Decision XXXIII/8: Status of the establishment of licensing systems under paragraph 2 bis of Article 4B of the Montreal Protocol
Noting that paragraph 2 bis of Article 4B of the Montreal Protocol requires each party, by 1 January 2019 or within three months of the date of entry into force of that paragraph for the party, whichever is later, to establish and implement a system for licensing the import and export of new, used, recycled and reclaimed controlled substances listed in Annex F to the Protocol,
Noting with appreciation that 100 of the 122 parties to the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol have established import and export licensing systems for Annex F controlled substances as required, and that 10 parties that have not yet ratified the Kigali Amendment have also reported the establishment and implementation of such licensing systems,
Noting, however, that the 15 parties listed in the annex to the present decision have not yet reported to the Secretariat on the establishment of their licensing systems according to paragraph 2 bis of Article 4B,
Recognizing that licensing systems provide for data collection and verification, monitoring of imports and exports of controlled substances, and prevention of illegal trade,
Recognizing also that the successful phase-out of most controlled substances by parties is largely attributable to the establishment and implementation of licensing systems to control the import and export of ozone-depleting substances,
- To take note with appreciation of the efforts made by the parties in the establishment and implementation of licensing systems under paragraph 2 bis of Article 4B of the Montreal Protocol for the import and export of new, used, recycled and reclaimed controlled substances listed in Annex F to the Montreal Protocol;
- To urge the 15 parties listed in the annex to the present decision to provide information to the Secretariat on the establishment and implementation of the licensing systems referred to in paragraph 1 of the present decision as a matter of urgency, and no later than 15 March 2022, for consideration by the Implementation Committee at its sixty-eighth meeting;
- To urge all parties to the Kigali Amendment that have not yet established and implemented the licensing systems referred to in paragraph 1 above to do so, and to report that information to the Secretariat within three months thereafter;
- To request the Secretariat to periodically review the status of the establishment and implementation of the licensing systems referred to in paragraph 1 of the present decision by all parties to the Montreal Protocol, as is called for in Article 4B of the Protocol.
Annex to decision XXXIII/8
Parties that have not yet reported on the establishment and implementation of licensing systems according to Article 4B, paragraph 2 bis, of the Montreal Protocol
- Angola
- Botswana
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Cuba
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mozambique
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa