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Thirty-first Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG 31)
1-5 August 2011 | Montréal, Canada
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Highlights for Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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 In plenary on Tuesday, OEWG 31 delegates resumed discussions on proposals to amend the Protocol, specifically on the possible addition of controls on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) presented its 2011 Progress Report, and delegates asked questions on progress reports by several Technical Options Committees (TOCs), along with membership changes on assessment panels, essential use nominations and other matters.
In the afternoon, delegates discussed issues related to exemptions from Article 2 of the Montreal Protocol, for ongoing uses of ozone-depleting substances (ODS). Delegates considered essential-use exemptions for 2012 and 2013, laboratory and analytical use exemptions, issues related to process agents and their phase-outs and alternatives to ODS for exempted feedstock and process-agent uses. They also discussed methyl bromide, including nominations for critical-use exemptions and quarantine and pre-shipment uses.
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