Article 1 
The amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the amendment is attached to this Decision. The original Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic.
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall deposit the act of approval of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on behalf of the Community with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in accordance with Article 13 of the Vienna Convention, as read in conjunction with Article 2 of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
Article 3 
Member States shall take the necessary steps to permit the deposit, as far as possible simultaneously, before 31 December 1991 of the instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol by the Community and the Member States. Member States will inform the Commission, if possible before 15 December 1991, of their decision to ratify or of the prospective date of finalization of their ratification procedures. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, shall arrange for the Community and those Member States which are ready, a date for the simultaneous deposit of the instruments which shall if possible be before 31 December 1991.
Article 4 Other fully halogenated CFCs
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 December 1991. For the Council The President J. G. M. ALDERS Done at Brussels, 12 December 1991. For the Council The President J. G. M. ALDERS For the Council The President J. G. M. ALDERS