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The Beijing Amendment (1999)
Party Firma Ratificación Status Party
17 Jun 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
25 May 2006 Accession 25 Feb 2002
06 Aug 2007 Ratificación 04 Nov 2007
26 Jan 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
21 Jun 2011 Accession 25 Feb 2002
29 Jun 2010 Accession 25 Feb 2002
28 Aug 2006 Ratificación 26 Nov 2006
18 Dec 2008 Ratificación 18 Mar 2009
17 Aug 2005 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
23 Sep 2004 Ratificación 22 Dec 2004
31 Aug 2012 Ratificación 29 Nov 2012
16 Mar 2005 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
25 Sep 2013 Ratificación 24 Dec 2013
24 Aug 2010 Accession 25 Feb 2002
10 Dec 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
13 Mar 2007 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
06 Apr 2006 Ratificación 05 Jul 2006
17 Jan 2008 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
16 Nov 2007 Ratificación 14 Feb 2008
23 Aug 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
04 Sep 2013 Accession 25 Feb 2002
11 Oct 2011 Accession 25 Feb 2002
21 Feb 2013 Accession 25 Feb 2002
30 Jun 2004 Ratificación 28 Sep 2004
03 Mar 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
15 Apr 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
11 Nov 2002 Ratificación 09 Feb 2003
18 Oct 2001 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
30 Nov 2011 Ratificación 28 Feb 2012
31 Jan 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
21 Aug 2009 Ratificación 19 Nov 2009
09 Feb 2001 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
29 May 2008 Ratificación 27 Aug 2008
02 Jan 2013 Ratificación 02 Apr 2013
03 May 2000 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002
19 May 2010 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
15 Sep 2006 Accession 25 Feb 2002
02 Dec 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
19 Oct 2001 Accession 25 Feb 2002
22 Dec 2003 Accession 25 Feb 2002
01 Dec 2008 Ratificación 01 Mar 2009
25 Apr 2002 Ratificación 24 Jul 2002
12 Sep 2005 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
02 Sep 2004 Ratificación 01 Dec 2004
09 May 2001 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
28 Jun 2012 Ratificación 26 Sep 2012
13 Dec 2001 Accession 25 Feb 2002
23 Mar 2005 Accession 25 Feb 2002
24 Sep 2003 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002 End notes
06 Feb 2013 Ratificación 07 May 2013
07 Mar 2006 Accession 25 Feb 2002
01 Oct 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
31 Jan 2013 Accession 25 Feb 2002
06 Mar 2009 Ratificación 04 Jun 2009
13 Nov 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
11 Jul 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
05 Jul 2005 Accession 25 Feb 2002
22 Dec 2003 Ratificación 21 Mar 2004
25 Nov 2009 Ratificación 23 Feb 2010
25 Mar 2002 Approval 25 Feb 2002
19 Feb 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
18 Jun 2001 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
25 Jul 2003 Approval 25 Feb 2002
04 Dec 2000 Accession 25 Feb 2002
08 Apr 2011 Accession 25 Feb 2002
28 Oct 2002 Ratificación 26 Jan 2003
08 Aug 2005 Accession 25 Feb 2002
27 Jan 2006 Ratificación 27 Apr 2006
12 Jan 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
21 Jan 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
28 Feb 2012 Accession 25 Feb 2002
12 Nov 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
02 Jun 2008 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
08 Oct 2013 Accession 25 Feb 2002
14 Sep 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
23 Apr 2002 Approval 25 Feb 2002
31 Mar 2004 Ratificación 29 Jun 2004
03 Mar 2003 Accession 25 Feb 2002
26 Jan 2006 Ratificación 26 Apr 2006
14 Feb 2013 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
25 Jun 2008 Accession 25 Feb 2002
06 Oct 2005 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
15 Apr 2004 Ratificación 14 Jul 2004
22 Oct 2004 Ratificación 20 Jan 2005
24 Sep 2003 Accession 25 Feb 2002
30 Aug 2002 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
01 Feb 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002
19 Sep 2014 Ratificación 18 Dec 2014
09 Oct 2013 Ratificación 07 Jan 2014
09 Aug 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
30 Jul 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
05 Oct 2005 Ratificación 03 Jan 2006
28 Jun 2006 Accession 25 Feb 2002
09 Jul 2004 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
21 Nov 2008 Accession 25 Feb 2002
15 Apr 2010 Accession 25 Feb 2002
30 Nov 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
15 Apr 2014 Ratificación 14 Jul 2014
23 Dec 2003 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
17 Mar 2004 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
22 Jan 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002
16 Jan 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
27 Feb 2009 Ratificación 28 May 2009
26 Oct 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002
03 Sep 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
25 Mar 2004 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
22 Dec 2003 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
19 May 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
04 Dec 2014 Ratificación 04 Mar 2015
24 Mar 2003 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
12 Sep 2007 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
27 Nov 2001 Accession 25 Feb 2002
03 Apr 2003 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
24 Jun 2008 Ratificación 22 Sep 2008
23 Oct 2006 Ratificación 21 Jan 2007 End notes
19 Sep 2012 Ratificación 18 Dec 2012
11 Nov 2010 Accession 25 Feb 2002
30 Jan 2012 Accession 25 Feb 2002
01 Oct 2007 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
10 Sep 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
18 May 2012 Accession 25 Feb 2002
13 Nov 2001 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
08 Jun 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002 End notes
07 Nov 2012 Ratificación 05 Feb 2013
25 Aug 2005 Ratificación 23 Nov 2005
24 May 2004 Ratificación 22 Aug 2004
22 Dec 2003 Accession 25 Feb 2002
29 Nov 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002
19 Jan 2005 Ratificación 19 Apr 2005
02 Sep 2005 Ratificación 01 Dec 2005
29 May 2001 Accession 25 Feb 2002
05 Dec 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002
12 Nov 2013 Accession 25 Feb 2002
18 Jul 2006 Accession 25 Feb 2002
26 Sep 2012 Ratificación 25 Dec 2012
23 May 2006 Ratificación 21 Aug 2006
13 Apr 2006 Ratificación 12 Jul 2006
08 May 2006 Ratificación 06 Aug 2006
29 Jan 2009 Ratificación 29 Apr 2009
09 Jan 2004 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
05 Dec 2006 Accession 25 Feb 2002
17 Nov 2005 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
14 Dec 2005 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
07 Jan 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
08 Jan 2009 Ratificación 08 Apr 2009
12 Dec 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002
11 May 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
04 Oct 2001 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
23 Apr 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
19 Nov 2001 Accession 25 Feb 2002
14 Mar 2014 Ratificación 12 Jun 2014
08 Oct 2003 Ratificación 06 Jan 2004
22 Mar 2005 Accession 25 Feb 2002
26 Aug 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
29 Aug 2001 Accession 25 Feb 2002
10 Jan 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
22 May 2002 Ratificación 20 Aug 2002
23 Jan 2003 Ratificación 23 Apr 2003
22 Sep 2011 Ratificación 21 Dec 2011
01 Aug 2001 Accession 25 Feb 2002
11 Nov 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
16 Oct 2012 Accession 25 Feb 2002
19 Feb 2002 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
27 Nov 2002 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
18 May 2004 Accession 25 Feb 2002
29 Mar 2006 Accession 25 Feb 2002
28 Mar 2002 Ratificación 26 Jun 2002
28 Aug 2002 Ratificación 26 Nov 2002
11 May 2012 Accession 25 Feb 2002
07 May 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
14 Nov 2006 Ratificación 12 Feb 2007
30 Apr 2008 Ratificación 29 Jul 2008
16 Sep 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
26 Nov 2001 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
26 Nov 2003 Ratificación 24 Feb 2004
29 Oct 2003 Ratificación 27 Jan 2004
16 May 2005 Accession 25 Feb 2002
24 Oct 2003 Ratificación 22 Jan 2004
28 Mar 2008 Accession 25 Feb 2002
04 Oct 2004 Acceptance 25 Feb 2002
27 Jul 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
04 May 2007 Ratificación 02 Aug 2007
16 Feb 2005 Accession 25 Feb 2002
12 Oct 2001 Ratificación 25 Feb 2002 End notes
06 Dec 2002 Ratificación 06 Mar 2003
01 Oct 2003 Ratificación 30 Dec 2003
09 Sep 2003 Accession 25 Feb 2002
31 Oct 2006 Ratificación 29 Jan 2007
21 Jul 2011 Accession 25 Feb 2002
05 May 2008 Accession 25 Feb 2002 Declaraciones
22 Dec 2006 Ratificación 22 Mar 2007
03 Dec 2004 Ratificación 03 Mar 2005
13 Oct 2009 Accession 25 Feb 2002
11 Oct 2007 Accession 25 Feb 2002
01 Mar 2012 Accession 25 Feb 2002
23 May 2002 Accession 25 Feb 2002
16 Dec 2005 Accession 25 Feb 2002

Declarations

Ciudad del Vaticano
Declaration:“In acceding to the Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, as well as its four Amendments: London (1990), Copenhagen (1992), Montreal (1997) and Beijing (1999), the Holy See desires to encourage the entire International Community to be resolute in promoting authentic cooperation between politics, science and economics. Such cooperation, as has been shown in the case of the 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.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 accession, intends to give its own moral support to the commitment of States to the correct and effective implementation of the Treaties in question and to the attaining of the mentioned objectives. To this end, it expresses the wish that by recognizing ‘the signs of [an economic growth] that has not always been able to protect the delicate balances of nature’ (Homily of Pope Benedict XVI at Loreto, 2 September 2007), all actors will intensify the aforesaid cooperation and strengthen ‘the alliance between man and the environment, which must mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and to whom we are bound’(Benedict XVI, After the Angelus, 16 September 2007).”

End Notes

Dinamarca

In a communication received on 3 December 2009, the Government of Denmark notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the declaration, made upon ratification to the Amendment, relating to the territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands.
Montenegro

See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
Nueva Zelanda

With a territorial application in respect of Tokelau.
Reino Unido

On 5 August 2014 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 Gibraltar as follows:

“… the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wishes the United Kingdom’s Ratification of the [Amendment] be extended to the territory of Gibraltar for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considers the extension of the [Amendment] to the territory of Gibraltar to enter into force on the day of receipt of this notification by [the depositary] for deposit… ”

On 17 April 2015, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Spain the following communication relating to the territorial application by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Gibraltar:

1. Gibraltar is a Non-Self-Governing Territory for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom is responsible and which is subject to a process of decolonization in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly.

2. The authorities of Gibraltar are local in character, and exercise competences exclusively over internal affairs that originate in and are based on the powers allocated to and conferred on them by the United Kingdom, in accordance with its domestic legislation and in its capacity as the sovereign State upon which depends the said Non-Self-Governing Territory.

3. Consequently, any involvement by the Gibraltarian authorities in the implementation of this Amendment shall be understood to take place exclusively within the framework of the internal affairs of Gibraltar and shall not be considered toaffect in any way the content of the two preceding paragraphs.

4. The procedure envisaged in the “Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of Mixed Agreements (2007)” which was agreed by Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 together with "Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of European Union and European Community Instruments and Related Treaties" of 19 April 2000, applies to the present Amendment.

5. The application of the present Amendment to Gibraltar cannot be interpreted as recognition of any rights or situations involving matters not included in Article 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, signed by the crowns of Spain and Great Britain.

On 4 August 2020, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that its ratification of the Amendment would extend to the territoire of the Bailiwick of Jersey, 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… Beijing [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Bailiwick of Jersey for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considers the extension of the… Beijing [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Bailiwick of Jersey to be effective on the day of receipt of this notification…”

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… Beijing… [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… Beijing… [Amendment] to the Montreal Protocol to the territory of the Isle of Man to be effective on the day of receipt of this notification...”

On 2 November 2022, 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 Bailiwick of Guernsey as follows:

“… the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby

extends the application of the [Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol] to the territory of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, for whose international relations the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is responsible.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considers the extension of the [Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol] to the territory of the Bailiwick of Guernsey to take effect on the date of deposit of this notification.”