DENR Administrative Order No. 25 of 2013 on revised Regulations on the Chemical Control Order for Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS).

This Order, consisting of 21 sections and 4 Appendixes, It is the policy of the State to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or environment. This policy includes the export and destruction of ozone depleting substances to abate or minimize risks and hazards to the stratospheric ozone, public health, and the environment. This CCO aims to: include the legal infrastructure to support the implementation of the Philippine Hydro chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out Management Plan (HPMP); and sustain the phase-out of other ozone depleting substances. This CCO covers the regulation, control, restriction or prohibition of the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, export, distribution, use, disposal, storage, possession and destruction of chemical substances under Annex A, Groups I and II; Annex B, Groups I, II and III; and Annex C, Groups I and II of the Montreal Protocol, as amended, listed in Appendix I.