The Ninth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. that all transfers of essential-use authorizations for CFCs for MDIs be reviewed on a case-by-case basis at Meetings of the Parties for approval;
2. notwithstanding paragraph 1 of the present decision, to allow the Secretariat, in consultation with the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, to authorize a Party, in an emergency situation, to transfer some or all of its authorized levels of CFCs for essential uses in MDIs to another Party, provided that:
(a) the transfer applies only up to the maximum level that has previously been authorized for the calendar year in which the next Meeting of the Parties is to be held;
(b) both Parties involved agree to the transfer;
(c) the aggregate annual level of authorizations for all Parties for essential uses of MDIs does not increase as a result of the transfer;
(d) the transfer or receipt is reported by each Party involved on the essential-use quantity-accounting format approved by the Eighth Meeting of the Parties by paragraph 9 of decision VIII/9.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12, Decision IX/20).