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2.c. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Copenhagen, 25 November 1992

 

Entry into force: 14 June 1994, in accordance with article 3 (1) of the amendment.
Registration: 14 June 1994, No. 26369.
Status: ,Parties: 179.
Text: Annex III of the Report of the Fourth Meeting (UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/15); depositary notifications C.N.200.1993.TREATIES-2 of 17 September 1993 (procès-verbal of rectification of the English authentic text of the amendment); C.N.96.1994.TREATIES-3 of 16 August 1994 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts); and C.N.279.1994.TREATIES-8 of 14 December 1994 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts). 

Note: The amendment was adopted by Decision IV/4 (amendment) at the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which was held in Copenhagen from 23 to 25 November 1992.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant  Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a), Succession (d) 
Afghanistan  17 Jun 2004 a 
Albania  25 May 2006 a 
Algeria  31 May 2000 
Antigua and Barbuda  19 Jul 1993 a 
Argentina  20 Apr 1995 a 
Armenia  26 Nov 2003 a 
Australia  30 Jun 1994 A 
Austria  19 Sep 1996 A 
Azerbaijan  12 Jun 1996 a 
Bahamas  4 May 1993 a 
Bahrain  13 Mar 2001 
Bangladesh  27 Nov 2000 A 
Barbados  20 Jul 1994 A 
Belarus  13 Mar 2007 A 
Belgium  7 Aug 1997 
Belize  9 Jan 1998 a 
Benin  21 Jun 2000 
Bhutan  23 Aug 2004 a 
Bolivia  3 Oct 1994 a 
Bosnia and Herzegovina  11 Aug 2003 a 
Botswana  13 May 1997 a 
Brazil  25 Jun 1997 
Bulgaria  28 Apr 1999 
Burkina Faso  12 Dec 1995 
Burundi  18 Oct 2001 A 
Cambodia  31 Jan 2007 a 
Cameroon  25 Jun 1996 A 
Canada  16 Mar 1994 
Cape Verde  31 Jul 2001 a 
Chad  30 May 2001 
Chile  14 Jan 1994 
China1  22 Apr 2003 a 
Colombia  5 Aug 1997 A 
Comoros  2 Dec 2002 a 
Congo  19 Oct 2001 a 
Cook Islands  22 Dec 2003 a 
Costa Rica  11 Nov 1998 
Côte d'Ivoire  8 Oct 2003 
Croatia  11 Feb 1997 
Cuba  19 Oct 1998 AA 
Cyprus  2 Jun 2003 A 
Czech Republic  18 Dec 1996 a 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea  17 Jun 1999 a 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  30 Nov 1994 a 
Denmark2  21 Dec 1993 A 
Djibouti  30 Jul 1999 a 
Dominica  7 Mar 2006 a 
Dominican Republic  24 Dec 2001 a 
Ecuador  24 Nov 1993 A 
Egypt  28 Jun 1994 
El Salvador  8 Dec 2000 a 
Equatorial Guinea  11 Jul 2007 a 
Eritrea  5 Jul 2005 a 
Estonia  12 Apr 1999 
European Community  20 Nov 1995 AA 
Fiji  17 May 2000 a 
Finland  16 Nov 1993 A 
France  3 Jan 1996 AA 
Gabon  4 Dec 2000 a 
Georgia  12 Jul 2000 a 
Germany  28 Dec 1993 
Ghana  9 Apr 2001 
Greece  30 Jan 1995 
Grenada  20 May 1999 a 
Guatemala  21 Jan 2002 a 
Guinea-Bissau  12 Nov 2002 a 
Guyana  23 Jul 1999 A 
Haiti  29 Mar 2000 a 
Honduras  24 Jan 2002 
Hungary  17 May 1994 a 
Iceland  15 Mar 1994 
India  3 Mar 2003 a 
Indonesia  10 Dec 1998 a 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  4 Aug 1997 A 
Ireland  16 Apr 1996 A 
Israel  5 Apr 1995 
Italy  4 Jan 1995 
Jamaica  6 Nov 1997 
Japan  20 Dec 1994 A 
Jordan  30 Jun 1995 
Kenya  27 Sep 1994 
Kiribati  9 Aug 2004 a 
Kuwait  22 Jul 1994 a 
Kyrgyzstan  13 May 2003 
Lao People's Democratic Republic  28 Jun 2006 a 
Latvia  2 Nov 1998 a 
Lebanon  31 Jul 2000 a 
Liberia  15 Jan 1996 a 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  24 Sep 2004 a 
Liechtenstein  22 Nov 1996 a 
Lithuania  3 Feb 1998 
Luxembourg  9 May 1994 
Madagascar  16 Jan 2002 a 
Malawi  28 Feb 1994 A 
Malaysia  5 Aug 1993 a 
Maldives  27 Sep 2001 
Mali  7 Mar 2003 A 
Malta  22 Dec 2003 A 
Marshall Islands  24 May 1993 a 
Mauritania  22 Jul 2005 A 
Mauritius  30 Nov 1993 
Mexico  16 Sep 1994 A 
Micronesia (Federated States of)  27 Nov 2001 a 
Moldova  25 Jun 2001 a 
Monaco  15 Jun 1999 A 
Mongolia  7 Mar 1996 a 
Montenegro3  23 Oct 2006 d 
Morocco  28 Dec 1995 a 
Mozambique  9 Sep 1994 a 
Namibia  28 Jul 2003 A 
Nauru  10 Sep 2004 a 
Netherlands  25 Apr 1994 A 
New Zealand4  4 Jun 1993 
Nicaragua  13 Dec 1999 
Niger  8 Oct 1999 
Nigeria  27 Sep 2001 
Niue  22 Dec 2003 a 
Norway  3 Sep 1993 
Oman  5 Aug 1999 a 
Pakistan  17 Feb 1995 
Palau  29 May 2001 a 
Panama  4 Oct 1996 a 
Papua New Guinea  7 Oct 2003 a 
Paraguay  27 Apr 2001 
Peru  7 Jun 1999 a 
Philippines  15 Jun 2001 
Poland  2 Oct 1996 a 
Portugal  24 Feb 1998 
Qatar  22 Jan 1996 a 
Republic of Korea  2 Dec 1994 A 
Romania  28 Nov 2000 A 
Russian Federation  14 Dec 2005 A 
Rwanda  7 Jan 2004 a 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  19 May 1994 a 
Saint Lucia  24 Aug 1999 a 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  2 Dec 1996 a 
Samoa  4 Oct 2001 A 
Sao Tome and Principe  19 Nov 2001 a 
Saudi Arabia  1 Mar 1993 a 
Senegal  12 Aug 1999 a 
Serbia  22 Mar 2005 a 
Seychelles  27 May 1993 
Sierra Leone  29 Aug 2001 a 
Singapore  22 Sep 2000 a 
Slovakia  8 Jan 1998 a 
Slovenia  13 Nov 1998 A 
Solomon Islands  17 Aug 1999 a 
Somalia  1 Aug 2001 a 
South Africa  13 Mar 2001 a 
Spain  5 Jun 1995 A 
Sri Lanka  7 Jul 1997 a 
Sudan  2 Jan 2002 a 
Suriname  29 Mar 2006 a 
Swaziland  16 Dec 2005 a 
Sweden  9 Aug 1993 
Switzerland  16 Sep 1996 
Syrian Arab Republic  30 Nov 1999 a 
Thailand  1 Dec 1995 
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  9 Nov 1998 
Togo  6 Jul 1998 A 
Tonga  26 Nov 2003 
Trinidad and Tobago  10 Jun 1999 
Tunisia  2 Feb 1995 a 
Turkey  10 Nov 1995 
Tuvalu  31 Aug 2000 A 
Uganda  22 Nov 1999 a 
Ukraine  4 Apr 2002 
United Arab Emirates  16 Feb 2005 a 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland5  4 Jan 1995 
United Republic of Tanzania  6 Dec 2002 
United States of America  2 Mar 1994 
Uruguay  3 Jul 1997 a 
Uzbekistan  10 Jun 1998 a 
Vanuatu  21 Nov 1994 A 
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)  10 Dec 1997 
Viet Nam  26 Jan 1994 a 
Yemen  23 Apr 2001 a 
Zambia  11 Oct 2007 a 
Zimbabwe  3 Jun 1994 
 

 

NOTES

1. Upon accession the Government of China communicated the following:

In accordance with the provision of article 138 of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China of 1993, the Government of the People's Republic of China decides that the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted in Copenhagen on 25 November 1992 shall apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

The Government of the People's Republic of China also decides that the above-mentioned Amendment will continue to be implemented in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

On that same date, the Government of China declared the following:

The Government of the People's Republic of China would like to restate that the provision of article 5 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of 16 September 1987 and the provision of paragraph 1, article 5 of the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted in London on 29 June 1990 will not apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

2. With reservation of application to the Faroe Islands.

On 24 October 2007, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Denmark a communication that it shall extend the Amendment to the Faroe Islands.

3. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

4. With extension to Tokelau.

5. In respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

Subsequently, in a communication received on 30 October 1995, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that the amendment shall apply to the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong, for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom is responsible.

In this regard, the Secretary-General received, on 6 and 10 June 1999, communications concerning the status of Hong Kong from China and the United Kingdom (see also note 2 under "China" and note 2 under "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" regarding Hong Kong in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention will also apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.