Trinidad and Tobago Network Meeting

1. Trinidad and Tobago Network Meeting Status of Compliance and Impcom Results Data Reporting Establishment of Licensing Systems Ratification of MP Amendments In the Latin American and Caribbean region

2. Overview of Presentation • ODS reporting • HCFC trends • Status of licensing • Reporting status - QPS/Process agents • Status of Ratifications • Outcomes of 46th meeting of the Impcom

3. Status of Reporting on ODS As of 1 October 2011, the Ozone Secretariat had received data from all Parties in the LAC region except Dominica and Peru – best region in the world! Nearly half the region faster than the 30/6 early deadline called for by decision XV/15 That said, Dominica and Peru - Please report ASAP

4. But it is not just the timing – in substance, the region is doing great All countries in the region who have reported, reported 0 consumption of controlled CFC, halon, HBFCs, other CFCs and BCM for 2010! Only 1 party reported MCL (even though PO is 2015) Less than a third of LAC region reported MBR

5. Continuing LA Challenges - HCFCs Party 2009 2010 2009 2010 Brazil 1415 1239 Argentina 326 475 Colombia 209 241 Chile 75 100 Costa Rica 14 32 Cuba 12 22 Dom Rep 48 53 Ecuador 21 14 Honduras 17 22 El Salvador 12 11 Mexico 1126 1717 Guatemala 9 7 Uruguay 22 24 Nicaragua 6 7 Panama 25 24 Paraguay 15 21 Venezuela 216 198 11 trend up – 6 down

6. Continuing Challenges - HCFCs Party 2009 2010 Party 2009 2010 Antigua 0.5 0.1 Jamaica 18.2 14.4 Bahamas 3.5 6.1 St Kitts 0.4 0.6 Barbados 4.5 2.3 St Lucia 0.4 Belize 2.5 3.1 St Vincent 0.4 0.2 Dominica 0.4 Suriname 2.7 1.3 Grenada 0.8 0.8 T&T 38 53.9 Guyana 0.9  2.4 Haiti 1.9 1.8 5 parties trending up – 7 down or stable

7. Status of Licensing Systems All Montreal Ratifiers must have system to license imports AND exports of ALL ODS Region is in excellent shape on this item However, more then cursory compliance is essential to ensure phaseout – are all ODS including HCFCs and MBR licensed in your country? Impcom is reviewing

8. Decision XX/6 - QPS Reporting – Have you prepared your QPS submission??? Parties must report QPS annually as required by MP – leaving blank not option The Secretariat now posts QPS data on the web non reporting of QPS will be reviewed by the Impcom and may be treated as non compliance

9. QPS Reporting in the LAC Region 15 of the 33 Parties in the region have reported QPS regularly: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay 18 have not reported regularly All should report on this in 2011!

10. Continued Push for Global Ratification of all Amendments All have ratified Montreal Protocol All have ratified London and Copenhagen All have ratified Montreal amendment except Nicaragua Beijing – Bolivia, Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Peru have not ratified yet Failure to ratify Beijing could restrict HCFCs – Secretariat glad to help

11. Decision XX/9: Application of Trade Provisions of the Protocol to HCFCs Changed past decision to make clear that the trade provisions will apply to developing country trade in HCFCs beginning 1 January 2013 What this means is that if the Beijing amendment has not entered into force for Bolivia, Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Peru by that date, you may not be able to get HCFCs! Please strive to ratify all amendments!!!!!

12. Process Agents (PA) • Process agents: ODS used as a catalyst in the production of other chemicals/products (eg: chlorinated rubber and endosulfin). Often, most ODS is destroyed in the process – sometimes emissions. • Decision XXII/8 asked TEAP to break out process agent uses by country • XXI/3 asked for all countries to ensure that they have reported, at least once, to say they do not use ODS as a PA. We sent letter with a form for you to fill in

13. Process Agents Contd We do not yet have recorded the submissions of 15 of 33 Parties in the region: Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, El Salvador, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

14. 46th Impcom Meeting – initial review • Found Guatemala, Paraguay, St. Vincent Uruguay met action plan targets; Bolivia had not yet reported • Reviewed requests for baseline changes (Guyana and Barbados requested) • Reviewed exports to non-parties

15. 46th Impcom contd Nepal – in full compliance with Copenhagen so as to obviate sanctions? Status of licensing – are the licensing systems complete? Process agent reports in? Decimal places – move to 2 or 3 places?

16. We now round data to one decimal place. What difference can a decimal place make? Ozone Secretariat Example: HCFC 22 has an ODP of .055. If if a Party reports imports of, for example, .8 tonnes of HCFC 22, Its calculated level of consumption is .044 ODP tonnes, Since .044 is below .05, rounding to 1 decimal place rounds .044 to 0 For perspective …….

17. .044 ODPt = 0??? EIA picture

18. 1 Decimal Place with low ODP HCFCs raises many issues Ozone Secretariat Excom mandate is to enable compliance; Are 0 ODP Parties eligible for MLF help? If all 196 parties eligible to import .049 ODPt of HCFC 22, that is 10k to 15k canisters In fact, 1 decimal place std allows each Party to import .04999 ODPt from each annex

19. What do you think of the New Ozone Secretariat Website • http://montreal-protocol.org • We hope to have the Spanish and French versions ready by the end of the year See you in Bali!