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CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
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 : 197
Text : Certified true copy
United Nations, Treaty Series, 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).
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.
Participant
 Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a), Succession(d)
Afghanistan
 17 Jun 2004 a
Albania
 25 May 2006 a
Algeria
 31 May 2000
Andorra
 26 Jan 2009 a
Angola
 21 Jun 2011 a
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 (Plurinational State of)
  3 Oct 1994 a
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 11 Aug 2003 a
Botswana
 13 May 1997 a
Brazil
 25 Jun 1997
Brunei Darussalam
  3 Mar 2009 a
Bulgaria
 28 Apr 1999
Burkina Faso
 12 Dec 1995
Burundi
 18 Oct 2001 A
Cabo Verde
 31 Jul 2001 a
Cambodia
 31 Jan 2007 a
Cameroon
 25 Jun 1996 A
Canada
 16 Mar 1994
Central African Republic
 29 May 2008
Chad
 30 May 2001
Chile
 14 Jan 1994
China 1
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
Denmark 2
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
Eswatini
 16 Dec 2005 a
Ethiopia
 25 Nov 2009
European Union
 20 Nov 1995 AA
Fiji
 17 May 2000 a
Finland
 16 Nov 1993 A
France
  3 Jan 1996 AA
Gabon
  4 Dec 2000 a
Gambia
 30 Apr 2008
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
 28 Feb 2012 a
Guinea-Bissau
 12 Nov 2002 a
Guyana
 23 Jul 1999 A
Haiti
 29 Mar 2000 a
Holy See
  5 May 2008 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
Iraq
 25 Jun 2008 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
Kazakhstan
 28 Jun 2011 a
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
Lesotho
 15 Apr 2010 a
Liberia
 15 Jan 1996 a
Libya
 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
Monaco
 15 Jun 1999 A
Mongolia
  7 Mar 1996 a
Montenegro 3
23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco
 28 Dec 1995 a
Mozambique
  9 Sep 1994 a
Myanmar
 22 May 2009 a
Namibia
 28 Jul 2003 A
Nauru
 10 Sep 2004 a
Nepal
 18 May 2012 a
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
 25 Apr 1994 A
New Zealand 4
 4 Jun 1993
Nicaragua
 13 Dec 1999
Niger
  8 Oct 1999
Nigeria
 27 Sep 2001
Niue
 22 Dec 2003 a
North Macedonia
  9 Nov 1998
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
Republic of Moldova
 25 Jun 2001 a
Romania
 28 Nov 2000 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
  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
South Sudan
 16 Oct 2012 a
Spain
  5 Jun 1995 A
Sri Lanka
  7 Jul 1997 a
St. Kitts and Nevis
 19 May 1994 a
St. Lucia
 24 Aug 1999 a
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  2 Dec 1996 a
Sudan
  2 Jan 2002 a
Suriname
 29 Mar 2006 a
Sweden
  9 Aug 1993
Switzerland
 16 Sep 1996
Syrian Arab Republic
 30 Nov 1999 a
Tajikistan
  7 May 2009 a
Thailand
  1 Dec 1995
Timor-Leste
 16 Sep 2009 a
Togo
  6 Jul 1998 A
Tonga
 26 Nov 2003
Trinidad and Tobago
 10 Jun 1999
Tunisia
  2 Feb 1995 a
Türkiye
 10 Nov 1995
Turkmenistan
 28 Mar 2008 a
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 Ireland 5
 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
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
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.



- 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 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...”
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