Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 10:00 Paris / CET time (France will switch to Central European Summer Time)
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Virtual ceremony of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Montreal Protocol Award for Customs and Enforcement Officers (5th edition) : This meeting is part of the activities of UNEP OzonAction's Regional Montreal Protocol Network for Europe and Central Asia (ECA network). Simultaneous English – Russian interpretation will be provided.
We congratulate and thank the awardees from Bulgaria, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, as well as the European Commission and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for their strong commitment in addressing illegal / unwanted trade in ozone-depleting and fluorinated global warming substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol and its Kigali Amendment. They shall receive the prestigious Montreal Protocol medals and certificates.
Their nominations and case descriptions have been validated by the World Customs Organization, the Ozone Secretariat and UNEP Law Division / OzonAction. In total, 64 seizures were reported during the period 2019-2020: 14,617 refrigerant cylinders / ISO containers with more than 380 metric tons of HFCs, HCFCs and CFCs, and 215 pieces of equipment. Informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) consultations between ECA countries and their trade partners prior to the issuance of the mandatory export and import licenses avoided 12 unwanted / illegal shipments of more than 167 metric tons of HCFCs and halons during the period 2019-2020. The attached report describes the results, seizure and iPIC cases and related statistics of the 5th edition.
