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The
Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to agree that the basis for extending the
duration of critical-use nominations and exemptions of methyl bromide to
periods greater than one year requires further attention;
2. to elaborate, as far as possible, at the
Seventeenth Meeting of Parties a framework for spreading a critical-use
exemption over more than one year and to agree that the following elements,
among others, should be taken into account:
(a) annual
reporting on:
(i) status
of re-registration and review of methyl bromide;
(ii) status
of registration of alternatives and substitutes for methyl bromide;
(iii) efforts to evaluate, commercialize and secure national regulatory
approval of alternatives and substitutes;
(b) assessment
of requests to reconsider approved critical-use exemptions in the case of
exceptional circumstances;
(c) review
of downward trends for different instances;
(d) assessments
of nominations in the light of the alternatives database referred to in
paragraph 1 of decision Ex.I/4, and comparisons with management strategies;
(e) applicability
of existing decisions to methyl bromide critical-use exemptions longer than one
year;
(f) additional
conditions applicable to critical-use exemptions longer than one year;
3. to consider the technical justifications for
spreading a critical-use exemption over more than one year, taking into
account, among others, the following instances:
(a) where
the use patterns of methyl bromide are not regular on an annual or seasonal
basis;
(b) where,
for a specific use, no alternatives or emerging solutions are anticipated for
several years;
(c) where
a plan of implementation of an alternative stretches over several years;
(d) where management
strategies include a complete time-bound phase-out for a nomination or sector
or use.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.16/17,
Decision XVI/3).
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