MALAYSIA'S ODS HISTORY / MAIN EVENTS

MALAYSIA'S ODS HISTORY / MAIN EVENTS



October 1985


Establishment of the National Steering Committee (NSC) for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.

5 May 1989


Malaysia Participated in the First Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, Helsinki, Finland.

29 August 1989


Ratified the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

20-23 February 1990


International Conference on Tropical Ozone and Atmospheric Change, Penang.

20 June 1990


Malaysia elected as a member of EXCOM for the year 1991-1993 in the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, London.

23 March 1991


Malaysia's First ODS Country Programme and Phase-Out Project Approved by the Multilateral Fund.

18 June 1991


Malaysia elected as Vice President of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Nairobi for the year 1992.

8 November 1992


First Phase-Out Project Agreement Signed by EPU.

8 January 1993


Launching of Ozone Monitoring Station by Meteorological Services Department (MSD).

25 February 1993


Launching of Joint Initiative on Elimination of ODS between the Government, USEPA and JEMA.

24-26 April 1993


KL-USEPA Conference on the Elimination of ODS Solvent Industry.

5 August 1993


Malaysia Ratified the London Amendment (1990).

18 September 1993


Announcement on Control of ODS Under Application Permit System.

23 October 1993


Malaysia elected as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund in Bangkok for the year 1994. Malaysia reelected as a member of the EXCOM for the year 1994.

3 November 1993


Malaysia Ratified the Copenhagen Amendment (1992).

31 December 1993


Gazettment of Environmental Quality (Prohibition on the Use of Chlorofluorocarbons and Halon and Other Gases as Propellants and Blowing Agents) Order 1993.

21 June 1994


Launching of Agreement on MAC Recycling Project.

6 October 1994


Malaysia elected as Vice President of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Nairobi for the year 1995.

20 December 1994


Inaugaral Malaysia Ozone Layer Protection Award (MOLPA).

28 October 1999


Gazetted of Environmental Quality (Refrigeration Management) Regulations 1999.

28 October 1999


Gazetted of Environmental Quality (Halon Management) Regulations 1999.

5 October 2001


Malaysia Ratified the 1997 Montreal Amendment and 1999 Beijing Amendment.

25 Mac 2003


36th Meeting of National Steering Committee on Ozone Protection.

19 May 2003
Working Group on MDI.

13 June 2003


Briefing on Refrigerant and Halon Management Regulation to PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur.

6-7 July 2003


ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Kuala Lumpur.

7-11 July 2003
23rd OEWG Meeting, Montreal.

31 July 2003


Seminar ODS Phase-Out Programme (NCFC/P) 2000-2010, Putrajaya.

27-28 August 2003


Refrigerant Recovery, Reclaimation and Recycling Training Course, Shah Alam.

13-19 September 2003


MEAs Workshop – Compliance and Enforcement, Colombo.

15-25 September 2003
Dissemination on ODS in Formations.

25 September 2003

Meeting with ODS Chemical Supplier Individually.

26 September 2003
Meeting with Foam Sector.

27 September 2003
Meeting with CFC Distributors.

29 September –

2 October 2003
Asia Pasific Methyl Bromide Alternative/ Phosphine, Ho Chi Minh City.

6 October 2003


37th Meeting of National Steering Committee on Ozone Protection.

8-11 October 2003
2003 ODSONET Meeting, Phuket.

13-15 October 2003


Workshop on Control and Monitoring of ODS-Custom Consumption, Phuket.

16 October 2003


MAC Sector-air-cond workshop/refrigerants/ compressor distributors.

17 October 2003
Meeting with Refrigeration Sector.

18 October 2003
Meeting with Solvent Sector.

22 October 2003


Briefing and roundtable discussion on MAC Servicing Sector CFC Phase-Out, Putrajaya.

23 October 2003


Seminar HCFC Alternative and Energy Improvered, Putrajaya.

21-25 October 2003
Dissemination of poster, leaflets on ozone protection during Malaysia Environment Week celebration.

27-30 October 2003


Training for operator handling R&R MAC Servicing Workshop, Shah Alam.

8-14 November 2003
15th COP Meeting of MP, Nairobi.

10 November 2003
Working Group on MDI.

20 Disember 2003
Working Group on Refrigeration