[1] CURRENT CONTROLS ON HCFCs : Article 2 Countries: In Copenhagen, for Article 2 countries, the Parties agreed to a (i) a freeze in 1996 based on 3.1% cap., (ii) 35% cut in 2004, (iii) 65% in 2010, (iv) 90% in 2015, (v) 99.5% in 2020 and (vi) phase out in 2030.

The Vienna agreements call for (i) same interim cuts; (ii) phase out in 2020; (iii) 2.8% cap and (iv) 0.5% "service tail" until 2030.

Since, Copenhagen represented a 99.5% cut in 2020, with a phase out in 2030, and Vienna is a phase out in 2020 with a 0.5% exemption until 2030, and considering that 2.8% cap is maximum OECD will use in practice anyway, the agreements in Vienna mean zero improvements for ozone layer protection since 1992.

Article 5 Countries: Article 5 (industrializing countries) will initiate a freeze as of 2016, based on consumption levels of 2015, and will phase out as of 2040. TEAP is to prepare a study on the impacts of this phase out schedule by the year 2000.
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[2] CURRENT CONTROLS ON METHYL BROMIDE

Article 2 Countries: The Parties to the Montreal Protocol agreed in Copenhagen (1992) to freeze methyl bromide consumption in Article 2 countries in 1995 at 1991 levels. At the time no controls were placed on consumption in Article 5 countries, but there was a legal decision to agree on control measures in Vienna.

In Vienna, the Parties agreed to incremental phase out in Article 2 countries, at 25% reduction by 2001, 50% cut by 2005, and 100% phase out by 2010, with exemptions for quarantine and pre-shipment, and further agricultural exemptions to be calculated by TEAP.

Article 5 Countries: For Article 5 countries a consumption freeze in 2002 was agreed upon, with a baseline set at the average of 1995-98 levels. Presently, there is no phase out for developing countries, and there is an agreement to negotiate new controls, which may or may not include a possible phase out, in 1997. This arrangement gives an incentive for massive expansion of use over the next 3 years, and a potential inducement to industry for building new production facilities in developing countries.
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