Resumed Session of the 36th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG36)
of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
and 27th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 27)

The resumed session of the thirty-sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG 36) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer will be held from 29-30 October 2015 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The twenty-seventh meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 27) will meet thereafter, from 1-5 November 2015.

The resumed session of OEWG 36 will continue and conclude its discussions under agenda item7, the outcome of the intersessional informal discussions on the feasibility and ways of managing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

The MOP 27 preparatory segment will take place from 1-3 November 2015. It is expected to consider the outcome of OEWG 36, as well as, inter alia, issues related to exemptions under Article 2 of the Protocol, including nominations for essential-use exemptions for 2016 and nominations for critical-use exemptions for 2016 and 2017 and issues related to ozone-depleting substances. The proposed amendments to the Protocol will also be considered.

The MOP 27 high-level segment (HLS) will take place from 4-5 November 2015, and will hear presentations by the assessment panels on their synthesis of the 2014 quadrennial assessments and by the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund (MLF) on the work of the Executive Committee, the MLF Secretariat and the MLF’s implementing agencies. The HLS will also consider the decisions recommended for adoption by MOP 27.