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2.d. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties

Montreal, 17 September 1997

 

Entry into force: 10 November 1999, in accordance with article 3 (1).
Registration: 10 November 1999, No. 26369.
Status: ,Parties: 159.
Text: UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12, Annex IV of the Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Parties; C.N.783.1999.TREATIES-21 of 13 October 1999 (proposal for corrections to the original text of the amendment - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish authentic texts); C.N.1002.2007.TREATIES-10 of 16 October 2007 (proposal for corrections to the original text of the Amendment (Chinese version) and to the Certified True Copies.1 

Note: The amendment to the Montreal Protocol as set out in Annexes I to III to the report of the Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Decision IX/4), which was held in Montreal from 15 to 17 September 1997, was adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 9 (4) of the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

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

 

NOTES

1. In this regard, the Secretary-General received the following objection:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (20 December 1999):

"With regard to the authentic English text, the Government of the United Kingdom considers the original text of both article 3 (1) and article 3 (3) of the Amendment to be correct. The Government therefore objects to the proposal to correct the text of these two paragraphs by the addition of the words 'or accession'.

The Government of the United Kingdom respectfully draws the attention of the Secretary-General to article 9, paragraph 5, of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and to article 14 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The effect of these provisions is that amendments to the Protocol are subject to ratification, approval or acceptance. There is no provision for accession to amendments. The Government therefore believes that the addition of the words proposed by the Secretary-General would be inconsistent with the provisions of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol which apply to the entry into force of amendments to the Protocol.

The Government of the United Kingdom also notes that the existing wording of the authentic English text of article 3 (1) and article 3 (3) of the 1997 Amendment is consistent with the wording used in previous amendments to the Montreal Protocol, namely article 2 of the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted at London in 1990 and article 3 of the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted at Copenhagen in 1992.

The Secretary-General's Depositary Notification refers to errors in the first sentence of article 3 (1) (except French version). The Government of the United Kingdom has not seen the authentic French version of article 3 (1), which was not attached to the Depositary Notification, but would respectfully suggest that the Secretary-General may wish to consider whether there are errors in the French version."

2. With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands.

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

4. See also note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.