Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel


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This text represents the responses of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) to several of the 1999 and 2000 requests made by Meetings of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, as well as responses to requests made in earlier Meetings of the Parties. These include Decisions VII/34- "Essential Use nominations for Parties not operating under Article 5 for controlled substances"; XII/2- "Measures to facilitate the transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free metered dose inhalers"; X/19- "Exemption for Laboratory and Analytical Uses"; X/7- "Halon-management strategies"; XI/19-"Assessment of new substances"; IX/6- "Critical-use exemptions for methyl bromide"; X/8- "New Substances with Ozone- Depleting Potential"; X/14 -"Process agents"; VII/34- "Progress and Development in the Control of Substances"; and VII/34- "Background and Contact Information for TEAP Members and TOCs." c. Book News Inc.







2002 Report of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee


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The Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC) was established by parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to identify existing and potential alternatives to methyl bromide (MB). This 2002 Assessment reports on MB usage, the quantities produced and consumed, and existing and potential alternate treatments for its use as a fumigant.