Transcript Issues before the 25th Open-Ended Working Group Meeting of

Main Issues on the Agenda for
The 23rd Meeting of the
Parties to the Montreal Protocol
And
The 9th Meeting of the Conference of
the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
21-25 November, Bali
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Bali!
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BALI LOGISTICS
– 13-17 Nov at Sanur Beach Hotel
Impcom –18-19 Nov at Sanur Beach Hotel
Jt. Bureau – 19 Nov at Sanur Beach Hotel
COP/MOP – 21-25 Nov at Nusa Dua
Excom
If going to Excom too – You need 2 hotels
Have you requested funding for travel?
Have you gotten your visa??
Only Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Panama
are eligible for visa on arrival
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Now on to substance
 Overview of key issues for COP/MOP
- Replenishment including FERM
- Exemptions for EUEs, CUEs, L&A, PA,
QPS, Feedstocks,
- Destruction technologies
- TEAP nomination and recusal processes
- Status of ODS used to service ships
- HFC amendment, HFC 23 decision
- Information on ODS alternatives
- Status of Nepal
- VC Special Trust Fund – ORM report
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- Memberships for 2012
Replenishment – 2012-2014
Initial
TEAP study on 2012-2014 included 6
scenarios and estimated need at between $245m
and $665m
OEWG
asked TEAP to perform further analysis
(22 pts) designed to narrow that range; Due soon
Parties
will decide on the agreed level of funding
when they meet in Bali in November
Replenishment
contact group seems prestigious,
but it is really hard going. You may want to
consider representation (or not)
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Initial Replenishment Analysis – Key Points
$245m
- $665m is a huge range – Why?
38-46%
of estimated cost was for closure
of HCFC producers – But there are no
HCFC production closure guidelines
One
country dominates both HCFC
production/consumption and likely funding
%
reduction in phase 1, different sectors
funded, and CE assumed also have impact
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Essential Use Exemptions
– the level of A5 reductions is great! In
2009 9 A5 parties requested 2062t – In 2011
only 3 A5 countries are requesting and the
total is 627t
Wow
Bangladesh,
China, Pakistan and Russian
Federation are still requesting for MDIs;
Russian Federation also requesting for
aerospace uses, and Jordan for BCM
In
each case, except Russian aerospace,
TEAP recommending less than requested
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Critical Use Exemptions
CUEs
have also fallen dramatically, from
18,504t requested for 2005, to 705t for 2013
– a 96% reduction.
Australia,
Canada, Japan and the US still
requesting for various uses. US and
Canada requests subject to MBTOC
minority reports and are still being
considered by MBTOC
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Quarantine and Preshipment Exemption
QPS
applications are totally exempt from
control – but parties asked to minimize
EU
has banned MBR for QPS; Some are
concerned about level of MBR being used
for QPS (about 12k t) – want to minimize;
EU proposal: monitor/report by use, avoid
double use, TEAP study, Secretariat inf
tool, increase overall QPS info so parties
could strategically review the relevant
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issues
More Bali!
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Lab and Analytical Use Exemption (L&A)
Global
exemption for small L&A quantities
Over
the years, Parties excluded 3
applications with alternatives from the
global exemption (testing oil, grease and
petroleum HCs in water; testing for tar in
road-paving media; forensic fingerprinting)
A5s
have been allowed to use ODS for
these banned applications through a year
to year decision (eg: China proposal);
Some parties are now raising concerns 11
Process agents (PA) and Feedstocks (FS)
PA
are catalysts; FS are used to produce
other substances. ODS (eg: HCFC and
CCL4) used for some applications in both
areas by some industrialized countries.
There
is a concern about potential high
emissions/ and concern CCL4 reported
does not correlate to atmospheric levels
Proposed
decision would remind parties to
report, collect more info, study non-ODS
alts, and streamline PA tables
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Destruction Technologies
Parties
have approved 13 destruction
technologies that meet specified
destruction efficiencies (DEs) (eg:99.999%)
TEAP
recommending approval of a few
new technologies and a review of DEs
response to Parties request – TEAP also
proposed voluntary criteria for verifying
ODS destruction
In
Very
complex – no OEWG action – COP?
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TEAP Nomination and Recusal Processes
Australia
and US proposal – key provisions
- Balance of expertise, perspective, geog.
- 4 yr appts/renomination in 4 yr increments
- Existing appts not on 4 yr schedule expire
in [2013][2020] – parties can resubmit
- Nominations from Ntl focal pts; Potential
conflicts of interest identified
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TEAP Processes contd
- MOP
confirms nominations/TSBs over 1 yr;
- ExecSec made ex-officio TEAP member;
- Panel finish recusal guidelines for OEWG
or develop comprehensive guidelines
- Panel to update/clarify matrix of needs;
- Panel to standardize info for nominations
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Status of ODS Used to Service Ships
EC
reporting HCFC sold to some ships in
EC ports as an export – Must you report
HCFC sold to your flagged ships as an
HCFC import? How should you/ how do
you treat this?
Proposal
by St Lucia et al requests OzSec
study, but also requests, for calculating
consumption, sales of ODS to a ship
docked in a party’s port for use onboard
that ship should be considered part of that
party’s production rather than its export
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Information On ODS Alternatives (Swiss)
TEAP to:
- Study CE of HCFC/CFC alternatives;
-Assess quantities and types of alternatives
likely to be phased in;
- Assess impact of HCFC guidelines on HFC
-Assess feasibility of HFC reduction options
considering alternative cost/availability;
Parties to
- Report HFC production/emissions data
disaggregated by country/use if possible;
- Encourage use of low GWP alternatives;
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Request by Nepal
Paras
8/9 of A4 allow a country to avoid the
application of non-Party trade sanctions by
demonstrating that it is in full compliance
with the provisions of the amendment.
Nepal
reported its difficulty in ratifying the
amendments and requested MOP to
consider it’s status vis a vi paras 8/9 of A4
Proposal
appears aimed to address Excom
guidelines precluding HPMP support to
countries that have not yet ratified
Copenhagen – but relevant to HCFCs 18
HFC Proposed Decision/Amendment
Parties
did not take a decision on this last
year, but agreed to reconsider this year
Proposed
decision would have the MLF
study and fund the phaseout of HFC23
produced as byproduct of HCFC22
production
Amendment
calls for a phasedown of HFCs
under the Montreal Protocol and funding
for phasedown under the MLF
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Memberships and Officers
seats – currently Argentina, Cuba
and Grenada – LAC needs 2 in 2012
Excom
Impcom
- St Lucia in last year of first term;
Nicaragua will start 2nd year of 2nd term
Grenada
is Rapportuer of the MP Bureau Cuba is currently VC VP – LAC needs to
select VP for each bureau
Asia
should rotate to 2012 OEWG co-chair
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Vienna Convention Issues
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VC meets every 3 years
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Parties expected to:
- decide on a VC budget
- review status of special monitoring fund
- review recommendations of the ORM
which focus on support of studies and
investigations in key areas, support of
observation networks, and support of
capacity building workshops
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We are looking forward to seeing you in
Bali!
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