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STATUS AS AT : 24-03-2023 07:16:32 EDT
CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
2. f Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Kigali, 15 October 2016
Entry into force
:
1 January 2019, in accordance with article IV , paragraphs 1 and 2, with the exception of the changes to article 4 of the Protocol set out in article I of the Amendment which will enter into force on 1 January 2033. After the entry into force of the Amendment, as provided under paragraphs 1 and 2 of article IV, it shall enter into force for any other Party to the Protocol on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.
Registration :
1 January 2019, No. 26369
Status :
Parties : 148
Text : Certified true copy

See the text of the Amendment in: C.N.872.2016.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 23 November 2016 (Adoption of amendment); C.N.730.2017.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 20 November 2017 (Entry into force). C.N.72.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 9 February 2018 (Proposal of corrections to the French and Spanish authentic texts of the Amendment) and C.N.245.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 17 May 2018 (Corrections); C.N.118.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 2 March 2018 (Proposal of correction to article 3 (2) of the Amendment) and C.N.278.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 4 June 2018 (Correction); C.N.232.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 7 May 2018 (Proposal of corrections to the Chinese and French authentic texts of the Amendment) and CN.379.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 14 August 2018 (Corrections).
Note :
At the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, held in Kigali from 10 to 15 October 2016, the Parties adopted, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4 of article 9 of the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, a further amendment to the Montreal Protocol as set out in Annex I to the report of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties (Decision XXVIII/1).
Participant
Provisional application under Article V
Acceptance(A), Ratification, Approval(AA)
Albania
  18 Jan 2019
Andorra
  23 Jan 2019 A
Angola
  16 Nov 2020
Argentina
  22 Nov 2019
Armenia
   2 May 2019 A
Australia
  27 Oct 2017 A
Austria
  27 Sep 2018
Bangladesh
   8 Jun 2020
Barbados
  19 Apr 2018
Belarus
   3 Nov 2022
Belgium
   4 Jun 2018
Benin
  19 Mar 2018
Bhutan
  27 Sep 2019
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
   9 Oct 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  26 May 2021
Botswana
  19 Sep 2020 A
Brazil
  19 Oct 2022 A
Bulgaria
   1 May 2018
Burkina Faso
  26 Jul 2018
Burundi
  26 Mar 2021
Cabo Verde
  28 Oct 2020
Cambodia
   8 Apr 2021 A
Cameroon
  24 Aug 2021
Canada
   3 Nov 2017
Chad
  26 Mar 2019
Chile
  19 Sep 2017
China
  17 Jun 2021 A
Colombia
  25 Feb 2021
Comoros
  16 Nov 2017
Congo
  16 Jun 2022
Cook Islands
  22 Aug 2019 A
Costa Rica
  23 May 2018
Côte d'Ivoire
  29 Nov 2017 A
Croatia
   6 Dec 2018
Cuba
  20 Jun 2019
Cyprus
  22 Jul 2019
Czech Republic
  27 Sep 2018 A
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  21 Sep 2017
Denmark 1
   6 Dec 2018 AA
Dominican Republic
  14 Apr 2021 A
Ecuador
  22 Jan 2018
El Salvador
  13 Sep 2021 A
Eritrea
   7 Feb 2023
Estonia
  27 Sep 2018
Eswatini
  24 Nov 2020 A
Ethiopia
   5 Jul 2019
European Union
  27 Sep 2018 AA
Fiji
  16 Jun 2020
Finland
  14 Nov 2017 A
France
  29 Mar 2018 AA
Gabon
  28 Feb 2018 A
Gambia
   5 May 2021
Germany
  14 Nov 2017 A
Ghana
   2 Aug 2019
Greece
   5 Oct 2018
Grenada
  29 May 2018
Guinea
   5 Dec 2019
Guinea-Bissau
  22 Oct 2018
Holy See
  17 Jun 2020
Honduras
  28 Jan 2019
Hungary
  14 Sep 2018 AA
Iceland
  25 Jan 2021 A
India
  27 Sep 2021
Indonesia
  14 Dec 2022
Ireland
  12 Mar 2018
Italy
  25 May 2022
Japan
  18 Dec 2018 A
Jordan
  16 Oct 2019
Kiribati
  26 Oct 2018
Kyrgyzstan
   8 Sep 2020
Lao People's Democratic Republic
  16 Nov 2017 A
Latvia
  17 Aug 2018
Lebanon
   5 Feb 2020
Lesotho
   7 Oct 2019
Liberia
  12 Jul 2020
Liechtenstein
  16 Sep 2020
Lithuania
  24 Jul 2018
Luxembourg
  16 Nov 2017
Malawi
  21 Nov 2017
Malaysia
  21 Oct 2020
Maldives
  13 Nov 2017
Mali
  31 Mar 2017 A
Marshall Islands
  15 May 2017
Mauritius
   1 Oct 2019
Mexico
  25 Sep 2018 A
Micronesia (Federated States of)
  12 May 2017
Mongolia
  27 Jul 2022
Montenegro
  23 Apr 2019
Morocco
  22 Apr 2022
Mozambique
  16 Jan 2020
Namibia
  16 May 2019 A
Nauru
   3 Nov 2022
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2
   8 Feb 2018 A
New Zealand 3
   3 Oct 2019
Nicaragua
  30 Sep 2020
Niger
  29 Aug 2018
Nigeria
  20 Dec 2018
Niue
  24 Apr 2018
North Macedonia
  12 Mar 2020
Norway
   6 Sep 2017
Palau
  29 Aug 2017
Panama
  28 Sep 2018
Paraguay
   1 Nov 2018 A
Peru
   7 Aug 2019
Philippines
   3 Nov 2022
Poland
   7 Jan 2019
Portugal
  17 Jul 2018 AA
Republic of Korea
  19 Jan 2023
Romania
   1 Jul 2020 A
Russian Federation
   3 Oct 2020 A
Rwanda
  23 May 2017
Samoa
  23 Mar 2018
San Marino
  20 Oct 2020 A
Sao Tome and Principe
   4 Oct 2019
Senegal
  31 Aug 2018
Serbia
   8 Oct 2021
Seychelles
  20 Aug 2019 A
Sierra Leone
  15 Jun 2020
Singapore
   1 Jun 2022
Slovakia
  16 Nov 2017
Slovenia
   7 Dec 2018
Solomon Islands
  23 May 2022
Somalia
  27 Nov 2019
South Africa
   1 Aug 2019
Spain
20 Jan 2022
 
Sri Lanka
  28 Sep 2018
St. Lucia
   2 Nov 2021
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
   7 Nov 2022
Sweden
  17 Nov 2017
Switzerland
   7 Nov 2018
Syrian Arab Republic
   5 Apr 2021
Tajikistan
  29 Jun 2022
Togo
   8 Mar 2018 A
Tonga
  17 Sep 2018
Trinidad and Tobago
  17 Nov 2017
Tunisia
  27 Aug 2021
Türkiye
  10 Nov 2021
Turkmenistan
  31 Aug 2020
Tuvalu
  21 Sep 2017
Uganda
  21 Jun 2018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4
  14 Nov 2017
United Republic of Tanzania
  25 Mar 2022
United States of America
  31 Oct 2022
Uruguay
  12 Sep 2018
Vanuatu
  20 Apr 2018
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
   5 Dec 2022
Viet Nam
  27 Sep 2019 AA
Zambia
  15 Mar 2021
Zimbabwe
  18 Oct 2022 A
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Declarations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made upon acceptance, approval or ratification.)
China

China

Declaration :
       I.  Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
       II.  In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of the People’s Republic of China decides that the above-mentioned Amendment shall apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, and unless otherwise notified by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

European Union

European Union

Declaration:
       Declaration by the European Union in conformity with Article 13 (3) of the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer concerning the extent of its competence with respect to the matters covered by the Convention and by the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.
       The following States are at present Members of the European Union: the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Croatia, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
       In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192 (1) thereof, the Union has competence for entering into international agreements, and for implementing the obligations resulting therefrom, which contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:
       1. preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment;
       2. protecting human health;
       3. prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources;
       4. promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems, and in particular combating climate change.
       The Union has exercised its competence in the area covered by the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol by adopting legal instruments, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (recast)1, replacing earlier legislation for the protection of the ozone layer, and of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/20062. The Union is competent for the performance of those obligations from the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol regarding which the provisions of Union legal instruments, in particular those mentioned above, establish common rules and if and insofar as such common rules are affected or altered in scope by provisions of the Vienna Convention or the Montreal Protocol or an act adopted in implementation thereof; otherwise the Union's competence continues to be shared between the Union and its Member States.
       The exercise of competences by the European Union pursuant to the Treaties is, by its nature, subject to continuous development. The Union therefore reserves the right to adjust this Declaration.
       In the field of research, as referred to by the Convention, the Union has competence to carry out activities, in particular to define and implement programmes; however, the exercise of that competence does not result in Member States being prevented from exercising theirs.

Holy See

Holy See

Declaration:
       “In ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the Holy See desires to encourage the entire international community to be resolute in promoting authentic cooperation between politics, science, economics, and civil society. Such cooperation, as has been shown in the case of the international 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» (Holy See's Declaration Attached to the Instrument of Accession to the Vienna Convention, the Montreal Protocol and its four Amendments, 9 April 2008). The international ozone regime has demonstrated that «we have the freedom needed to limit and direct technology; we can put it at the service of another type of progress, one which is healthier, more human, more social, more integral» (Pope Francis, Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’, 18 May 2015, n. 112).
       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 ratification, intends to give its own support to the commitment of States to the correct and effective implementation of the ozone regime and to care for our common home. To this end, it wishes to acknowledge the fact that «the continued acceleration of changes affecting humanity and our planet, coupled today with a more intense pace of life and work, should constantly urge us to ask whether the goals of this progress are truly directed to the common good and to a sustainable and integral human development, or whether they causeharm to our world and to the quality of life of much of humanity, now and in the future» (Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the XXXI Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, 7 November 2019).”

Türkiye

Türkiye

Declaration:
       Turkey’s ratification of [t]he Kigali Amendment (2016) … to the Montreal Protocol agreed by the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties should in no way be construed as implying any obligation on the part of Turkey to enter into any dealing with the countries that Turkey has no diplomatic relations within the framework of UN Environment Programme activities.

End Note
1

With territorial exclusion in respect of Greenland. See C.N.578.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 6 December 2018.

2

For the European Part of the Netherlands.

3

With a territorial exclusion in respect of Tokelau. See C.N.490.2019.TREATIES-XXVII.2.f of 3 October 2019.

4

On 18 October 2019, the Secretary-General received from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the following notification:

“... the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby extends the application of the United Kingdom’s ratification of the Kigali Amendment to Gibraltar, for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby declares that the Kigali Amendment shall be extended to Gibraltar as from the date of receipt of this declaration.”


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… Kigali [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… Kigali [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Isle of Man to be effective on the day of receipt of this notification...”

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