This directive will help implement Russia’s obligations under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
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This directive has been submitted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in order to implement Government Resolution No. 228 dated 24 March 2014 On State Control Measures to Regulate the Consumption and Sale of Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, hereinafter referred to as Resolution No. 228.
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer requires step-by-step reductions in ozone depleting substances, hereinafter referred to as ODS, from 2004 through complete elimination in 2030.
Under Resolution No. 228, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment calculates annual maximum allowable national ODS production volumes and the share of specific ODS in maximum allowable national ODS consumption volumes, hereinafter referred to as annual calculations.
Under the procedure of annual calculations, as approved by the ministry, the indicators are based on Ministry of Industry and Trade data and proposals, and include proposals by companies and private businesses that manufacture ODS substances or are planning the manufacture or import of ODS substances into Russia.
In 2015-2019, the allowable national ODS consumption volumes will total 399.69 tonnes of ozone depleting capacity.
The signed directive stipulates production and consumption volumes for each ozone depleting substance under the total allowable consumption volumes in 2016.
The approved decisions will help implement Russia’s obligations under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.