Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer: amendment

PURPOSE : to conclude the third amendment of the Montreal Protocol. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Decision (2000/646/EC) concerning the conclusion of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. CONTENT : the Council adopted this Decision concerning the conclusion of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. This Decision approves the third amendment to the Montreal Protocol concluded in 1997, the text of which is annexed to the Decision. The Community is party to the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer and the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. In the framework of the Protocol, a third amendment to the Montreal Protocol introducing these controls was adopted in Montreal in September 1997. That amendment set out to achieve a higher degree of control of trade in ozone depleting substances and in particular on methyl bromide.�