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Exemptions, $420 millloin phase-out support considered in ozone meeting.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 30-JUN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 June 2005-UN: Exemptions, $420 millloin phase-out support considered in ozone meeting(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:29062005

MONTREAL - The 189-member Governments of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer will decide this week on how best to manage the phase-out of methyl bromide, an effective fumigant and pesticide for strawberries, flowers and other high-value crops that also damages the Earth's protective ozone shield.

They will also consider the level of funding that should be made available during the three-year period 2006-2008 to enable developing countries to continue complying with their numerous reduction obligations under the Protocol.

After successfully eliminating virtually all uses of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - historically, the greatest cause of ozone destruction - a number of developed countries have struggled to phase out methyl bromide by the agreed 1 January 2005 deadline.

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