Regional strategy to comply with the Montreal Protocol in Pacific Island Countries

Abstract

The Montreal Protocol requires developing countries to control the consumption (production + import - export) of CFCs. Developing countries do not have to control the imports of HCFCs until 2015 and all QPS uses of methyl bromide are exempted (provided the country has ratified the 1992 Copenhagen Amendment). Therefore the focus of regional activities in the Pacific will have to ensure the sustainable phase out of CFCs and that there is no "back- sliding" once phase-out has been achieved.