Sum of mebendazole methyl (5-(1-hydroxy, 1-phenyl) methyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) carbamate and (2-amino-1H-benzimidazol-5-yl) phenylmethanone, expressed as mebendazole equivalents

In view of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market , which banned the use of methyl bromide as a biocide by 1 September 2006, and Decision 2008/753/EC, which banned the use of methyl bromide as a plant protection product by 18 March 2010, the use of methyl bromide for quarantine and pre-shipment applications should also be banned by 18 March 2010.

(11) In view of Regulation 2032/2003 which banned the use of methyl bromide as a biocide by 1 September 2006, and Commission Decision 2008/753/EC which banned the use of methyl bromide as a plant protection product by 18 March 2010, the use of methyl bromide for quarantine and pre-shipment applications should also be banned by 18 March 2010.

The European Community considered that the environmental intent of the Montreal Protocol was not to allow production of methyl bromide that would exceed 30% of a Party’s base level since any more would be considered ‘phasing in’ rather than ‘phasing out’ methyl bromide.

Agreement was reached on a 30% limit for any production of methyl bromide necessary to satisfy critical uses and, in addition, the Parties agreed a number of decisions that would encourage the phase out of methyl bromide for critical uses.

The amount of methyl bromide requested by the United States alone exceeded to total amount of methyl bromide requested by all the other Parties combined.