Ms Sonja RužinOzone Officer

Republic of SerbiaMinistry of Environment and Spatial Planning

National Ozone Unit

Side Event: Risk assessment of illegal trade in HCFCs and preventive measures30th OEWGGeneva, Switzerland, 15 June 2010

Experience on iPIC and Experience on iPIC and consolidation of data discrepancies consolidation of data discrepancies

in Republic of Serbiain Republic of Serbia

OUTLINE:

Application of iPIC mechanism in Serbia Experiences and examples in using iPIC

mechanism Consolidation of export data discrepancies

(based on data from 2008) Conclusions

Case 1. Issuance of import licenseCase 1. Issuance of import licenseexporting country submitted iPIC info sheet & exporting company is listedSince ECA meeting -only notification to the exporting country

If NOT

Case 2. Consultations with the NOU in exporting countryCase 2. Consultations with the NOU in exporting countrysending an e-mail to NOU to the exporting country with explanation of the case in questionasking if the company is registeredasking if the company submitted application for export license to Serbia(the same procedure for export of ODSs, but rarely)

E1: Import of R-22 (7.344 metric kg) and R-406a (2.720 metric kg) in February 2010

Producer and exporter: ChinaConsultations with NOU China – exporting company is not an

eligible exporter of R-22 and R-406aResult: based on this information, our importer decided to

withdraw his application

E2: Export of reclaimed R-123 (900 metric kg) to Serbia (initiated by EU) in February 2010.Exporter: Italy

Consultation with EU - we confirmed that importer is eligible and that he applied for the license, license was issued

Result: EU issued export license for reclaimed substance

E3: Import of R-406А (2.040 metric kg) in April 2010.Producer and exporter: ChinaConsultation with the NOU China – confirmed that exporter is

eligible, but didn’t applied for export of R-406A to SerbiaResult: import license is issued after receiving information that

exporter applied for export license in China

E5: Import of R-22 (1000 metric kg) in May/June 2010.Origin: GermanyExporter: ItalyNotification to EU that import license will be issued – company didn’t apply for export license to SerbiaResults: company submitted application for export to Serbiaapplication was rejected because there is a ban in EU for placing on the market of HCFCs (Italian company can not buy HCFC in EU)option – export to Serbia can be done directly by the German company, but they have to submit application for export license

 

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Annex Group Countries reporting exports

New exports (MT)

Imports analysis by

Serbia

New imports (MT)

Discrepancies

(MT)

A I European European Union Union

75,989 75,989 European European Union Union

75,6165 75,6165 0,373 0,373

ChinaChina 1,9041,904 1,9 1,9

Total: 75,98975,989 77,520577,5205

B II CroatiaCroatia 0,2860,286 CroatiaCroatia 0,28490,2849 ~ 0 ~ 0

European European Union Union

1,4471,447 European European Union Union

1,61471,6147 0,167 0,167

Total: 1,7331,733 1,89961,8996

C I ChinaChina 16,32016,320 ChinaChina 00 16,32 16,32

CroatiaCroatia 31,82431,824 CroatiaCroatia 31,82431,824 0 0

European European Union Union

9,9619,961 European European Union Union

8,9928,992 0,9690,969

SingaporeSingapore 87,70487,704 87,7 87,7

Total: 58,10558,105 128,5189128,5189

NOU Serbia contacted all 4 countries that were exporting to Serbia in 2008

Croatia – confirmation that our data matchSingapore – information that Serbia had

significant import of HCFC from Singapore, with suggestion that it should be reported to the Ozone Secretariat

China – information that R-12 has been imported from China

- request for more information on reported export of R-22 to Serbia (importing company, time of export etc.)We are still waiting for the feedback from Singapore and China.

EU – results of the discrepancy analysisSubstanc

eEU

data (kg)

Serbian data (kg)

Result

A/I

R-11 60320 60320 √√

R-12 14144 14144 √√

R-113 869 852,5 Conversion issue (l↦kg) √√

R-114 600 300 Case of double reporting by EU √√

B/II

CTC 1447 1611 1 reliable importer/exporter (√)(√)

C/I

R-22 9481 8488 Two bulk licenses issued in EU, waiting for detailed information (?)(?)

R-124 ? 14,5 checking – license issued, didn’t report back (√)(√)

R-141b 480 480 √√

R-401A 0 10 Possible illegal export (!)(!)

ConclusionsConclusions

i-PIC mechanism is useful tool to prevent illegal trade and also to avoid discrepancies in reported dataImportant that countries submit their iPIC info sheets (sharing is improved this year)For Serbia it was easy to implement Importers accepted it quite well (they are urging their counterparts to obtain export licenses)Very good feedback from all countries that we had consultations with(in iPIC related consultations as well as in identifying sources of discrepancies)