1. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme ECA enforcement network Budapest, Hungary, 12-14 October 2009 Enforcement related initiatives in ECA Halvart Koeppen, Regional Network Coordinator (ECA) Tel: +33-144371432, Email: halvart.koppen@unep.orghalvart.koppen@unep.org UNEP ECA webpage: http://www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/networks/eca.asp ECA website: http://fr1.estis.net/sites/ecanetwork/ ECA brochure: www.unep.fr/ozonaction/information/mmcfiles/4869-e-ecabooklet.pdf

2. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme ECA network 3 sub-regions: –Balkan, Caucasus, Central Asia 12 MLF-supported Article 5 countries: –Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia FYR, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan 4 GEF-supported countries with economies in transition: –Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Candidate countries to accede European Union –Croatia, Macedonia FYR, Turkey Potential candidate countries: –Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia Network languages: –English, Russian Illegal trade in ODS: –Mainly Central Asian countries concerned –Increasing risk of illegal trade in CFC, HCFC & equipment

3. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme Enforcement related publications Training Manual for Customs Officers (UNEP) English, Russian Green Customs Guide (GCI) English, Russian Combating Illegal Trade in ODS – A Guide for Enforcement Officers (EIA, SIDA, UNEP) English, Russian, Croatian, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Romanian Video in English Enforcement tools Customs Quick Tool (UNEP) Database on trade names of chemicals (UNEP) Enforcement related videos Environmental Crime: Our Planet – Our Problem (EIA) Nothing to Declare: Good Customs to Save the Ozone Layer (UNEP)

4. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme Past enforcement initiatives Customs meetings in 2000 and 2004 Hungary Trilateral meeting on border control in 2005 Kyrgyzstan Regional Green Customs meetings in 2006 Uzbekistan, Georgia Side event on environmental crime during Environment for Europe ministerial conference in 2007 Serbia MEA Enforcement Network Meeting in 2008 (organised by AP) Thailand China ECA Dialog in 2009 (organised by ECA & AP) China

5. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme Environment for Europe Contribution of the Montreal Protocol to preventing illegal trade in ODS Joint exhibition stand with Basel Convention Director of ROE Deputy Minister of Env.

6. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme Ongoing initiatives Cooperation with WCO’s RILOs Cooperation agreement with RILO CIS Participation in meetings of RILO CIS & ECE & WE Briefing on Montreal Protocol and Green Customs Compilation of MEA / RILO / SAICM focal points Compilation of cases of illegal trade in ODS by RILO CIS Reporting cases / methods of illegal trade in ODS Ozone Secretariat to inform Meeting of Parties WCO and RILOs (CEN, Environet), Interpol (Eco-message) Countries that they do not wish to import ODS products Kyrgyzstan Participation in informal Prior Informed Consent initiative (iPIC) Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

7. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme RILO CIS Based in Moscow with 9 member countries - 3 are also members of the ECA network and 4 are GEF-supported CEIT countries …

8. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme RILO ECE Based in Warsaw with 17 countries - 7 are also members of the ECA network and 2 are bilateral partners …

9. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme ECA REN - deliverables Meeting report & recommendations ECA REN bilingual website (and e-forum ?) iPIC participation Enforcement tools & case studies Desk study on discrepancies of reported import & export data Cooperation with other enforcement networks Synergies with back-to-back Green Customs workshop Virtual conference to review ECA REN implementation status

10. United Nations Environment Programme Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia Compliance Assistance Programme Up-coming initiatives ECA network meeting, Turkey, April 2010 ECA regional enforcement network meeting, Turkmenistan, October 2010 ECA regional Green Customs workshop, Turkmenistan, October 2010 Cooperation with UN ODC on customs training in Turkmenistan

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