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The UNEP DTIE OzonAction Branch assists developing countries and countries with economies in transition (CEITs) to enable them to achieve and sustain compliance with the Montreal Protocol. With our programme's assistance, countries are able to make informed decisions about alternative technologies and ozone-friendly policies.

 

Training Manual for Customs Officers: Saving the Ozone Layer - Phasing out Ozone Depleting Substances in Developing Countries - Second Edition.
This second edition takes into account the developments in the international trade and provides new material to reflect the changes in the Montreal Protocol, Harmonised System codes, licensing systems and other relevant information since it's original publication in 2001.

 

Special Supplement 6 - Illegal Trade in ODS
A special issue of the OzonAction Newsletter focussing on the causes and method of illegal trade in ODS and how the international community is combatting it. Available in English, Français, Español. UNEP OzonAction Programme, October 2001.


 

UNEP Ozone Secretariat
Based at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya the Ozone Secretariat is the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention and for the Montreal Protocol, functioning in accordance with Article 7 of the Vienna Convention and Article 12 of the Montreal Protocol, respectively. Its main duties include arranging for and servicing the Conference of the Parties, Meetings of the Parties, their Committees, Bureaux, Working Groups and Assessment Panels; arranging for implementing the decisions of these meetings; monitoring the implementation of the Convention and the Protocol; Report to the meetings of the Parties and to the implementation committee; representing the Convention and the Protocol in the relevant international bodies; and providing information.

Multilateral Fund Secretariat
The Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.

Environmental Investigation Agency
EIA is an international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime. EIA is the only international NGO working to expose the smuggling of ODS. EIA's evidence on the global illegal trade in CFCs and halons has been presented to Montreal Protocol member countries, as well as enforcement agencies around the world.

INECE (International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement) - Ozone Forum Page

INECE Seaport Environmental Security Network
INECE is preparing the establishment of a Seaport Environmental Security Network. This Network will consist of authorities involved in the monitoring and control of cross-border movements of waste shipped through ports. The focus will initially be on hazardous waste and recyclables, but could eventually be expanded to encompass other dangerous and regulated good and commodities.

Three publications (in Spanish) by Dominican Republic Customs: Que es el Convenio de Rotterdam? Que hace la Direccion General de Aduanas en beneficio del Protocolo de Montreal y la Copa de Ozono? Que es la iniciativa Aduanas Verdes?, Revista Aduanas, edition marzo 2011