Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0158-0023
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-04-11T04:00Z

Decision
XVI/
12.
Essential­
use
nominations
for
Parties
not
operating
under
paragraph
1
of
Article
5
of
the
Montreal
Protocol
for
controlled
substances
for
2005
and
2006
Noting
with
appreciation
the
work
done
by
the
Technology
and
Economic
Assessment
Panel
and
its
Technical
Options
Committee,

1.
To
authorize
the
levels
of
production
and
consumption
necessary
to
satisfy
essential
uses
of
CFCs
for
metered­
dose
inhalers
for
asthma
and
chronic
obstructive
pulmonary
diseases
as
specified
in
the
annex
to
this
decision,
subject
to
the
conditions
established
by
the
Meeting
of
the
Parties
in
paragraph
2
of
its
decision
VII/
28
and
subject
to
a
second
review
of
the
2006
levels
consistent
with
decision
XV/
5;

2.
To
urge
the
Technology
and
Economic
Assessment
Panel
to
specify
in
the
Handbook
on
Essential
Use
Nominations
that
a
nominating
Party
may
submit
in
its
nomination
data
aggregated
by
region
and
product
group
for
CFC­
containing
metered­
dose
inhalers
intended
for
sale
in
Parties
operating
under
paragraph
1
of
Article
5
when
more
specific
data
are
not
available;

3.
That,
in
the
light
of
the
fact
that
Aerosol
Technical
Options
Committee's
recommendations
for
future
essential­
use
exemptions
are
based
on
past
stock
level
information,
Parties,
when
preparing
essential
use
nominations
for
CFCs,
should
give
due
consideration
to
existing
stocks,
whether
owned
or
agreed
to
be
acquired
from
a
metereddose
inhaler
manufacturer,
of
banked
or
recycled
controlled
substances
as
described
in
paragraph
1
(
b)
of
decision
IV/
25,
with
the
objective
of
maintaining
no
more
than
one
year's
operational
supply;

Annex
Essential­
use
nominations
for
2005
and
2006
of
CFCs
for
metered­
dose
inhalers
approved
by
the
Parties
at
the
Sixteenth
Meeting
(
metric
tonnes)

Party
2005
2006
Amount
nominated
Amount
approved
Amount
nominated
Amount
approved
and
subject
to
a
second
review
in
2005
European
Community
 
 
a
550
550
Russian
Federation
 
 
a
286
b
Ukraine
53.1
53.1
 
 

United
States
of
America
 
 
a
1900
1900
Total
53.1
53.1
2736
2450
a
As
approved
by
the
Parties
at
their
fifteenth
meeting
(
document
UNEP/
OzL.
Pro/
15/
9,
decision
XV/
4
and
annex
I).

b
The
Technology
and
Economic
Assessment
Panel
will
review
the
nomination
in
2005.