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Council Decision (EU) 2017/1541 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.

Country/Territory
European Union
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Journal of the European Union L 236, 14 September 2017, pp. 1 and 2.
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen.
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Ozone layer Pollution control
Geographical area
European Union Countries
Abstract

By virtue of this Decision, the Council of the European Union approves the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. The text of the Amendment is attached to the Decision. The Kigali Amendment contributes to the implementation of the Paris Agreement as regards its objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels.

Full text
English
Website
eur-lex.europa.eu