Proposed Regulations

Regulations Amending the Ozone-depleting Substances Regulations, 1998

The purpose of the proposed Regulations Amending the Ozone-depleting Substances Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the "proposed Regulations") is to add flexibility within the Regulations to allow transfers of methyl bromide among the companies that have been granted a critical or emergency use exemption in a given year. The proposed amendments would encourage the use of alternatives and allow industry to optimize the efficiency of the limited quantities of methyl bromide available for critical and emergency use exemptions in Canada. These principles are part of the Canadian National Management Strategy for the Phase-out of Methyl Bromide Critical Use Exemptions (the Strategy). (see footnote 1) The development and implementation of the Strategy was required by Decision Ex.I/4 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) made at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties of March 2004.

Contact Information:

Jacinthe Girard
Domestic and International Substances Programs, Industrial Sectors Division
Environment Canada
Gatineau, Quebec   K1A 0H3
Phone number: 819-953-4168
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Email address: jacinthe.girard@ec.gc.ca

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