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STATUS AS AT : 11-04-2021 09:15:42 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 : 118
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
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
Belgium
 4 Jun 2018
Benin
19 Mar 2018
Bhutan
27 Sep 2019
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
 9 Oct 2020
Botswana
19 Sep 2020 A
Bulgaria
 1 May 2018
Burkina Faso
26 Jul 2018
Burundi
26 Mar 2021
Cabo Verde
28 Oct 2020
Cambodia
 8 Apr 2021 A
Canada
 3 Nov 2017
Chad
26 Mar 2019
Chile
19 Sep 2017
Colombia
25 Feb 2021
Comoros
16 Nov 2017
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
Ecuador
22 Jan 2018
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
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
Ireland
12 Mar 2018
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
Montenegro
23 Apr 2019
Mozambique
16 Jan 2020
Namibia
16 May 2019 A
Netherlands 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
Poland
 7 Jan 2019
Portugal
17 Jul 2018 AA
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
Seychelles
20 Aug 2019 A
Sierra Leone
15 Jun 2020
Slovakia
16 Nov 2017
Slovenia
 7 Dec 2018
Somalia
27 Nov 2019
South Africa
 1 Aug 2019
Sri Lanka
28 Sep 2018
Sweden
17 Nov 2017
Switzerland
 7 Nov 2018
Syrian Arab Republic
 5 Apr 2021
Togo
 8 Mar 2018 A
Tonga
17 Sep 2018
Trinidad and Tobago
17 Nov 2017
Turkmenistan
31 Aug 2020
Tuvalu
21 Sep 2017
Uganda
21 Jun 2018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4
14 Nov 2017
Uruguay
12 Sep 2018
Vanuatu
20 Apr 2018
Viet Nam
27 Sep 2019 AA
Zambia
15 Mar 2021
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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).”

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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