The goal of the restrictions is to protect the ozone layer in the atmosphere and fulfil Russia’s commitments 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 document was drafted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation with a view to implementing the Government resolution of March 24, 2014 on state regulation of the consumption and turnover of ozone-depleting substances and Russia’s commitments under the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer.
There is a procedure for the annual calculation of the acceptable amount of production of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) in Russia and the annual quantity of specific ODS in an acceptable amount of consumption.
Government Resolution #2555-r of November 22, 2018 established the quantity of ODSs that may be brought into Russia in 2019.
The signed resolution has introduced temporary restrictions on the import of ODSs into Russia in 2019. Acceptable amounts are to be distributed between applicants based on enforcement statistics over the past few years in the cross-border regulation of movement of ODSs. Sixty percent of ODSs are distributed between the applicants that imported ODSs in 2018; 35 percent between the applicants that did not import ODSs in 2018 and did not have the relevant permits; and 5 percent of ODSs between the applicants that received permits in 2018 but did not bring them into the country.
The goal of the introduced restrictions is to protect the ozone layer in the atmosphere and fulfil Russia’s commitments under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer.