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U.S. Efforts to Secure Methyl Bromide Exemption to Ozone Depletion Regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2004

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References

1 Sept. 16, 1987, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100–10 (1987), 1522 UNTS 3. The texts and ratification status of the Montreal Protocol and its various amendments and adjustments are available online at the Internet site of the UN Environmental Programme’s Ozone Secretariat, <http://www.unep.org/ozone/> .

2 Adjustments and Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, Annex III, Art. 1(I), 32 ILM 874, 88081 (1993)Google Scholar [hereinafter Copenhagen Amendment].

3 The United States ratified the amendment on March 2, 1994.Google ScholarPubMed It went into effect the following June 14.

4 See Montreal Protocol, supra note 1, Art. 2, para. 9.

5 See Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete die Ozone Layer, UN Doc. UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12, Annex III (1997)Google Scholar.

6 Id.

7 Id., UN Doc. UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12, Decision IX/6.

8 The other countries were Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. See Report of the First Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, UN Doc. UNEP/OzL.Pro.ExMP/1/3, Annex II (Mar. 27, 2004).

9 See id., Annex III (draft decision submitted by the United States).

10 Id., Annex II.

11 Id., Decision Ex.I/3.

12 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on Montreal Protocol Meeting Concludes (Mar. 27, 2004), at <http://www.state.gov>>Google Scholar .