Transcript Approach for HCFC conversion in each country”

Republic of Serbia
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
National Ozone Unit
Experience on iPIC and
consolidation of data discrepancies
in Republic of Serbia
Ms Sonja Ružin
Ozone Officer
Side Event: Risk assessment of illegal trade in HCFCs and preventive measures
30th OEWG
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 June 2010
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Application of iPIC mechanism in Serbia
Experiences and examples in using iPIC
mechanism
Consolidation of export data discrepancies
(based on data from 2008)
Conclusions
Case 1. Issuance of import license
exporting country submitted iPIC info sheet &
exporting company is listed
Since ECA meeting -only notification to the exporting country
If NOT
Case 2. Consultations with the NOU in exporting country
sending an e-mail to NOU to the exporting country with
explanation of the case in question
asking if the company is registered
asking if the company submitted application for export
license to Serbia
(the same procedure for export of ODSs, but rarely)
E1: Import of R-22 (7.344 metric kg) and R-406a (2.720
metric kg) in February 2010
Producer and exporter: China
Consultations with NOU China – exporting company is not an
eligible exporter of R-22 and R-406a
Result: based on this information, our importer decided to
withdraw his application
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E2: Export of reclaimed R-123 (900 metric kg) to Serbia
(initiated by EU) in February 2010.
Exporter: Italy
Consultation with EU - we confirmed that importer is eligible
and that he applied for the license, license was issued
Result: EU issued export license for reclaimed substance
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E3: Import of R-406А (2.040 metric kg) in April 2010.
Producer and exporter: China
Consultation with the NOU China – confirmed that exporter is
eligible, but didn’t applied for export of R-406A to Serbia
Result: import license is issued after receiving information that
exporter applied for export license in China
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E5: Import of R-22 (1000 metric kg) in May/June 2010.
Origin: Germany
Exporter: Italy
Notification to EU that import license will be issued –
company didn’t apply for export license to Serbia
Results: company submitted application for export to Serbia
application was rejected because there is a ban in EU for
placing on the market of HCFCs (Italian company can not buy
HCFC in EU)
option – export to Serbia can be done directly by the German
company, but they have to submit application for export
license
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Annex Group
Countries
reporting
exports
New exports
(MT)
Imports
analysis by
Serbia
New imports
(MT)
Discrepancies
(MT)
A I
European
Union
75,989
European
Union
China
75,6165
0,373
1,904
1,9
75,989
Total:
B II
Croatia
0,286
Croatia
0,2849
~0
European
Union
1,447
European
Union
1,6147
0,167
1,733
Total:
C I
Total:
77,5205
1,8996
China
16,320
China
0
16,32
Croatia
31,824
Croatia
31,824
0
European
Union
9,961
European
Union
Singapore
8,992
0,969
87,704
87,7
58,105
128,5189
NOU Serbia contacted all 4 countries that were
exporting to Serbia in 2008
Croatia – confirmation that our data match
Singapore – information that Serbia had significant
import of HCFC from Singapore, with suggestion
that it should be reported to the Ozone Secretariat
China – information that R-12 has been imported
from China
- request for more information on reported export
of R-22 to Serbia (importing company, time of
export etc.)
We are still waiting for the feedback from
Singapore and China.
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EU – results of the discrepancy analysis
Substance
EU data
(kg)
Serbian
data (kg)
Result
R-11
60320
60320
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R-12
14144
14144
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R-113
869
852,5
Conversion issue (l↦kg) √
R-114
600
300
1447
1611
1 reliable importer/exporter (√)
9481
8488
Two bulk licenses issued in EU, waiting
for detailed information (?)
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14,5
checking – license issued, didn’t report
back (√)
R-141b
480
480
√
R-401A
0
10
A/I
Case of double reporting by EU √
B/II
CTC
C/I
R-22
R-124
Possible illegal export (!)
Conclusions
i-PIC mechanism is useful tool to prevent
illegal trade and also to avoid discrepancies in
reported data
Important that countries submit their iPIC info
sheets (sharing is improved this year)
For Serbia it was easy to implement
Importers accepted it quite well (they are
urging their counterparts to obtain export
licenses)
Very good feedback from all countries that we
had consultations with
(in iPIC related consultations as well as in
identifying sources of discrepancies)