EU adoption of amendments to the Montreal Protocol
Tighter controls on substances whose use results in depletion of the ozone layer may be enforced in the near future, following the publication of a Commission proposal for the conclusion on behalf of the EU of amendments to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. The proposal, for a Council Decision, seeks approval for the third amendment to this legislation, agreed in September 1997. This is deemed necessary as recent evidence indicates that a higher degree of control of trade in ozone depleting substances is needed than is provided by the Montreal Protocol as amended in 1992.