The First of the Parties decided:
(a) that each Party is required to report its annual production, imports and exports of each individual controlled substance;
(b) that Parties submitting data on controlled substances deemed to be confidential by that Party shall, in submitting the data to the Secretariat, require a guarantee that the data will be treated with professional secrecy and maintained confidential;
(c) that the Secretariat in preparing reports on data of controlled substances shall aggregate the data from several Parties in such a way as to ensure that data from Parties deemed to be confidential is not disclosed. The Secretariat shall also publish total data aggregated over all Parties for each individual controlled substance;
(d) that Parties wishing to exercise their rights under article 12, paragraph b of the Protocol may have access from the Secretariat to confidential data from other Parties, provided that they send an application in writing guaranteeing that such data will be treated with professional secrecy and not disclosed or published in any way.
(e) that data submitted under article 7 shall when necessary be made available on a confidential basis to resolve disputes under article 11 of the Convention.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.1/5, Decision I/11).
The Second Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to establish an ad hoc group of experts to consider the reasons leading to the difficulties faced by some countries in reporting data as required by Article 7 of the Protocol and to recommend possible solutions to the Parties concerned and to report on its progress to the Third Meeting of the Parties; and
2. to confirm that any data on consumption of the controlled substances that are submitted to the Secretariat as required by Article 7 of the Protocol are not to be confidential.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.2/3, Decision II/9).
The Second Meeting of the Parties also decided:
1. to ask the Secretariat to determine from the data available to it the exact quantities of the controlled substances required by developing countries operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 and the possible sources of supply to assist developed countries to authorize their companies to produce the additional amounts needed within the percentages authorized by Article 2 and Articles 2A to 2E of the Protocol;
2. to request the Secretariat to publish in its annual report on data an updated list of developing countries which, on the basis of complete data submissions, are considered to be operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5. The Secretariat shall also publish a list of developing countries that, having submitted incomplete or estimated data, appear to qualify as Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5. In accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of the Protocol, no Party will be eligible for paragraph 1 of Article 5 treatment until it submits complete data to the Secretariat establishing that its annual calculated per capita level of consumption is below 0.3 kg.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.2/3, Decision II/10).
The Third Meeting of the Parties decided:
(a) to note the report of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on the Reporting of Data and the suggestions that it contains, especially the recommendation that developing countries should inform the Secretariat of any difficulties they face in reporting data, and to invite any Party experiencing such difficulties to inform the Secretariat, so that suitable measures can be taken to rectify the situation;
(b) developing countries with a per capita consumption figure which the Secretariat estimates at below 0.3 kilograms should be able to meet their obligation to report 1986 data by informing the Secretariat that they accept its estimate (UNEP/OzL.Pro/WG.2/1/4, paragraph 14 (e).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.3/11, Decision III/7).
The Fourth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. To note with satisfaction that all the Parties that reported data met or exceeded their obligations for control measures under Article 2 of the Protocol;
2. to urge all Parties that have not reported their data to the Secretariat to do so as soon as possible;
3. to encourage all Parties to adhere strictly to the reporting requirement under paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the amended Protocol which provides, inter alia, that data shall be provided not later than nine months after the end of the year to which the data relate;
4. to urge all Parties to insert further subdivisions to the recommended Harmonized System subheadings so that imports and exports of each of the substances listed in the annexes of the Protocol as well as each of the mixtures containing these substances can be accurately monitored in order to facilitate reporting of data under Article 7 of the Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/15, Decision IV/9).
The Fifth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note with satisfaction that all the Parties that reported data have met or exceeded their obligations for control measures under Article 2 of the Protocol;
2. to urge all Parties that have not yet done so to report their data to the Secretariat as soon as possible;
3. to encourage all Parties to adhere strictly to the reporting requirement under paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the amended Protocol which provides, inter alia, that data shall be provided not later than nine months after the end of the year to which the data relate;
4. to take note of the information provided by some Parties on the implementation of Article 4 of the Protocol and to encourage further those Parties that have not yet done so to provide the information to the Secretariat as soon as possible.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.5/12, Decision V/5).
The Sixth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note with satisfaction the implementation of the provisions of the Protocol by the Parties which have so far reported data and information under Articles 7 and 9 of the Protocol;
2. to note that the timely reporting of data and any other required information is a legal obligation for each Party and to request all Parties to comply with the provisions of Articles 7 and 9 of the Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.6/7, Decision VI/2).
The Seventh Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with regret that only 82 Parties out of 126 that should have reported data for 1993 have reported and that only 60 Parties have reported data for 1994;
3. to note that the timely reporting of data and any other required information is a legal obligation for each Party and to request all Parties to comply with the provisions of Articles 7 and 9 of the Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.7/12, Decision VII/14).
The Eighth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with regret that only 104 Parties out of 141 that should have reported data for 1994 have reported to date and that only 61 Parties have to date reported data for 1995;
3. to remind all Parties of the requirement to comply with the provisions of Articles 7 and 9 of the Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.8/12, Decision VIII/2).
The Ninth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with regret that only 113 Parties out of 152 that should have reported data for 1995 have reported to date and that only 43 Parties have to date reported data for 1996;
3. to remind all Parties to comply with the provisions of Articles 7 and 9 of the Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12, Decision IX/11).
The Tenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note with regret that, as of 31 October 1998, only 88 of the 164 Parties that should have reported data for 1997 had done so;
2. to remind all Parties to comply with the provisions of Articles 7 and 9 of the Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.10/9, Decision X/2).
The Eleventh Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note with satisfaction the large number of countries that have ratified the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer;
2. to note that 136 Parties have ratified the London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, while only 101 Parties have ratified the Copenhagen Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and only 29 Parties have ratified the Montreal Amendment to the Montreal Protocol as of 15 November 1999;
3. to urge all States that have not yet done so to ratify, approve or accede to the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments, taking into account that universal participation is necessary to ensure the protection of the ozone layer.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.11/10, Decision XI/11).
The Twelfth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with regret that 21 Parties out of the 175 that should have reported data for 1998 have not reported to date;
3. to note further with regret that 59 Parties out of the 175 that should have reported data for 1999 by 30 September 2000 have not reported to date;
4. to remind all Parties to comply with the provisions of Article 7 and 9 of the Protocol as well as relevant decisions of the Parties on data and information reporting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.12/9, Decision XII/6).
The Thirteenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with regret that 16 Parties out of the 170 that should have reported data for 1999 have not reported to date;
3. to strongly urge Parties to report consumption and production data as soon as the figures are available, rather than waiting until the final deadline of 30 September;
4. to urge Parties that have not already done so to report baseline data for 1986,1989 and 1991 or the best possible estimates of such data where actual data are not available;
5. to advise Parties that request changes in reported baseline data for the base years to present their requests before the Implementation Committee which will 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.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.13/10, Decision XIII/15).
The Fourteenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with regret that 49 Parties out of the 180 that should have reported data for 2001 have not reported to date;
3. to note further that lack of timely data reporting by Parties impedes effective monitoring and assessment of Parties’ compliance with their obligations under the Montreal Protocol;
4. to strongly urge Parties to report consumption and production data as soon as the figures are available, rather than waiting until the final deadline of 30 September every year;
5. to remind Parties operating under Article 5(1) that for the purposes of reporting data, under the provisions of Article 2A paragraph 2 and Article 5 paragraph 8 bis (a) the current control period extends from 1 July 2001 to 31 December 2002.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.14/9, Decision XIV/13).
The Fifteenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with appreciation that 160 Parties out of the 183 that should have reported data for 2002 have now done so, but that 23 have still not reported to date;
3. to note also that lack of timely data reporting by Parties impedes effective monitoring and assessment of Parties’ compliance with their obligations under the Montreal Protocol;
4. to urge Parties strongly to report consumption and production data as soon as the figures are available, rather than waiting until the final deadline of 30 September every year.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.15/9, Decision XV/14).