The Montreal Protocol built on the framework of the Vienna Convention with the goal of reducing the consumption and production of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) through binding time-bound targets for action and a step-wise schedule to phase out ODS. The terms of this Protocol and the decisions of MOP provided measures for realising these objectives and ensuring compliance by the Parties. These include:
- Setting up control measures for Parties (Art. 2) and non-Parties (Art. 4);
- Regulating the level of consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS) (Arts. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, and 2H);
- Requesting Parties to report data on their production, import, and export of the controlled substances (Art. 7);
- Promoting research, development, public awareness, and exchange of information (Art. 9);
- Establishing a financial mechanism – the Multilateral Fund – to meet all agreed incremental costs of Parties operating under Art. 5(1) and to finance clearinghouse functions to assist those countries (Art. 10);
- Requiring all Parties to take every practicable step to transfer the best available, environmentally safe substitutes, and related technologies to Parties operating under Art. 5(1); and
- Introducing additional control measures for methyl bromide applicable to developing countries and accelerate those for developed countries, as well as a requirement for all Parties to establish import/export licensing systems for ODS.
(Source: Decision of the Ninth Meeting of the Parties).
In addition, the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol established an Implementation Committee, following entry into force of the Protocol. (Decisions II/5 and IV/5 of the Meeting of the Parties);
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