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| 2007 Montreal Adjustment on Production and Consumption of HCFCs |
The latest September MOP (Meeting of the Parties) of the Montreal Protocol has decided Adjustments to the Protocol which should accelerate the freeze year and the phase-out of HCFCs in developed and developing countries.
Note that these Adjustments would not affect significantly EU countries, as Regulation 2037/2000 had already more stringent provisions (sale and use of virgin HCFCs in the EU to be banned from 1 January 2010).
The following table compares present and future HCFC control commitments of non-Article 5 (developed country) Parties and Article 5 (developing country) Parties.
The entry into force of the Adjustments will happen 6 months after their official communication to the Parties, and is expected before June 2008.
Article 5 Parties
Existing Commitments
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Article 5 Parties
2007 Montreal Commitments
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Baseline : 2015 levels
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Average of 2009 and 2010 production and consumption
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Freeze by 2016
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Freeze by 2013
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No obligation
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10% reduction by 2015
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No obligation
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35% reduction by 2020
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No obligation
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67.5% reduction by 2025
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No obligation
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97.5% reduction by 2030 (1)
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Phase out by 2040
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Unchanged
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Non Article 5 Parties
Existing Commitments
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Non Article 5 Parties
2007 Montreal Commitments
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Baseline: 2.8% of 1989 CFC levels plus 100% of 1989 HCFC levels
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Unchanged
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Freeze in 1996
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Unchanged
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35% reduction by 2004
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Unchanged
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65% reduction by 2010
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75% reduction by 2010
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90% reduction by 2015
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99.5% reduction by 2020(2)
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Unchanged
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Phase out by 2030
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Unchanged
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- The annual average of 2.5% is restricted to the servicing of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment existing during the period 2030-2040 and subject to review in 2025.
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0.5% is restricted to the servicing of refrigeration and airconditioning equipment existing during the period 2020-2030 and subject to review in 2015.
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