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Schedule 3D—Beijing amendment to the Montreal Protocol

Note: See the definition of Montreal Protocol in subsection 7(1).

AMENDMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER

Article 1: Amendment

A. Article 2, paragraph 5

In paragraph 5 of Article 2 of the Protocol, for the words:

    Articles 2A to 2E

there shall be substituted:

    Articles 2A to 2F

B. Article 2, paragraphs 8(a) and 11

In paragraphs 8(a) and 11 of Article 2 of the Protocol, for the words:

    Articles 2A to 2H

there shall be substituted:

    Articles 2A to 2I

C. Article 2F, paragraph 8

    The following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 7 of Article 2F of the Protocol:

         Each Party producing one or more of these substances shall ensure that for the twelve‑month period commencing on 1 January 2004, and in each twelve‑month period thereafter, its calculated level of production of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex C does not exceed, annually, the average of:

              (a) The sum of its calculated level of consumption in 1989 of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex C and two point eight per cent of its calculated level of consumption in 1989 of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex A; and

              (b) The sum of its calculated level of production in 1989 of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex C and two point eight per cent of its calculated level of production in 1989 of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex A.

         However, in order to satisfy the basic domestic needs of the Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, its calculated level of production may exceed that limit by up to fifteen per cent of its calculated level of production of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex C as defined above.

D. Article 2I

The following Article shall be inserted after Article 2H of the Protocol:

Article 2I: Bromochloromethane
         Each Party shall ensure that for the twelve‑month period commencing on 1 January 2002, and in each twelve‑month period thereafter, its calculated level of consumption and production of the controlled substance in Group III of Annex C does not exceed zero. This paragraph will apply save to the extent that the Parties decide to permit the level of production or consumption that is necessary to satisfy uses agreed by them to be essential.

E. Article 3

In Article 3 of the Protocol, for the words:

    Articles 2, 2A to 2H

there shall be substituted:

    Articles 2, 2A to 2I

F. Article 4, paragraphs 1 quin. and 1 sex.

    The following paragraphs shall be added to Article 4 of the Protocol after paragraph 1 qua:

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