Europe accelerates CFC phaseout, Germany scuttles eco-audit plan

Journal Article · Wed Dec 23 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Chemical Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:6778265

Chynoweth, E

European Community environment ministers agreed to push up chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and carbon tetrachloride phaseout dates to January 1, 1995, with an 85% cut from 1986 levels by January 1, 1994. The new schedule - a year ahead of that recently agreed to in the Montreal Protocol revision - puts Europe's refrigeration and air-conditioning industry under intense pressure. This sector increased CFC consumption by 4% between 1986 and 1991, leaving itself two years to achieve phaseout and just a year to cut use by 85%. Environment ministers ratified revisions of the Montreal Protocol for halons, with a phaseout date of January 1, 1994, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane with phaseout by January 1, 1996, and 50% reduction by January 1, 1994. They also ordered the European Commission to tackle four other CFC issues by the end of February 1993. These are HCFC and methyl bromide production controls, a policy for recovery and recycling of ozone-depleting substances, and definitions of essential uses.

• OSTI ID: 6778265
• Journal Information: Chemical Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Week; (United States) Vol. 151:25; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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