CHAPTER XXVII

ENVIRONMENT2cAmendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerCopenhagen, 25 November 1992Entry into force14 June 1994, in accordance with article 3(1) of the amendment.Registration14 June 1994, No. 26369StatusParties197TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 1785, p. 517; 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).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.

ParticipantRatification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a), Succession(d)Afghanistan17 Jun 2004 aAlbania25 May 2006 aAlgeria31 May 2000 Andorra26 Jan 2009 aAngola21 Jun 2011 aAntigua and Barbuda19 Jul 1993 aArgentina20 Apr 1995 aArmenia26 Nov 2003 aAustralia30 Jun 1994 AAustria19 Sep 1996 AAzerbaijan12 Jun 1996 aBahamas 4 May 1993 aBahrain13 Mar 2001 Bangladesh27 Nov 2000 ABarbados20 Jul 1994 ABelarus13 Mar 2007 ABelgium 7 Aug 1997 Belize 9 Jan 1998 aBenin21 Jun 2000 Bhutan23 Aug 2004 aBolivia (Plurinational State of) 3 Oct 1994 aBosnia and Herzegovina11 Aug 2003 aBotswana13 May 1997 aBrazil25 Jun 1997 Brunei Darussalam 3 Mar 2009 aBulgaria28 Apr 1999 Burkina Faso12 Dec 1995 Burundi18 Oct 2001 ACabo Verde31 Jul 2001 aCambodia31 Jan 2007 aCameroon25 Jun 1996 ACanada16 Mar 1994 Central African Republic29 May 2008 Chad30 May 2001 Chile14 Jan 1994 China<superscript>1</superscript>22 Apr 2003 aColombia 5 Aug 1997 AComoros 2 Dec 2002 aCongo19 Oct 2001 aCook Islands22 Dec 2003 aCosta Rica11 Nov 1998 Côte d'Ivoire 8 Oct 2003 Croatia11 Feb 1997 Cuba19 Oct 1998 AACyprus 2 Jun 2003 ACzech Republic18 Dec 1996 aDemocratic People's Republic of Korea17 Jun 1999 aDemocratic Republic of the Congo30 Nov 1994 aDenmark<superscript>2</superscript>21 Dec 1993 ADjibouti30 Jul 1999 aDominica 7 Mar 2006 aDominican Republic24 Dec 2001 aEcuador24 Nov 1993 AEgypt28 Jun 1994 El Salvador 8 Dec 2000 aEquatorial Guinea11 Jul 2007 aEritrea 5 Jul 2005 aEstonia12 Apr 1999 Eswatini16 Dec 2005 aEthiopia25 Nov 2009 European Union20 Nov 1995 AAFiji17 May 2000 aFinland16 Nov 1993 AFrance 3 Jan 1996 AAGabon 4 Dec 2000 aGambia30 Apr 2008 Georgia12 Jul 2000 aGermany28 Dec 1993 Ghana 9 Apr 2001 Greece30 Jan 1995 Grenada20 May 1999 aGuatemala21 Jan 2002 aGuinea28 Feb 2012 aGuinea-Bissau12 Nov 2002 aGuyana23 Jul 1999 AHaiti29 Mar 2000 aHoly See 5 May 2008 aHonduras24 Jan 2002 Hungary17 May 1994 aIceland15 Mar 1994 India 3 Mar 2003 aIndonesia10 Dec 1998 aIran (Islamic Republic of) 4 Aug 1997 AIraq25 Jun 2008 aIreland16 Apr 1996 AIsrael 5 Apr 1995 Italy 4 Jan 1995 Jamaica 6 Nov 1997 Japan20 Dec 1994 AJordan30 Jun 1995 Kazakhstan28 Jun 2011 aKenya27 Sep 1994 Kiribati 9 Aug 2004 aKuwait22 Jul 1994 aKyrgyzstan13 May 2003 Lao People's Democratic Republic28 Jun 2006 aLatvia 2 Nov 1998 aLebanon31 Jul 2000 aLesotho15 Apr 2010 aLiberia15 Jan 1996 aLibya24 Sep 2004 aLiechtenstein22 Nov 1996 aLithuania 3 Feb 1998 Luxembourg 9 May 1994 Madagascar16 Jan 2002 aMalawi28 Feb 1994 AMalaysia 5 Aug 1993 aMaldives27 Sep 2001 Mali 7 Mar 2003 AMalta22 Dec 2003 AMarshall Islands24 May 1993 aMauritania22 Jul 2005 AMauritius30 Nov 1993 Mexico16 Sep 1994 AMicronesia (Federated States of)27 Nov 2001 aMonaco15 Jun 1999 AMongolia 7 Mar 1996 aMontenegro<superscript>3</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dMorocco28 Dec 1995 aMozambique 9 Sep 1994 aMyanmar22 May 2009 aNamibia28 Jul 2003 ANauru10 Sep 2004 aNepal18 May 2012 aNetherlands (Kingdom of the)25 Apr 1994 ANew Zealand<superscript>4</superscript> 4 Jun 1993 Nicaragua13 Dec 1999 Niger 8 Oct 1999 Nigeria27 Sep 2001 Niue22 Dec 2003 aNorth Macedonia 9 Nov 1998 Norway 3 Sep 1993 Oman 5 Aug 1999 aPakistan17 Feb 1995 Palau29 May 2001 aPanama 4 Oct 1996 aPapua New Guinea 7 Oct 2003 aParaguay27 Apr 2001 Peru 7 Jun 1999 aPhilippines15 Jun 2001 Poland 2 Oct 1996 aPortugal24 Feb 1998 Qatar22 Jan 1996 aRepublic of Korea 2 Dec 1994 ARepublic of Moldova25 Jun 2001 aRomania28 Nov 2000 ARussian Federation14 Dec 2005 ARwanda 7 Jan 2004 aSamoa 4 Oct 2001 ASan Marino23 Apr 2009 aSao Tome and Principe19 Nov 2001 aSaudi Arabia 1 Mar 1993 aSenegal12 Aug 1999 aSerbia22 Mar 2005 aSeychelles27 May 1993 Sierra Leone29 Aug 2001 aSingapore22 Sep 2000 aSlovakia 8 Jan 1998 aSlovenia13 Nov 1998 ASolomon Islands17 Aug 1999 aSomalia 1 Aug 2001 aSouth Africa13 Mar 2001 aSouth Sudan16 Oct 2012 aSpain 5 Jun 1995 ASri Lanka 7 Jul 1997 aSt. Kitts and Nevis19 May 1994 aSt. Lucia24 Aug 1999 aSt. Vincent and the Grenadines 2 Dec 1996 aSudan 2 Jan 2002 aSuriname29 Mar 2006 aSweden 9 Aug 1993 Switzerland16 Sep 1996 Syrian Arab Republic30 Nov 1999 aTajikistan 7 May 2009 aThailand 1 Dec 1995 Timor-Leste16 Sep 2009 aTogo 6 Jul 1998 ATonga26 Nov 2003 Trinidad and Tobago10 Jun 1999 Tunisia 2 Feb 1995 aTürkiye10 Nov 1995 Turkmenistan28 Mar 2008 aTuvalu31 Aug 2000 AUganda22 Nov 1999 aUkraine 4 Apr 2002 United Arab Emirates16 Feb 2005 aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>5</superscript> 4 Jan 1995 United Republic of Tanzania 6 Dec 2002 United States of America 2 Mar 1994 Uruguay 3 Jul 1997 aUzbekistan10 Jun 1998 aVanuatu21 Nov 1994 AVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)10 Dec 1997 Viet Nam26 Jan 1994 aYemen23 Apr 2001 aZambia11 Oct 2007 aZimbabwe 3 Jun 1994 Holy See<i>Declaration:</i>“In acceding to the Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, as well as its four Amendments: London (1990), Copenhagen (1992), Montreal (1997) and Beijing (1999), the Holy See desires to encourage the entire International Community to be resolute in promoting authentic cooperation between politics, science and economics. Such cooperation, as has been shown in the case of the ozone regime, can achieve important outcomes, which make it simultaneously possible to safeguard creation, to promote integral human development and to care for the common good, in a spirit of responsible solidarity and with profound positive repercussions for present and future generations.In conformity with its own nature and with the particular character of Vatican City State, the Holy See, by means of the solemn act of accession, intends to give its own moral support to the commitment of States to the correct and effective implementation of the Treaties in question and to the attaining of the mentioned objectives. To this end, it expresses the wish that by recognizing ‘the signs of [an economic growth] that has not always been able to protect the delicate balances of nature’ (Homily of Pope Benedict XVI at Loreto, 2 September 2007), all actors will intensify the aforesaid cooperation and strengthen ‘the alliance between man and the environment, which must mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and to whom we are bound’(Benedict XVI, After the Angelus, 16 September 2007).”1Upon 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.2With 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.3See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.4With extension to Tokelau.5In 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. - <i>On 5 August 2014</i> the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that the Amendment would extend to the territory of Gibraltar as follows: “… the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wishes the United Kingdom’s Ratification of the [Amendment] be extended to the territory of Gibraltar for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considers the extension of the [Amendment] to the territory of Gibraltar to enter into force on the day of receipt of this notification by [the depositary] for deposit… ” On 17 April 2015, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Spain the followingcommunication relating to the territorial application by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Gibraltar: 1. Gibraltar is a Non-Self-Governing Territory for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom is responsible and which is subject to a process of decolonization in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly. 2. The authorities of Gibraltar are local in character, and exercise competences exclusively over internal affairs that originate in and are based on the powers allocated to and conferred on them by the United Kingdom, in accordance with its domestic legislation and in its capacity as the sovereign State upon which depends the said Non-Self-Governing Territory. 3. Consequently, any involvement by the Gibraltarian authorities in the implementation of this Amendment shall be understood to take place exclusively within the framework of the internal affairs of Gibraltar and shall not be considered to affect in any way the content of the two preceding paragraphs. 4. The procedure envisaged in the “Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of Mixed Agreements (2007)” which was agreed by Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 together with "Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of European Union and European Community Instruments and Related Treaties" of 19 April 2000, applies to the present Amendment. 5. The application of the present Amendment to Gibraltar cannot be interpreted as recognition of any rights or situations involving matters not included in Article 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, signed by the crowns of Spain and Great Britain. On 25 February 2021, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that the Amendment would extend to the territory of the Isle of Man as follows: “... the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby extends the application of the United Kingdom’s ratification of the… Copenhagen…[Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Isle of Man for the international relations of which the United Kingdom is responsible. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considers the extension of the… Copenhagen… [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Isle of Man to be effective on the day of receipt of this notification...”