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1. Describe the logistical and regulatory steps
which could be applied to the movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances
that are produced and exported for final use in another Party.
2. Describe important components that could
usefully be included in an effective system for monitoring the transboundary
movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances between the country of export
or re-export and the country of import.
3. Describe potential actions that could be used
by Parties to assist in monitoring the transboundary movement of controlled
ozone-depleting substances as they move between Parties.
4. Assess whether any national or international
systems already monitor transboundary movement of controlled ozone-depleting
substances, including transit trade, and examine information on existing
systems for exchanging information on import and export licenses between
exporting and importing Parties referred to in the operative paragraph 5, and
assess advantages and disadvantages of the systems in question.
5. Examine how tracking mechanisms operate in
other international agreements (such as the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior
Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in
International Trade, the Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Convention on the
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) and how they
may or may not be useful models for the development of a system for monitoring
the transboundary movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances in a manner
that would assist in the efforts to reduce illegal trade. Examine the costs and
practical difficulties associated with developing and operating tracking
systems under the above mentioned international agreements in order to provide
an estimate of the practical difficulties and costs with regard to
implementation of a tracking system for controlled ozone-depleting substances.
Examine the possibilities for securing synergies with related international
agreements in tracking illegal trade. Compare the results of the work described
in this paragraph with a similar analysis on the possibilities of using
existing international trade statistics databases to monitor transboundary
movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances between Parties.
6. Describe sources of information, information
requirements (such as: carrier, port of import/export/re-export/transit or
transshipment, customs information on ozone-depleting substances being shipped
including, inter alia, country of origin and declared producer name, country of
final destination and declared purchaser/receiver name) and information flows
that would be needed to enable an ozone-depleting substances tracking system to
be successful in reducing illegal trade. Describe also the functional
governmental or non-governmental units that would need to be involved in
providing and monitoring such information, considering both centralized and
decentralized systems. Examine relevant international law including
international trade rules that may assist in or govern the release of such
information including the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
agreements.
7. Communicate with five to seven producing
country Governments and producers and international distributors in those
countries as well as with five to seven re-exporting country Governments and
international distributors in those countries (representing Parties operating
under Article 5 and Parties not operating under Article 5) to get their views
on the feasibility and cost of obtaining needed information for implementing a
transboundary movements monitoring system, and their views on whether such a
system would impact on legitimate trade. Also communicate with the Governments
and primary distributors in the two or three countries (representing Parties
operating under Article 5 and Parties not operating under Article 5)
responsible for the majority of the transit and transshipment of controlled
ozone-depleting substances to discuss the same matters.
8. Taking into account the above, describe, in
an overview fashion, two or three likely workable options for transboundary
movements monitoring systems that would be useful in reducing illegal trade in
controlled ozone-depleting substances. Those options should describe the steps
and actions that could have to be taken at the producer, distributor,
governmental and Secretariat level to better monitor transboundary movements of
controlled ozone-depleting substances. Finally, estimates of the annual user
(Government, exporter/importer, Secretariat) costs and system-wide costs for
implementation should be provided for each option.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.17/11, Decision XVII/16).
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