Decision on Chemical Controls under the Montreal Protocol, No. 1686/MONRE, on 7 April 2021
关于蒙特利尔议定书下化学品管理的决定，第1686号/自然资源与环境部，2021年4月7日
ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງ ວ່າດ້ວຍການຄຸ້ມຄອງເຄມີພາຍໃຕ້ອະນຸສັນຍາມົງເຣອານ, ເລກທີ 1686/ກຊສ, ລົງວັນທີ 7 ເມສາ 2021
Summary
This Decision stipulates rules, procedures, and measures relating to the management, supervision, and monitoring of commercial practices and use of chemicals under the Montreal Protocol and chemical containers, aiming to prevent ozone layer depletion, protect the global climate, and promote sustainability and green socio-economic development by controlling, reducing, and eliminating the use of ozone-depleting chemicals. This Decision applies to the import, export, distribution, servicing, storage, transportation, and use of such chemicals, and specifies relevant definitions and management requirements.
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Article 1
Article 1 Objective
This Decision is made for rules, procedures, and measures relating to the management and
monitoring of the conduct of business and the use of chemicals under the Montreal Protocol and
the Chemical Containers. By controlling, reducing, and eliminating the use of ozone-depleting
chemicals released to ozone depletion, protecting global warming, restoring the ozone layer, and
reducing the impact on life, the health of people, animals, plants, other organisms, and ecosystems.
Contributing to sustainability and green socio-economic development.
Article 2
Article 2 Chemical controls under the Montreal Protocol
Chemical management under the Montreal Protocol is the implementation of measures to regulate
the business operation. Also, the use of such chemicals by the technical standards to ensure the
safety of health, life, property, environment, and society.
Article 3
Article 3. Definitions
1. Chemicals under the Montreal Protocol refer to chemicals that are regulated under the
protocol in the form of solvents or as compounds that deplete the ozone layer (ODS). When
it, is released into the atmosphere, depletes the ozone layer and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
that cause global warming;
2. The Montreal Protocol refers to the International Environmental Protocol to which Lao PDR
is a party, which aims to reduce and eliminate the use of ozone-depleting chemicals. In
reducing the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by promoting the use of alternative
chemicals to restore the ozone layer and reduce the impact on life, health of people, animals,
plants, other organisms, and ecosystems;
3. Chemical equipment under the Montreal Protocol refers to equipment containing chemicals
for use in various purposes such as refrigeration, air conditioning, fire extinguishing
systems, fire extinguishing tanks;
4. Quantity of chemicals refers to the number of chemicals that are allowed to be imported or
exported based on the annually chemical import volume plan under the Montreal Protocol;
5. Doing business on chemicals and chemical packaging equipment under the Montreal
Protocol refers to the operation of import-export, distribution, service, storage,
transportation, and use of such chemicals and chemical packaging;
6. Particle refers to a unit used to refer to the smallest or smallest particles, such as electrons,
molecules, neutrons, and protons;
7. Global warming capacity refers to the potential for global warming over one hundred years,
based on the radiation of carbon dioxide (CO2) that causes greenhouse gases;
8. Counterfeit chemicals under the Montreal Protocol refer to chemicals that have the same
name, substance, or shape as or similar to those registered under the Montreal Protocol,
which have different characteristics or different ingredients;
9. Non-standard chemicals under the Montreal Protocol refer to chemicals that are low quality,
contain impurities, or have improper ingredients by the registered chemical properties
specified in the Montreal Protocol.
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