CELEX: 22000A1025(01)
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Amendment to the Montreal protocol adopted by the ninth meeting of the parties

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22000A1025(01)

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted by the ninth meeting of the parties  

Official Journal L 272 , 25/10/2000 P. 0027 - 0028

ANNEXAMENDMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ADOPTED BY THE NINTH MEETING OF THE PARTIESArticle 1AmendmentA. Article 4, paragraph 1 quaterThe following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 1 ter of Article 4 of the Protocol:"1 quater. Within one year of the date of entry into force of this paragraph, each party shall ban the import of the controlled substance in Annex E from any State not party to this Protocol."B. Article 4, paragraph 2 quaterThe following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 2 ter of Article 4 of the Protocol:"2 quater. Commencing one year after the date of entry into force of this paragraph, each party shall ban the export of the controlled substance in Annex E to any State not party to this Protocol."C. Article 4, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7In paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Article 4 of the Protocol, for the words:"and Group II of Annex C"there shall be substituted:"Group II of Annex C and Annex E".D. Article 4, paragraph 8In paragraph 8 of Article 4 of the Protocol, for the words:"Article 2G"there shall be substituted:"Articles 2G and 2H".E. Article 4A: Control of trade with partiesThe following Article shall be added to the Protocol as Article 4A:"1. Where, after the phase-out date applicable to it for a controlled substance, a party is unable, despite having taken all practicable steps to comply with its obligation under the Protocol, to cease production of that substance for domestic consumption, other than for uses agreed by the parties to be essential, it shall ban the export of used, recycled and reclaimed quantities of that substance, other than for the purpose of destruction.2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply without prejudice to the operation of Article 11 of the Convention and the non-compliance procedure developed under Article 8 of the Protocol."F. Article 4B: LicensingThe following Article shall be added to the Protocol as Article 4B:"6. Each party shall, by 1 January 2000 or within three months of the date of entry into force of this Article for it, whichever is the later, establish and implement a system for licensing the import and export of new, used, recycled and reclaimed controlled substances in Annexes A, B, C and E.7. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Article, any party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 which decides it is not in a position to establish and implement a system for licensing the import and export of controlled substances in Annexes C and E, may delay taking those actions until 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2002, respectively.8. Each party shall, within three months of the date of introducing its licensing system, report to the secretariat on the establishment and operation of that system.9. The secretariat shall periodically prepare and circulate to all parties a list of the parties that have reported to it on their licensing systems and shall forward this information to the Implementation Committee for consideration and appropriate recommendations to the parties."Article 2Relationship to the 1992 AmendmentNo State or regional economic integration organisation may deposit an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to this Amendment unless it has previously, or simultaneously, deposited such an instrument to the Amendment adopted at the fourth meeting of the parties in Copenhagen, 25 November 1992.Article 3Entry into force1. This Amendment shall enter into force on 1 January 1999, provided that at least 20 instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of the Amendment have been deposited by States or regional economic integration organisations that are parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. In the event that this condition has not been fulfilled by that date, the Amendment shall enter into force on the 90th day following the day on which it has been fulfilled.2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, any such instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organisation shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by Member States of such organisation.3. After the entry into force of this Amendment, as provided under paragraph 1, it shall enter into force for any other party to the Protocol on the 90th day following the day of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.