Montreal Protocol

The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is a landmark international agreement designed to protect the stratospheric ozone layer from depletion due to ozone (O₃) reaction with halogenated hydrocarbons.

Focal Office:

Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)

Date Ratified:

July 17, 1991

Focal Persons:

National Coordinator fpr ODS Phase-out Program
ATTY. ANALIZA REBUELTA-TEH
       Undersecretary
National Coordinator ODS Phase-out Program
       Department of Environment and Natural Resources
       Tel. Nos. - (632) 925 2327, (632) 926 2672

METODIO U. TURBELLA
Director
DENR - Environmental Management Bureau
Tel. No. - (632) 920 2246
Email - emb@emb.gov.ph

National Ozone Units Focal Point
ELVIRA S. PAUSING
Program Manager, Philippine Ozone Desk
DENR - Environmental Management Bureau
Tel. No. - (632) 928 4696
Email - philippineozonedesk@yahoo.com

Commitments:

The treaty calls for the phase out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and provides a timetable on the ban and elimination of their production. The treaty provides a timetable on the phase-out of ODS, taking into consideration the allowance for developing countries (Article 5) to delay their compliance with the prescribed control measures by ten years.

Parties to the Protocol are required to report annually on production and consumption of ozone depleting substances.

Policy Issuances:

EMB Philippine Ozone Desk - Policies

Sources / Relevant Links:

http://ozone.unep.org/en/treaties-and-decisions/montreal-protocol-substances-deplete-ozone-layer
http://airquality-embdenr.com/

Status:

Updates

The Philippines, through the Philippine Ozone Desk of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is currently undertaking the following projects to realize the chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) phase-out in the country:
1. The Institutional Strengthening Project (ISP)
2. Methyl Bromide Phase-out Strategy Formulation
3. National CFC Phase-out Plan
4. Philippine Chillers Energy Efficiency Project (PCEEP)
5. ODS - Institutional Strengthening Project Phase IX
6. HCFC Phase-out Management Plan Stage 1 and 2

The DENR through the EMB has already completed the ban on five of the six groups of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) namely: chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, carbon tetrachloride (CTC), methyl chloroform and methyl bromide (non-quarantine pre-shipment or non-QPS). The remaining group of the ODS to be phased out is hydrochlorofluorocarbons or HCFCs. HCFC-141b, widely used as a blowing agent, is the first species of HCFCs to be phased-out in the country because it has the highest ozone-depleting potential (ODP).

In 2004, the Philippines released a Chemical Control Order (CCO) for the phase-out of ODS. It is expected that 97.5% of HCFC blends have been prohibited by 2030.

Latest Activities

59th Meeting of the Implementation Committee Under the Non-Compliance Procedure of the Montreal Protocol [18 November 2017; Montreal , Canada]

28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [19 November 2017; Montreal , Canada]

9th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [20-24 November 2017; Montreal , Canada]

58th Meeting of the Implementation Committee Under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol [9 July 2017; Bangkok, Thailand]

39th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [11-14 July 2017; Bangkok , Thailand]

28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer [10-14 October 2016; Kigali, Rwanda] - Attended by Undersecretary Atty. Jonas R. Leones (International Affairs and Foreign Assisted Programs) and Ms. Ella Deocadiz (EMB)

57th Meeting of the Implementation Committee Under the Non-Compliance Procedure of the Montreal Protocol and Bureau of the 27th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [9 October 2016; Kigali , Rwanda]

Resumed 38th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [8 October 2016; Kigali , Rwanda]

38th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [18-21 July 2016; Vienna , Austria] - Attended by Undersecretary Analiza Rebuelta-Teh (Legislative Affairs and Attached Agencies)

3rd Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [22-23 July 2016; Vienna , Austria] - Attended by Undersecretary Analiza Rebuelta-Teh (Legislative Affairs and Attached Agencies)

37th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [04-08 April 2016; Geneva, Switzerland] - Attended by Dr. Eva S. Ocfemia (EMB)

COP 10 to the Vienna Convention and MOP 26 to the Montreal Protocol [17-21, November 2014; Paris] - Attended by Undersecretary Analiza Rebuelta-Teh (Legislative Affairs and Attached Agencies), Ms. Ella Deocadiz and Ms. Elvira Pausing (EMB)

This Page was updated on 19 March 2018 and will be updated on 19 July 2018