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The
Ninth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to express appreciation to the Multilateral
Fund, UNEP and the Stockholm Environmental Institute for the useful information
on the problems and possibilities of using customs codes for tracking imports
of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) contained in the book Monitoring Imports of
Ozone-Depleting Substances: A Guidebook;
2. to recommend this book as a guide to Parties
seeking more information on this issue;
3. in order to facilitate co-operation between
customs authorities and the authorities in charge of ODS control and ensure
compliance with licensing requirements, to request the Executive Director of
UNEP:
(a) to
request the World Customs Organization (WCO) to revise its decision of 20 June
1995, recommending one joint national code on all HCFCs under subheading
2903.49, by instead recommending separate national codes under subheading
2903.48 for the most commonly used HCFCs (e.g., HCFC-21; HCFC-22; HCFC-31;
HCFC-123; HCFC-124; HCFC-133; HCFC-141b; HCFC-142b; HCFC-225; HCFC-225ca;
HCFC-225cb);
(b) to
further ask the World Customs Organization to work with major ODS suppliers to
develop and provide the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, through UNEP, with a
check-list of relevant customs codes for ODS that are commonly marketed as
mixtures, for use by national customs authorities and authorities in charge of
control of ODS to ensure compliance with import licensing requirements;
4. to request all Parties with ODS production
facilities to urge their producing companies to co-operate fully with WCO in
the preparation of this check-list.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12,
Decision IX/22).
The
Tenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to request the Ozone Secretariat to continue
discussions with the World Customs Organization on:
(a) the
possibility of revising the Harmonized System to allow the inclusion of
appropriate codes for mixtures containing HCFCs, especially those used for
refrigeration;
(b) the
confirmation of the proper classification of methyl bromide that contains
2 per cent chloropicrin as a pure substance and not as a mixture, as
suggested in the illustrative list of methyl-bromide mixtures provided earlier
to the Parties by the Ozone Secretariat;
2. to convene a group of five interested experts
to provide advice to the Ozone Secretariat out of session on possible
amendments to the Harmonized System;
3. to request the Ozone Secretariat to report to
the nineteenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on progress towards this
end.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.10/9,
Decision X/18).
The
Eleventh Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note, with appreciation, the actions
undertaken so far by the World Customs Organization on the further extension of
the Harmonized System customs nomenclature of ozone-depleting substances and
products containing ozone-depleting substances;
2. to note the summary of the draft
recommendation of the World Customs Organization concerning the insertion in
national statistical nomenclatures of Harmonized System subheadings for
ozone-depleting substances and products containing ozone-depleting substances
and the clarification of the classification under the Harmonized System
Convention of methyl bromide containing small amounts of chloropicrin provided
in annex II to the report of the nineteenth meeting of the Open-ended Working
Group (UNEP/OzL.Pro/WG.1/19/7);
3. to note that the group of experts convened in
accordance with decision X/18 will conduct further work on recommendations relating
to the Harmonized System codes for mixtures and products containing
ozone-depleting substances in collaboration with the World Customs
Organization.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.11/10,
Decision XI/26).
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