Each Party shall ensure that for the twelve-month period commencing on 1 January 2002, and in each twelve-month period thereafter, its calculated level of consumption and production of the controlled substances in Group III of Annex C does not exceed zero. This paragraph will apply save to the extent that the Parties decide to permit the level of production or consumption that is necessary to satisfy uses agreed by them as essential.
E. Article 3 In Article 3 of the Protocol, the words:
Articles 2, 2A to 2H shall be replaced by:
Articles 2, 2A to 2I F. Article 4, paragraphs 1 quin. and 1 sex.
After paragraph 1 qua. of Article 4, the following paragraphs shall be added:
1 quin. By 1 January 2004, each Party shall ban the import of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex C from any State not party to this Protocol.
1 sex. Within one year of the date of the entry into force of this paragraph, each Party shall ban the import of the controlled substances in Group III of Annex C from any State not party to this Protocol.
G. Article 4, paragraphs 2 quin. and 2 sex.
After paragraph 2 qua. of Article 4, the following paragraphs shall be added:
2 quin. By 1 January 2004, each Party shall ban the export of the controlled substances in Group I of Annex C to any State not party to this Protocol.
2 sex. Within one year of the date of the entry into force of this paragraph, each Party shall ban the export of the controlled substances in Group III of Annex C to any State not party to this Protocol.
H. Article 4, paragraphs 5 to 7 In paragraphs 5 to 7 of Article 4 of the Protocol, the words:
Annexes A and B, Group II of Annex C and Annex E shall be replaced by:
Annexes A, B, C and E
I. Article 4, paragraph 8
In paragraph 8 of Article 4 of the Protocol, the words:
Articles 2A to 2E, Articles 2G and 2H shall be replaced by:
Articles 2A to 2I J. Article 5, paragraph 4 In paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Protocol, the words:
Articles 2A to 2H shall be replaced by:
Articles 2A to 2I K. Article 5, paragraphs 5 and 6 In paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 5 of the Protocol, the words:
Articles 2A to 2E shall be replaced by:
Articles 2A to 2E and Article 2I L. Article 5, paragraph 8 ter (a) At the end of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 8 ter of Article 5 of the Protocol, the following sentence shall be added:
By 1 January 2016, each Party operating under paragraph 1 of this Article shall comply with the control measures set out in paragraph 8 of Article 2F and, as the basis for its compliance with these control measures, it shall use the average of its calculated levels of production and consumption in 2015; M. Article 6 In Article 6 of the Protocol, the words:
Articles 2A to 2H shall be replaced by:
Articles 2A to 2I N. Article 7, paragraph 2 In paragraph 2 of Article 7 of the Protocol, the words:
Annexes B and C shall be replaced by:
O. Article 7, paragraph 3 After the first sentence of paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Protocol, the following sentence shall be added:
Each Party shall provide to the Secretariat statistical data on the amount of the controlled substance in Annex E used annually for quarantine and pre-shipment applications.
P. Article 10 In paragraph 1 of Article 10 of the Protocol, the words:
Articles 2A to 2E shall be replaced by:
Articles 2A to 2E and Article 2I Q Article 17 In Article 17 of the Protocol, the words:
Articles 2A to 2H shall be replaced by:
Articles 2A to 2I R. Annex C The following group shall be added to Annex C of the Protocol:
| Group | Substance | Number of isomers | Ozone-Depleting Potential |
|---|
| Group III | | | |
| CH2BrCl | Bromochloromethane | 1 | 0.12 |