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the industries of the importing Parties, either through an excessive supply at low prices which might introduce unnecessary new uses or harm the local industries, or through an inadequate supply which might harm the user industries;
To request the Scientific Assessment Panel to study and report, by 31 March 1994 at the latest, through the Secretariat, on the impact on the ozone layer of continued use of recycled controlled substances and of the utilization or non-utilization of available environmentally sound alternatives/substitutes and to request the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to consider the report and to submit their recommendations to the Sixth Meeting of the Parties;
To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to review and report, by 31 March 1994 at the latest, through the Secretariat, on:
(a) The technologies for recovery, reclamation, recycling and leakage control;
(b) The quantities available for economically feasible recycling and the demand for recycled substances by all Parties;
(c) The scope for meeting the basic domestic needs of the Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol through recycled substances;
(d) The modalities to promote the widest possible use of alternatives/substitutes with a view to increasing their usage and release their reclaimed substances to Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol;
and
(e) Other relevant issues and to recommend policies with respect to recovery, reclamation and recycling, keeping in mind the effective implementation of the Montreal Protocol;
To request the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol to consider the reports of the Scientific Assessment Panel and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and any recommendations in this regard made by the Executive Committee and submit their recommendations to the Sixth Meeting of the Parties, in 1994;
Decision IV/25.
Essential uses
To apply the following criteria and procedure in assessing an essential use for the purposes of control measures in Article 2 of
the Protocol:
(a) That a use of a controlled substance should qualify as "essential" only if:
(i) It is necessary for the health, safety or is critical for the functioning of society (encompassing cultural and intellectual aspects); and
(ii) There are no available technically and economically
feasible alternatives or substitutes that are acceptable from the standpoint of environment and health;
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