Decision XVI/12.	Essential-use nominations for Parties not operating
under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol for controlled
substances for 2005 and 2006

Noting with appreciation the work done by the Technology and Economic
Assessment Panel and its Technical Options Committee,

1.	To authorize the levels of production and consumption necessary to
satisfy essential uses of CFCs for metered-dose inhalers for asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases as specified in the annex to this
decision, subject to the conditions established by the Meeting of the
Parties in paragraph 2 of its decision VII/28 and subject to a second
review of the 2006 levels consistent with decision XV/5;

2.	To urge the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to specify in
the Handbook on Essential Use Nominations that a nominating Party may
submit in its nomination data aggregated by region and product group for
CFC-containing metered-dose inhalers intended for sale in Parties
operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 when more specific data are not
available;

3.	That, in the light of the fact that Aerosol Technical Options
Committee’s recommendations for future essential-use exemptions are
based on past stock level information, Parties, when preparing essential
use nominations for CFCs, should give due consideration to existing
stocks, whether owned or agreed to be acquired from a metered-dose
inhaler manufacturer, of banked or recycled controlled substances as
described in paragraph 1 (b) of decision IV/25, with the objective of
maintaining no more than one year’s operational supply;

Annex 

Essential-use nominations for 2005 and 2006 of CFCs for metered-dose
inhalers approved by the Parties at the Sixteenth Meeting (metric
tonnes)

Party	2005	2006

	Amount nominated	Amount approved	Amount nominated	Amount approved and
subject to a second review in 2005

European Community	—	— a	550	550

Russian Federation	—	— a 	286	b

Ukraine	53.1	53.1	—	—

United States of America	—	— a	1900	1900

Total	53.1	53.1	2736	2450

	a	As approved by the Parties at their fifteenth meeting (document
UNEP/OzL.Pro/15/9, 			decision XV/4 and annex I).

		b	The Technology and Economic Assessment Panel will review the
nomination in 2005.

