bromide alternative database under decision Ex.I/4(2) 

iii. Information to enable the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee to 

report on the amount of critical use categories licensed, permitted, authorised or 

the amount used 

9. The Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee is requested to summarise in the 

table on its recommendations for each nomination information on adherence with each criterion set out 

in decision IX/6(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(i) and (b)(iii) and other relevant decisions of the Parties. 

Table A. 2010 agreed critical use categories (metric tonnes) 

Canada Pasta (3.529) 

Israel Broomrape protected (12.50), cucumber (15.937), cut flowers & bulbs 

protected (63.464), cut flowers open field (28.554), dates (1.04), melon 

protected & open field (70.00), strawberry fruit – Sharon and Gaza 

(57.063), strawberry runners – Sharon and Gaza (22.320), sweet potatoes 

(20.000) 

United States of 

America 

Strawberry runners (2.018) 

Table B. 2010 permitted levels of production and consumption (metric tonnes) 

Canada 3.529 

Israel 290.878 

United States of 

America 

2.018* 

* Minus available stocks

Table C. 2011 agreed critical use categories (metric tonnes) 

Australia Strawberry runners (23.840), Rice (4.87) 

Canada Mills (14.107), strawberry runners (Prince Edward Island) (5.261) 

Japan Chestnuts (5.35), cucumbers (27.621), ginger - field (47.450), ginger – 

protected (7.036), melons (73.548), pepper - green and hot (65.691), 

watermelon (13.050) 

United States of 

America 

Commodities (5.0), NPMA food processing structures (17.365), mills and 

processors (135.299), dried cured pork (3.73), cucurbits (195.698), 

eggplant – field (19.725), forest nursery seedlings (93.547), nursery stock 

– fruit, nut, flower (7.955), orchard replant (183.232) ornamentals 

(64.307), peppers – field (206.234), strawberries – field (812.709), 

strawberry runners (6.036), tomatoes – field (292.751), sweet potato slips 

(11.612) 

Table D. 2011 permitted levels of production and consumption (metric tonnes) 

Australia 28.710 

Canada 19.368 

Japan 239.746 

United States of 

America 

1855.2* 

* Minus available stocks