Ozone Depleting Substances - Production Restrictions

Although Indonesia has signed and ratified the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances the reality has also been that small scale local industries have continued to utilize these substances in the refrigeration and foam production processes as a cost reducing mechanism.

Nevertheless, the Minister of Industry has revisited this issue in Regulation No. 33/M-IND/PER/4/2007 and the prohibition against the use of ozone depleting substances. Yet, the prohibition does not come into full force until 30 June 2008 and the prohibition is not absolute as ozone depleting substances will still be permitted in order to maintain goods that use them from 1 July 2008.