Data on contribution of the Republic of Moldova to this chapter are not estimated/inventoried nor reported.
In July 1996, Moldova ratified the Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Accession to the Vienna Convention was more an economic question.  In fact, Moldova does not produce any chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); it  imports them mainly from the Russian Federation.  As the Russian Federation had ratified the Vienna Convention, which bans the export of CFCs to non-Party countries, Moldova acceded to the Vienna Convention for the purpose of maintaining these economic relations with Russia.  Imported CFCs are used for the production of refrigerators in Chisinau, as well as for repairing refrigerators.  Financial assistance for consultations leading to the drawing-up of a national programme to phase out ozone-depleting substances has been received from UNEP.