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The
Ninth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that despite the phase-out of the
production and consumption of CFCs by 1 January 1996 in Parties not operating
under paragraph 1 of Article 5, CFCs continue to remain available in fairly
significant quantities in a number of such Parties, thereby preventing the
timely elimination of the use and emissions of CFCs;
2. to note that information suggests that
illegal trade in CFCs is contributing to their continued availability, and
therefore to increased and unnecessary damage to the ozone layer;
3. to note that apart from agreed exempted uses,
the continued supply of new CFCs is no longer necessary, as technically and
economically feasible alternatives are widely available;
4. to request non-Article 5 Parties to consider banning
the placing on the market and sale of virgin CFCs, except to meet the basic
domestic needs of Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 and other
exempted uses. Parties may also consider extending this ban to include other
substances listed in Annex A and B to the Montreal Protocol and recovered,
recycled and reclaimed substances, provided that adequate steps are taken to
ensure their disposal;
5. to request the Parties concerned to report to
the Secretariat in time for the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties on action taken
under this decision.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12,
Decision IX/23).
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