Requests for changes in baseline data

The Fourteenth Meeting of the Parties decided:

1.   to note that in accordance with decision XIII/15 of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Parties, Parties that had requested changes in reported baseline data for the base years were asked to present their requests before the Implementation Committee, which would in turn work with the Ozone Secretariat and the Executive Committee to confirm the justification for the changes and present them to the Meeting of the Parties for approval;

2.   to note that the following Parties have presented sufficient information to justify their requests for a change in their baseline consumption of the relevant substances:

      (a)  Bulgaria to change baseline consumption data for Annex E substances in 1991 from zero to 51.78 ODP-tonnes,

      (b)  Sri Lanka to change its baseline consumption data for Annex A, Group I substances from 400.4 to 445.6 ODP-tonnes,

      (c)  Belize to change its baseline consumption data for Annex A, Group I substances from 16 to 24.4 ODP-tonnes;

      (d)  Paraguay to change its baseline consumption data for Annex A, Group I substances from 157.4 to 210.6 ODP-tonnes;

3.   to accept these requests for changes in the respective baseline data.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro.14/9, Decision XIV/27).