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4. To encourage parties with stockpiles of pharmaceutical-grade chlorofluorocarbons 

potentially available for export to parties with essential-use exemptions in 2014 to notify the Ozone 

Secretariat of those quantities and to provide it with the details of a contact point by 31 December 

2013;

5. To request the Secretariat to post on its website details of the potentially available stocks 

referred to in paragraph 4 of the present decision;

6. To urge the Russian Federation to expedite its conversion project with a view to phasing 

out chlorofluorocarbons;

7. That parties listed in the annex to the present decision shall have full flexibility in 

sourcing the quantity of pharmaceutical-grade chlorofluorocarbons to the extent required for 

manufacturing metered-dose inhalers, as authorized in paragraph 1 of the present decision, from 

imports, from domestic producers or from existing stockpiles; 

8. To request that parties consider domestic regulations to ban the launch or sale of new 

chlorofluorocarbon-based metered-dose inhaler products, even if such products have been approved;

9. To encourage parties to fast-track their administration processes for the registration of 

metered-dose inhaler products in order to speed up the transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free 

alternatives;

Annex to decision XXV/2

Essential-use authorizations for 2014 of chlorofluorocarbons for metered-dose inhalers 

(Metric tonnes)

Party 2014

China 235.05

Russian Federation 212

C. Decision XXV/3: Essential-use exemption for chlorofluorocarbon-113 for 

aerospace applications in the Russian Federation

Noting the evaluation and recommendation of the Technology and Economic Assessment 

Panel and its Chemicals Technical Options Committee on the essential-use nomination for 

chlorofluorocarbon-113 for aerospace applications,

Noting also that the Russian Federation continues to explore the possibility of importing 

chlorofluorocarbon-113 for its aerospace industry needs from available global stocks,

Noting further that the Russian Federation has been successful in reducing use and emissions 

in line with the technical adaptation timetable developed in collaboration with the Chemicals 

Technical Options Committee,

1. To authorize the levels of production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbon-113 in 

the Russian Federation for essential-use exemptions for chlorofluorocarbons in its aerospace industry 

in the amount of 85 metric tonnes in 2014;

2. To request the Russian Federation to explore further the possibility of importing 

chlorofluorocarbon-113 for its aerospace industry needs from available global stocks;

3. To encourage the Russian Federation to continue its efforts to introduce alternative 

solvents and adopt newly designed equipment, with a view to completing the phase-out of 

chlorofluorocarbon-113 by 2016;

D. Decision XXV/ 4: Critical-use exemptions for methyl bromide for 2015

Noting with appreciation the work of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and its 

Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee, 

Recognizing the significant reductions made in critical-use nominations for methyl bromide by 

many parties,

Recalling paragraph 10 of decision XVII/9,

Recalling also that all parties that have nominated critical-use exemptions are to report data on 

stocks using the accounting framework agreed to by the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties,
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Recognizing that the production and consumption of methyl bromide for critical uses should be 

permitted only if methyl bromide is not available in sufficient quantity and quality from existing 

stocks of banked or recycled methyl bromide,

Recognizing also that parties operating under critical-use exemptions should take into account 

the extent to which methyl bromide is available in sufficient quantity and quality from existing stocks 

of banked or recycled methyl bromide in licensing, permitting or authorizing the production and 

consumption of methyl bromide for critical uses,

Recognizing further that soilless systems for strawberry runners are economically and 

technically feasible and in use in many countries, but are not yet economically and technically feasible 

throughout Australia, 

Recognizing that Australia has a research programme to identify technically and economically 

feasible alternatives to methyl bromide for strawberry runners,

Recognizing also that technically and economically feasible alternatives, including soilless 

culture systems, are currently not available for the production of strawberry runners in Prince Edward 

Island, Canada,

Recognizing further that Canada will proceed with its assessment of the impact of chloropicrin 

on groundwater in Prince Edward Island, Canada,

Acknowledging that the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, and specifically its 

Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee, produces reports that are science-based, independent 

and robust, and that all parties should strive to respect the results of that work,

1. To request that Australia submit, by the thirty-sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working 

Group, the available results of its research programme to the Technology and Economic Assessment 

Panel for its consideration;

2. To request that Canada submit, by the thirty-sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working 

Group, the available results of its assessment of the impact of chloropicrin on groundwater to the 

Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for its consideration;

3. To consider approving a critical-use nomination for the strawberry sector in California, 

United States of America, in 2014, and to approve sufficient methyl bromide for use in 2016 to enable 

that sector to complete its intended transition from critical uses for methyl bromide by the end of 2016;

4. To permit, for the agreed critical-use categories for 2015 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 in decision Ex.I/4 to the extent that those conditions are applicable, the levels of production and 

consumption for 2015 set forth in table B 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 use may be approved by the Meeting of the Parties in accordance with decision IX/6;

5. That parties shall endeavour to license, permit, authorize or allocate quantities of methyl 

bromide for critical uses as listed in table A of the annex to the present decision;

6. That each party that has an agreed critical-use exemption shall renew its commitment to 

ensuring that the criteria in paragraph 1 of decision IX/6, in particular the criterion laid down in 

paragraph 1 (b) (ii) of decision IX/6, are applied in licensing, permitting or authorizing critical uses of 

methyl bromide, with each party requested to report on the implementation of the present provision to 

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

7. To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to ensure that its 

consideration of nominations analyses the impact of national, subnational and local regulations and 

law on the potential use of methyl bromide alternatives and to include a description of the analysis in 

the critical-use nomination report;

Annex

Table A

Agreed critical-use categories for 2015

(Metric tonnes)

Australia Strawberry runners 29.760

Canada Strawberry runners (Prince Edward Island) 5.261

United States of America Strawberry field 373.66, cured pork 3.24
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Table B 

Permitted levels of production and consumption for 2015 

(Metric tonnes) 

Australia 29.760

Canada 5.261

United States of America 376.90

a Minus available stocks.

E. Decision XXV/5: Response to the report by the Technology and Economic 

Assessment Panel on information on alternatives to ozone-depleting 

substances (decision XXIV/7, paragraph 1)

Noting with appreciation volume 2 of the 2012 task force progress report, which responded to 

decision XXIII/9, and volume 2 of the 2013 progress report of the Technology and Economic 

Assessment Panel, which responded to decision XXIV/7,

Noting the release of the contribution of Working Group I to the fifth assessment report of the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, entitled “Climate change 2013: the physical science 

basis”,

1. To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, in consultation with 

external experts if necessary, to prepare a report for consideration by the Open-ended Working Group 

at its thirty-fourth meeting and an updated report to be submitted to the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the 

Parties that would:

(a) Provide an update on information on alternatives to ozone-depleting substances in 

various sectors and subsectors, and differentiating between parties operating under paragraph 1 of 

Article 5 and parties not so operating, considering regional differences, and assessing whether such 

alternatives are:

(i) Commercially available;

(ii) Technically proven;

(iii) Environmentally sound;

(iv) Energy efficient;

(v) Economically viable and cost-effective;

(vi) Suitable for regions with high ambient temperatures, in particular 

considering the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector and their use 

in high-urban-density cities;

(vii) Suitable for safe uses, in particular considering their potential 

flammability or toxicity, and their suitability for use in densely 

populated urban areas, and describing potential limitations of their use;

(viii) Easily used;

(b) Estimate current and future demand for alternatives to ozone-depleting substances, 

taking into account increased demand, in particular in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sectors 

and in parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5;

(c) Assess, differentiating between parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 and 

those not so operating, the economic costs and implications, and environmental benefits of various 

scenarios of avoiding high-global-warming-potential alternatives to ozone-depleting substances, where 

such avoidance is possible, considering the list in subparagraph (a) of the present decision;

(d) Request the Scientific Assessment Panel, in liaison with the Intergovernmental Panel 

on Climate Change, to provide information from the contribution of Working Group 1 to the fifth 

assessment report on the main climate metrics, considering the updated information provided in 

paragraph 1 (a) of the present decision;

2. To convene a workshop, back to back with the thirty-fourth meeting of the Open-ended 

Working Group, to continue discussions on hydrofluorocarbon management, taking into account the 

information requested in the present decision and previous reports provided in response to decisions 

XXIII/9 and XXIV/7;