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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL IN INDIA &

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL IN INDIA & NATIONAL OBLIGATION AND COMMITMENT TO MONTREAL PROTOCOL. Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol. The Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer was signed in March 1985.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL IN INDIA &

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  1. IMPLEMENTATION OF THEMONTREAL PROTOCOL IN INDIA & NATIONAL OBLIGATION AND COMMITMENT TO MONTREAL PROTOCOL

  2. Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol • The Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer was signed in March 1985. • The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed on 16 September 1987. • 19th June 1991 : India became a Party to the Vienna convention. • 17th September 1992 : India became a Party to the Montreal Protocol. • March 2003, ratified the Copenhagen, Montreal and Beijing Amendment.

  3. MONTREAL PROTOCOL Important Provisions of the Protocol are : - • Article 2 : Controlled Substances • Article 4 : Control of Trade • Article 5 : Special Situation of Developing Countries • Article 7 : Reporting of Data • Article 10 : Financial Mechanism & Technology transfer

  4. Amendments to the Protocol • London Amendment (1990) Inclusion of additional controlled substances (CFCs, Methyl Chloroform, CTC, etc) Inclusion of HCFCs as transitional substances Establishment of Financial Mechanism - Multilateral Fund Ten year grace period for Article 5 countries. Copenhagen Amendment (1992) Inclusion of HCFCs,HBFCs and Methyl Bromide as controlled substances. • Montreal Amendment (1997) • Licensing system put in place • Beijing Amendment (1999) • Bromo chloromethane added as controlled substance for immediate phaseout. • Production control of HCFCs

  5. Montreal Protocol - Framework • Administrative and secretarial support. • Data collection. • Coordination of Technical/ Economic assessments. Ozone Secretariat Implementation of fund related decisions of the Meeting of Parties. Multilateral Fund Secretariat

  6. Cont... Meeting of Parties Role: Decision making and guidance Role : Approval of funds and operational decisions Executive Committee Multilateral Fund 7 Developing and 7 Developed countries World Bank UNEP UNDP UNIDO BILATERAL Implementing Agencies

  7. INDIA’S COMMITMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL • India signed Montreal Protocol in 1992. • Country Program for India was prepared in 1993. • India has to comply with the following key provisions of the Protocol :- • Article 2 : Controlled Substances • Article 4 : Control of Trade • Article 3 : Calculation of Control Levels • Article 5 : Special Situation of developing countries • Article 7 : Reporting of Data

  8. Cont… • As an Article 5 country, India needs to phaseout production and consumption of ODS as per schedule specified in the Protocol. • As an Article 5 country (developing country), India has 10 years grace period and also eligible for financial and technical support from the Multilateral Fund to phaseout production and consumption of ODS.

  9. LIST OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES As per Article 2 of the Montreal Protocol, the total number of controlled substances are 95. The following controlled substances are produced and consumed in India. • CFC-11 • CFC-12 • CFC-113 • Halon-1211 • Halon-1301 • Methyl Chloroform • Carbontetrachloride • Methyl bromide • HCFC-22, HCFC-141b and HCFC-123

  10. Consumption of ODS in India • Sl. No. Sector Chemical Used 1. Foam CFC-11, HCFC-141b • 2. RAC CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, HCFC-123 • 3. Aerosol CFC-11, CFC-12 • 4. Solvent CTC, Methyl Chloroform, CFC-113 • 5. Fire Halon – 1211, Halon - 1301 Extinguishers • 6. Fumigant Methyl Bromide

  11. PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION CONTROL SCHEDULE AS PER MONTREAL PROTOCOL AND INDIA’S POSITION Baseline for CFC: 1995-97; Baseline for CTC: 1998-2000; Baseline for MeBr:1995-1998 Baseline for Halon: 1995-97; ** Baseline to be determined and reported in 2016. Baseline of MCF: 1998-2000; *Baseline Cons. is 214 MT as Quarantine & Pre-shipment

  12. Institutional Framework in India MoEF Ozone Cell Empowered Steering Committee Standing Committee for small scale, tiny and unorganised industries Technology and Finance standing committee Monitoring and evaluation committee Implementation sub-committee

  13. Establishmentof Ozone Cell OZONE CELL INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING PROJECT DIRECTOR, MOEF Joint Director MOEF Consultant (UNDP) Project Management Units (PMU) Ozone Cell coordinates with Ministry of Finance, Commerce (DGFT), Chemicals & Fertilizers and all Industry associations & all Implementing Agencies and other institutions (IIT, NCL, IICT etc.

  14. Summary of ODS Phase-out Activities in All Sectors

  15. Ongoing ODS Phaseout Activities

  16. ODS Alternatives

  17. Thank You

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