UNITED
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UNEP/OzL.Pro.20/INF/2
Distr.: General
United Nations 1 October 2008
Environment English only
Programme
Twentieth Meeting of the Parties to the
Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Doha, 16–20 November 2008
Status of licensing systems and focal points
Note by the Secretariat
I. Licensing systems (Article 4B, paragraph 4, of the Montreal
Protocol)
1. Article 4B of the Montreal Protocol requires each Party to the Protocol to establish a system
for licensing the import and export of new, used, recycled and reclaimed controlled substances listed
in Annexes A, B, C and E to the Protocol by 1 January 2000 or three months after the date of entry
into force of Article 4B for the Party. Pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article 4B, the Secretariat is
required to prepare and circulate periodically to all Parties a list of Parties that have reported to the
Secretariat on their licensing systems. The Secretariat is also required to forward that list to the
Implementation Committee for its consideration and appropriate recommendations to the Parties.
2. Annex I to the present note lists all Parties to the Montreal Amendment to the Montreal
Protocol that had established licensing systems and notified the Secretariat by 1 October 2008.
Annex II to the present note contains a list of States that are Parties to the Montreal Protocol but are
not yet Parties to the Montreal Amendment and have already established and implemented licensing
systems.
3. This status is updated regularly based on information reported to the Secretariat. Parties are
encouraged to report to the Secretariat information on establishment of licensing systems to be
reflected in future updates to the present note.
II. Focal points
4. To facilitate the efficient notification, reporting or cross-checking of information on
licensing systems, decision IX/8 of the Meeting of the Parties invited each Party to inform the
Secretariat of the name and contact details of the officer to whom such information and request
should be directed. Annex III to the present note contains a list of names and contact details of focal K0842140 141008
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points updated as of 1 October 2008. Parties are encouraged to look carefully at their focal point
details and send to the Secretariat any necessary corrections and updates.
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1Annex I
Parties to the Montreal Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
Date of ratification Status of licensing
Party system 1. Afghanistan 17.6.2004 ? 2. Albania 25.5.2006 ? 3. Algeria 6.8.2007 ? 4. Antigua and Barbuda 10.2.2000 ? 5. Argentina 15.2.2001 ? 6. Australia 5.1.1999 ? 7. Austria 7.8.2000 ? 8. Azerbaijan 28.9.2000 ? 9. Bahamas 16.3.2005 ? 10. Bahrain 13.3.2001 ? 11. Bangladesh 27.7.2001 ? 12. Barbados 10.12.2002 ? 13. Belarus 13.3.2007 ? 14. Belgium 11.8.2004 ? 15. Belize 17.1.2008 ? 16. Benin 16.11.2007 ? 17. Bhutan 23.8.2004 ? 18. Bolivia 12.4.1999 ? 19. Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.8.2003 ? 20. Brazil 30.6.2004 ? 21. Bulgaria 24.11.1999 ? 22. Burkina Faso 11.11.2002 ? 23. Burundi 18.10.2001 ? 24. Cambodia 31.1.2007 ? 25. Canada 27.3.1998 ? 26. Cape Verde 31.7.2001 ? 27. Central African Republic 29.5.2008 ? 28. Chad 30.5.2001 ? 29. Chile 17.6.1998 ? 30. Cook Islands 22.12.2003 ? 31. Colombia 16.6.2003 ? 32. Comoros 2.12.2002 ? 33. Congo 19.10.2001 ? 34. Costa Rica 1.12.2005 ? 35. Croatia 8.9.2000 ? 36. Cuba 12.9.2005 ? 37. Cyprus 2.6.2003 ? 38. Czech Republic 5.11.1999 ? 39. Democratic Republic of the Congo 23.3.2005 ? 40. Democratic People’s Republic of 13.12.2001 ?
Korea
41. Denmark 24.9.2003 ? 42. Djibouti 30.7.1999 ? 43. Dominica 7.3.2006 ? 44. Ecuador 16.2.2007 ? 45. Egypt 20.7.2000 ? 46. El Salvador 8.12.2000 ? 47. Equatorial Guinea 11.7.2007 - 48. Eritrea 5.7.2005 - 49. Estonia 11.4.2003 ? 50. European Community 17.11.2000 ? 51. Fiji 19.2.2007 ? 52. Finland 18.6.2001 ?
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Date of ratification Status of licensing
Party system 53. France 25.7.2003 ? 54. Gabon 4.12.2000 ? 55. Gambia 30.4.2008 ? 56. Georgia 12.7.2000 ? 57. Germany 5.1.1999 ? 58. Ghana 8.8.2005 ? 59. Greece 27.1.2006 ? 60. Grenada 20.5.1999 ? 61. Guatemala 21.1.2002 ? 62. Guinea-Bissau 12.11.2002 ? 63. Guyana 23.7.1999 ? 64. Haiti 29.3.2000 - 65. Holy See 5.5.2008 - 66. Honduras 14.9.2007 ? 67. Hungary 26.7.1999 ? 68. Iceland 8.2.2000 ? 69. India 3.3.2003 ? 70. Indonesia 26.1.2006 ? 71. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.10.2001 ? 72. Iraq 25.6.2008 - 73. Ireland 6.10.2005 ? 74. Israel 28.5.2003 ? 75. Italy 1.5.2001 ? 76. Jamaica 24.9.2003 ? 77. Japan 30.8.2002 ? 78. Jordan 3.2.1999 ? 79. Kenya 12.7.2000 ? 80. Kiribati 9.8.2004 ? 81. Kuwait 13.6.2003 ? 82. Kyrgyzstan 13.5.2003 ? 83. Latvia 14.6.2002 ? 84. Lao People’s Democratic Republic 28.6.2006 ? 85. Lebanon 31.7.2000 ? 86. Liberia 30.11.2004 ? 87. Liechtenstein 23.12.2003 ? 88. Lithuania 17.3.2004 ? 89. Luxembourg 8.2.1999 ? 90. Madagascar 16.1.2002 ? 91. Malaysia 26.10.2001 ? 92. Maldives 27.9.2001 ? 93. Mali 7.3.2003 ? 94. Malta 22.11.2003 ? 95. Marshall Islands 27.1.2003 ? 96. Mauritania 22.7.2005 ? 97. Mauritius 24.3.2003 ? 98. Mexico 28.7.2006 ? 99. Micronesia (Federated States of) 27.11.2001 ? 100. Monaco 26.7.2001 ? 101. Mongolia 28.3.2002 ? 102. Montenegro 23.10.2006 ? 103. Namibia 1.10.2007 ? 104. Nauru 10.9. 2004 - 105. Netherlands 21.2.2000 ? 106. New Zealand 3.6.1999 ? 107. Niger 8.10.1999 ? 108. Nigeria 27.9.2001 ? 109. Niue 22.11.2003 ? 110. Norway 30.12.1998 ? 111. Oman 19.1.2005 ? 112. Pakistan 2.9.2005 ? 113. Palau 29.5.2001 ? 114. Panama 5.3.1999 ? 115. Paraguay 27.4.2001 ?
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Date of ratification Status of licensing
Party system 116. Peru 20.5.2008 ? 117. Philippines 23.5.2006 ? 118. Poland 6.12.1999 ? 119. Portugal 3.10.2003 ? 120. Republic of Korea 19.8.1998 ? 121. Republic of Moldova 24.5.2005 ? 122. Romania 21.5.2001 ? 123. Russian Federation 14.12.2005 ? 124. Rwanda 7.1.2004 ? 125. Saint Kitts and Nevis 25.2.1999 ? 126. Saint Lucia 24.8.1999 ? 127. Samoa 4.10.2001 ? 128. Sao Tome and Principe 19.11.2001 ? 129. Senegal 12.8.1999 ? 130. Serbia 22.3.2005 ? 131. Seychelles 26.8.2002 ? 132. Sierra Leone 29.8.2001 ? 133. Singapore 22.9.2000 ? 134. Slovakia 3.11.1999 ? 135. Slovenia 15.11.1999 ? 136. Solomon Islands 17.8.1999 ? 137. Somalia 1.8.2001 - 138. South Africa 11.11.2004 ? 139. Spain 11.5.1999 ? 140. Sri Lanka 20.8.1999 ? 141. Sudan 18.5.2004 ? 142. Suriname 29.3.2006 ? 143. Swaziland 16.12.2005 ? 144. Sweden 12.7.1999 ? 145. Switzerland 28.8.2002 ? 146. Syrian Arab Republic 30.11.1999 ? 147. The former Yugoslav Republic of 31.8.1999 ?
Macedonia
148. Thailand 23.6.2003 ? 149. Togo 26.11.2001 ? 150. Tonga 26.11.2003 - 151. Trinidad and Tobago 10.6.1999 ? 152. Tunisia 19.10.1999 ? 153. Turkey 24.10.2003 ? 154. Turkmenistan 28.3.2008 ? 155. Tuvalu 31.8.2000 ? 156. Uganda 23.11.1999 ? 157. Ukraine 4.5.2007 ? 158. United Arab Emirates 16.2.2005 ? 159. United Kingdom of Great Britain and 12.10.2001 ?
Northern Ireland
160. United Republic of Tanzania 6.12.2002 ? 161. United States of America 1.10.2003 ? 162. Uruguay 16.2.2000 ? 163. Uzbekistan 31.10.2006 ? 164. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.5.2002 ? 165. Viet Nam 3.12.2004 ? 166. Yemen 23.4.2001 ? 167. Zambia 11.10.2007 ?
? indicates that a licensing system has been established.
– indicates that no licensing system has been established.
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2Annex II
States not yet Parties to the Montreal Amendment that have
established and implemented licensing systems
1. Cameroon
2. China
3. Côte d’Ivoire
4. Dominican Republic
5. Guinea
6. Kazakhstan
7. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
8. Malawi
9. Morocco
10. Myanmar
11. Nepal
12. Nicaragua
13. Papua New Guinea
14. Qatar
15. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
16. Saudi Arabia
17. Tajikistan
18. Zimbabwe
2 For reasons of economy, the text in this annex is made available only in the language in which it
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Annex III
Focal points for licensing system for trade in ozone depleting
substances (decision IX/8)
Algeria Azerbaijan
Mr. Mohamed El hadi Bennadji Mr. Astan Shahverdiev Secrétariat d’Etat chargé de The State Committee of Azerbaijan l’Environnement Republic on Ecology and Nature Direction Générale de Utilization Control
l’Environnement 31, Istiglaliyyat Street 370001 Bureau Ozone Algérie Baku, Azerbaijan
Palais Mustapha Pacha Tel: + 994 12 926019
Avenue de l’indépendance Fax: + 994 12 925907
Algers, Algérie
Tel: + 213 265 2967 Bahrain
Fax: + 213 265 2802
Mr. Jaffar Ahmed Salman
National Ozone Officer/Senior Argentina
Environmental Specialist
Dr. Laura Berón Environment Control Directorate Coordinadora Public Commission for the Protection Oficina Programa Ozono of Marine Resources, Environment and Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Wildlife
Sustentable P.O. Box 32657, Isa Town San Martin 459 – 3rd Floor Bahrain
Buenos Aires 1008 Tel: + 973 1787 5168 / + 973 391 Argentina 89053
Tel: + 54 11 4348 8413 Fax: + 973 1778 6102 Fax: + 54 11 4348 8274 E-mail: jaffare@env.gov.bh E-mail: lberon@ambiente.gov.ar
Bangladesh
Australia
Dr. Satyendra Kumar Purakayastha Mr. Patrick McInerney Senior Officer, Ozone Cell Director Department of Environment Ozone and Synthetic Gas Team E/16 Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Department of the Environment and Dhaka 1207
Water Resources Government of the People’s Republic GP.O. Box 787 of Bangladesh
Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: + 8802 912 4005
Australia Fax: + 8802 911 8682 / 912 24005 Tel: + 61 2 6274 1035 E-mail: purkayastha@deo-bd.org Fax: + 61 2 6274 1610
E-mail: Barbados
patrick.mcinerney@environment.gov.
au Mr. Lionel Weekes
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Family, Youth, Sports and
Environment
1st Floor, S.P. Musson Building
Hincks Street
Bridgetown, St. Michael
Barbados
Tel: + 1 246 467 5712
Fax: +1 246 467 8859
E-mail: envirobdos@gob.bb
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Belarus Bolivia
Mr. Bambiza Aleksandr Mr. Alex Suarez
Head of Department National Coordinator State Control for Protection of the Ozone Governmental Commission, Ozone Layer Land and Environmental Planning Ministry for Natural Resources and Viceministry, Development Planning Environment Protection Ministry
Kollektornaja, 10 Av. Mcal. Santa Cruz esq. Oruro Minsk 220048, Belarus 1092 Plazuela del Obelisco, edificio Tel: + 375 172 006261 ex Comibol
Fax: + 375 172 005583/004771 La Paz, Bolivia
E-mail: ozon@minpriroda.by Tel: + 591 2 241 2949 / 242 0296
Fax: + 591 2 241 4301
E-mail: asuarez@ozono.gov.bo /
ozonobolivia@planificacion.gov.bo Belize
Mr. Martín Alegría Mr. Iver Rodriguez Aguilar Senior Environmental Officer Politicas y Normas de la Comisión Department of Environment Gubernamental del Ozono Ministry of Natural Resources and Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz No. 1092 the Environment Edif. Ex-Comibol Piso 7 10/12 Ambergris Ave. Las Paz, Bolivia
Belmopan, Belize Tel/Fax: + 591 223 10377 Tel: + 501 822 816 / 822 542 Email: iverozo@mds.gov.bo Fax: + 501 822 862 iverodriguez@bolivia.com Email: envirodept@btl.net /
noubelize@btl.net Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ms. Azra Rogovic-Grubic Benin
Focal Point for Vienna Convention and M. Imorou Séidou MP
Directeur de Cabine Senior Advisor
Président du Comité National Ozone Sect. of Natural Resources, Energy and Ministère de l’Environnement, de Environment Protection l’Habitat et de l’Urbanisme Ministry of Foreign Trade and 01 BP 3621 Economic Relations
Cotonou, Bénin Musala 9
Tel: + 229 31 2065 Sarajevo 71000
Fax: + 229 31 5081 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: + 387 33 552 365 M. Tchabi Vincent Isidore Fax: + 387 33 552 365 Directeur de l’environnement E-mail: azrarogovic@yahoo.co.uk Coordonnateur du Bureau National
Ozone, Ministère de l’Environnement, Brazil
de l’Habitat et de l’Urbanisme
01 BP 3621 Mr. Ruy Goes Leite de Barros Cotonou, Bénin Director, Department of Climate Tel: + 229 312065 / 315596 Change
Fax: + 229 315081 Ministry of the Environment
Esplanada dos Ministérios Bloco B
Gabinete 8º Andar, Brasilia DF 70-
068-900
Brazil
Tel: + 55 61 331 71215
Fax: + 55 61 331 71759 / 331 71760
E-mail: ruy.barros@mma.gov.br
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Brunei Darussalam Cambodia
Mr. Haji Mohd Zakaria Haji Serudin Mr. Sokharavuth Pak
Director Deputy Director
Department of Environment, Parks and Pollution Control Department Recreation Ministry of Environment Ministry of Development #48, Samdech Preah Sihanouk, Bandar Seri Begawan BB 3510 Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon, Negara, Brunei Darussalam Phnom Penh 12206, Cambodia Tel: +6732 382 102 Tel: + 855 23 222 439 / + 855 1296 Fax: + 6732 383 644 2103
E-mail: Fax: + 855 23 987 880 zakaria_hajisarudin@env.gov.bn / E-mail: sokharavuth@online.com.kh
info_env@env.gov.bn
Cameroon
Mr. Haji Bakar bin Haji Ludin
Customs Officer Mr. Peter Ayuk Enoh
Royal Customs and Excise Department Director of Standards and Control Ministry of Finance Coordinator of Ozone Programme Bandar Seri Begawan BB 3910 Department of Standards and Control Negara, Brunei Darussalam Ministry of Environment and Tel: + 6732 382 333 Protection of Nature Fax: + 6732 383 477 Yaoundé, Cameroon
E-mail: info_env@env.gov.bn Tel: + 237 9691025/222 1106
Fax: + 237 222 1106
E-mail: enohpeter@yahoo.fr Burkina Faso
Mr. Victor Yameogo Canada
Coordonnateur du Programme de pays
Bureau de l’Ozone Dr. Martin Sirois
Ministère de l'Environnement et de Manager, Ozone Protection Programs l'Eau Chemicals Management Division 03 BP 7044, Ouagadougou 03, Environment Canada
Burkina Faso 351 St. Joseph Blvd. 17th Floor Tel: + 226 50 30 68 61/ 226 50 67 48 Gatineau K1A 0H3
Mobile: + 226 70 20 64 84 Quebec, Canada
Fax: + 226 50 31 81 34 Tel: + 1 819 934 3545 E-mail: yam.t.v@fasonet.bf Fax: + 1 819 994 0007
E-mail: martin.sirois@ec.gc.ca
Burundi
Central African Republic Mr. Gabriel Hakizimana
Focal Point of Montreal Protocol Dr. Jean-Claude Bomba Ministry of Environment Directeur General de L'Environnement BP 6464 Ministère d’Eaux, Forets, Chasse, Bujumbura, Burundi Pêche et Environnement Tel: + 257 222 34426 BP 830 Bangui
Fax: + 257 222 28902 Central African Republic E-mail: hakizimana@hotmail.com Tel: + 236 21615204 / +236 7550 8279
Fax: + 236 21617890
E-mail: jcbomba@hotmail.com
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Chad Chile
Mr. Abdoulaye Mahamat Abdoulaye Excelentísima Señora Coordonnateur du Bureau National Paulina Veloso Valenzuela Ozone Ministra Secretaria Ministère de l'Environnement et du Secretaria General de la Presidencia Tourisme Moneda No. 1160. Puso 4 –
BP 3008 Santiago, Chile
N'Djaména
Chad Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Tel: + 235 52 50 32/31 / 841 84 65 Dirección de Medio Ambiente Fax: + 235 52 6788 Antártica y Asuntos Email: abder_mht@yahoo.fr / Maritimos (DIMA) dhprs@intnet.td Teatros 180. Piso 3
Santiago
Chile China
His Excellency Zhang Lijun Sra. Ana Lya Uriarte Rodríguez Vice Minister and Leader of the Directora Ejecutiva China’s Leading Group for the Ozone Comisión Nacional del Medio Layer Protection Ambiente, CONAMA
State Environmental Protection Teatinos 254
Administration (SEPA) Santiago
115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie Chile
Beijing 100035
The People’s Republic of China Sra. Claudia Paratori Tel: + 8610 66 556 667 Coordinadora Programa Ozono Fax: + 8610 66 556 513 / 66 556 494 Unidad Ozono, Departamento Control
de la Contaminación Mr. Zhang Shigang Comisión Nacional del Medio Deputy Permanent Representative Ambiente
Permanent Mission of the People’s Teatinos 254
Republic of China to UNEP Santiago Centro
Whispers Estate LR 9140/136 Chile
P.O. Box 30947 Tel: + 56 22405660 / + 56 995197497 Nairobi Fax: + 56 22405782 Kenya E-mail: cparatori@conama.cl Tel: + 25420 521 923
Fax: + 25420 375 5330 Colombia
E-mail: zhang.shigang@sepa.gov.cn
Sr. Jorge Sánchez Segura Ms. Jieqing Zhang Coordinador Nacional Director Unidad Técnica de Ozono Department of International Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Cooperation Desarrollo Territorial Division of International Calle 37 # 8 – 40
Organizations Bogota, Colombia
State Environmental Protection Tel: + 571 332 3638 / 3400 – Ext.
Administration 2376 /2470
115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie Fax: + 571 332 3638 Beijing 100035 100035 E-mail:
The People’s Republic of China jsanchez@minambiente.gov.co Tel: + 8610 66 55 65 15
Fax: + 8610 66 55 65 13
E-mail: zhangmh@sepa.gov.cn
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