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CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
2. e Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Beijing, 3 December 1999
Entry into force
:
25 February 2002, in accordance with article 3(1) of the amendment.
Registration :
25 February 2002, No. 26369
Status :
Parties : 197
Text : Certified true copy
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2173, p. 183;

C.N.1231.1999.TREATIES-1 of 28 January 2000 and C.N.13.2004.TREATIES-2 of 8 January 2004 [Procès-verbal of rectification of the original of the amendment (French version)]; C.N.1003.2007.TREATIES-13of 16 October 2007 (proposal for corrections to the original text of the Amendment (Chinese version) and to the Certified True Copies and C.N.73.2008.TREATIES-2 of 6 February 2008 (Corrections).
Note :
At the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, held in Beijing from 29 November to 3 December 1999, the Parties adopted, in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 9, paragraph 4 of the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the  Amendment to the Montreal Protocol as set out in Annex V to the report of the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties (Decision XI/5).
Participant
 Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a), Succession(d)
Afghanistan
 17 Jun 2004 a
Albania
 25 May 2006 a
Algeria
  6 Aug 2007
Andorra
 26 Jan 2009 a
Angola
 21 Jun 2011 a
Antigua and Barbuda
 29 Jun 2010 a
Argentina
 28 Aug 2006
Armenia
 18 Dec 2008
Australia
 17 Aug 2005 A
Austria
 23 Sep 2004
Azerbaijan
 31 Aug 2012
Bahamas (The)
 16 Mar 2005 A
Bahrain
 25 Sep 2013
Bangladesh
 24 Aug 2010 a
Barbados
 10 Dec 2002 a
Belarus
 13 Mar 2007 A
Belgium
  6 Apr 2006
Belize
 17 Jan 2008 A
Benin
 16 Nov 2007
Bhutan
 23 Aug 2004 a
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  4 Sep 2013 a
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 11 Oct 2011 a
Botswana
 21 Feb 2013 a
Brazil
 30 Jun 2004
Brunei Darussalam
  3 Mar 2009 a
Bulgaria
 15 Apr 2002 a
Burkina Faso
 11 Nov 2002
Burundi
 18 Oct 2001 A
Cabo Verde
 30 Nov 2011
Cambodia
 31 Jan 2007 a
Cameroon
 21 Aug 2009
Canada
  9 Feb 2001 A
Central African Republic
 29 May 2008
Chad
  2 Jan 2013
Chile
  3 May 2000
China
 19 May 2010 A
Colombia
 15 Sep 2006 a
Comoros
  2 Dec 2002 a
Congo
 19 Oct 2001 a
Cook Islands
 22 Dec 2003 a
Costa Rica
  1 Dec 2008
Côte d'Ivoire
 28 Jun 2012
Croatia
 25 Apr 2002
Cuba
 12 Sep 2005 A
Cyprus
  2 Sep 2004
Czech Republic
  9 May 2001 A
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
 13 Dec 2001 a
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 23 Mar 2005 a
Denmark 1
24 Sep 2003 A
Djibouti
  6 Feb 2013
Dominica
  7 Mar 2006 a
Dominican Republic
  1 Oct 2009 a
Ecuador
 31 Jan 2013 a
Egypt
  6 Mar 2009
El Salvador
 13 Nov 2007 a
Equatorial Guinea
 11 Jul 2007 a
Eritrea
  5 Jul 2005 a
Estonia
 22 Dec 2003
Eswatini
 16 Dec 2005 a
Ethiopia
 25 Nov 2009
European Union
 25 Mar 2002 AA
Fiji
 19 Feb 2007 a
Finland
 18 Jun 2001 A
France
 25 Jul 2003 AA
Gabon
  4 Dec 2000 a
Gambia
 30 Apr 2008
Georgia
  8 Apr 2011 a
Germany
 28 Oct 2002
Ghana
  8 Aug 2005 a
Greece
 27 Jan 2006
Grenada
 12 Jan 2004 a
Guatemala
 21 Jan 2002 a
Guinea
 28 Feb 2012 a
Guinea-Bissau
 12 Nov 2002 a
Guyana
  2 Jun 2008 A
Haiti
  8 Oct 2013 a
Holy See
  5 May 2008 a
Honduras
 14 Sep 2007 a
Hungary
 23 Apr 2002 AA
Iceland
 31 Mar 2004
India
  3 Mar 2003 a
Indonesia
 26 Jan 2006
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
 14 Feb 2013 A
Iraq
 25 Jun 2008 a
Ireland
  6 Oct 2005 A
Israel
 15 Apr 2004
Italy
 22 Oct 2004
Jamaica
 24 Sep 2003 a
Japan
 30 Aug 2002 A
Jordan
  1 Feb 2001
Kazakhstan
 19 Sep 2014
Kenya
  9 Oct 2013
Kiribati
  9 Aug 2004 a
Kuwait
 30 Jul 2007 a
Kyrgyzstan
  5 Oct 2005
Lao People's Democratic Republic
 28 Jun 2006 a
Latvia
  9 Jul 2004 A
Lebanon
 21 Nov 2008 a
Lesotho
 15 Apr 2010 a
Liberia
 30 Nov 2004 a
Libya
 15 Apr 2014
Liechtenstein
 23 Dec 2003 A
Lithuania
 17 Mar 2004 A
Luxembourg
 22 Jan 2001
Madagascar
 16 Jan 2002 a
Malawi
 27 Feb 2009
Malaysia
 26 Oct 2001
Maldives
  3 Sep 2002 a
Mali
 25 Mar 2004 A
Malta
 22 Dec 2003 A
Marshall Islands
 19 May 2004 a
Mauritania
  4 Dec 2014
Mauritius
 24 Mar 2003 A
Mexico
 12 Sep 2007 A
Micronesia (Federated States of)
 27 Nov 2001 a
Monaco
  3 Apr 2003 A
Mongolia
 24 Jun 2008
Montenegro 2
23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco
 19 Sep 2012
Mozambique
 11 Nov 2010 a
Myanmar
 30 Jan 2012 a
Namibia
  1 Oct 2007 A
Nauru
 10 Sep 2004 a
Nepal
 18 May 2012 a
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
 13 Nov 2001 A
New Zealand 3
 8 Jun 2001
Nicaragua
  7 Nov 2012
Niger
 25 Aug 2005
Nigeria
 24 May 2004
Niue
 22 Dec 2003 a
North Macedonia
 23 May 2002 a
Norway
 29 Nov 2001
Oman
 19 Jan 2005
Pakistan
  2 Sep 2005
Palau
 29 May 2001 a
Panama
  5 Dec 2001
Papua New Guinea
 12 Nov 2013 a
Paraguay
 18 Jul 2006 a
Peru
 26 Sep 2012
Philippines
 23 May 2006
Poland
 13 Apr 2006
Portugal
  8 May 2006
Qatar
 29 Jan 2009
Republic of Korea
  9 Jan 2004 A
Republic of Moldova
  5 Dec 2006 a
Romania
 17 Nov 2005 A
Russian Federation
 14 Dec 2005 A
Rwanda
  7 Jan 2004 a
Samoa
  4 Oct 2001 A
San Marino
 23 Apr 2009 a
Sao Tome and Principe
 19 Nov 2001 a
Saudi Arabia
 14 Mar 2014
Senegal
  8 Oct 2003
Serbia
 22 Mar 2005 a
Seychelles
 26 Aug 2002 a
Sierra Leone
 29 Aug 2001 a
Singapore
 10 Jan 2007 a
Slovakia
 22 May 2002
Slovenia
 23 Jan 2003
Solomon Islands
 22 Sep 2011
Somalia
  1 Aug 2001 a
South Africa
 11 Nov 2004 a
South Sudan
 16 Oct 2012 a
Spain
 19 Feb 2002 A
Sri Lanka
 27 Nov 2002 A
St. Kitts and Nevis
  8 Jan 2009
St. Lucia
 12 Dec 2001
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
 11 May 2009 a
Sudan
 18 May 2004 a
Suriname
 29 Mar 2006 a
Sweden
 28 Mar 2002
Switzerland
 28 Aug 2002
Syrian Arab Republic
 11 May 2012 a
Tajikistan
  7 May 2009 a
Thailand
 14 Nov 2006
Timor-Leste
 16 Sep 2009 a
Togo
 26 Nov 2001 A
Tonga
 26 Nov 2003
Trinidad and Tobago
 29 Oct 2003
Tunisia
 16 May 2005 a
Türkiye
 24 Oct 2003
Turkmenistan
 28 Mar 2008 a
Tuvalu
  4 Oct 2004 A
Uganda
 27 Jul 2007 a
Ukraine
  4 May 2007
United Arab Emirates
 16 Feb 2005 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4, 5, 6, 7
12 Oct 2001
United Republic of Tanzania
  6 Dec 2002
United States of America
  1 Oct 2003
Uruguay
  9 Sep 2003 a
Uzbekistan
 31 Oct 2006
Vanuatu
 21 Jul 2011 a
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
 22 Dec 2006
Viet Nam
  3 Dec 2004
Yemen
 13 Oct 2009 a
Zambia
 11 Oct 2007 a
Zimbabwe
  1 Mar 2012 a
Declarations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made
upon ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or succession.)
Holy See

Declaration:

       “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).”
End Note
1In a communication received on 3 December 2009, the Government of Denmark notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the declaration, made upon ratification to the Amendment, relating to the territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands.
2See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
3With a territorial application in respect of Tokelau.
4 On 5 August 2014 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 following communication 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 toaffect 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.
5On 4 August 2020, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that its ratification of the Amendment would extend to the territoire of the Bailiwick of Jersey, 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… Beijing [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Bailiwick of Jersey 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… Beijing [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Bailiwick of Jersey to be effective on the day of receipt of this notification…”
6On 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… Beijing… [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… Beijing… [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Isle of Man to be effective on the day of receipt of this notification...”
7On 2 November 2022, 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 Bailiwick of Guernsey as follows:



“… the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby

extends the application of the [Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol] to the territory of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, for whose international relations the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is responsible.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considers the extension of the [Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol] to the territory of the Bailiwick of Guernsey to take effect on the date of deposit of this notification.”
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