For the purposes of this Convention:

1.

"Ozone layer" refers to the atmospheric ozone layer above the boundary layer of the planet.

2.

"Adverse effects" means changes in the physical environment or biota, including climate change, that have significant adverse effects on human health or on composition, resistance and Productivity of natural or managed ecosystems, or materials useful to humanity.

3.

"Alternative technology or equipment" means a technology or equipment that is used to reduce or exclude virtually the emissions of substances that have or are likely to have adverse effects on the ozone layer.

4.

"Alternative substances" means substances that reduce, eliminate or avoid adverse effects on the ozone layer.

5.

"Parties" means the Parties to this Convention, unless the text imposes another interpretation.

6.

"Regional economic integration organization" means an organization constituted by sovereign States of a given region which has competence in areas governed by the Convention or its protocols and has been duly authorized, according to its Internal procedures, to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to the Convention or its protocols.

7.

"Protocols" means protocols to this Convention.

1. The Parties shall take appropriate measures in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and the Protocols in force to which they are party to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects resulting from or Likely to result from human activities that modify or are likely to alter the ozone layer.

2. To this end, the Parties shall, in accordance with the means at their disposal and according to their possibilities:

(a)

Cooperate, through systematic observation, research and exchange of information to better understand and assess the effects of human activities on the ozone layer and the effects on human health and the environment by Modification of the ozone layer;

(b)

Adopt appropriate legislative or administrative measures and cooperate to harmonize appropriate policies to regulate, limit, reduce or prevent human activities within their jurisdiction or control Is that these activities have or are likely to have adverse effects as a result of the change, or the change likely to occur, of the ozone layer;

(c)

Cooperate to formulate agreed measures, procedures and standards for the implementation of this Convention with a view to the adoption of protocols and annexes;

(d)

Cooperate with the relevant international bodies to effectively implement this Convention and the protocols to which they are parties.

3. The provisions of this Convention shall have no effect on the right of the Parties to adopt, in accordance with international law, more stringent internal measures than those referred to in s. 1 and 2 above and shall also have no effect on additional internal measures already taken by a Party, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with the obligations of those Parties under this Convention.

4. The application of this Article shall be based on relevant scientific and technical considerations.

1. The Parties undertake, as appropriate, to undertake scientific research and evaluation or to cooperate in the conduct of scientific research and evaluation, either directly or through international bodies Skilled at:

(a)

The physical and chemical processes that can affect the ozone layer;

(b)

Effects on human health and other biological effects of any changes in the ozone layer, in particular those resulting from changes in solar ultraviolet radiation with biological action (UV-B);

(c)

The climate impacts of any changes to the ozone layer;

(d)

The effects of any changes in the ozone layer and the resulting changes in UV-B radiation on natural and synthetic materials useful to humanity;

(e)

Substances, practices, processes and activities that may affect the ozone layer, and their cumulative effects;

(f)

Alternative substances and technologies;

(g)

Related socio-economic problems;

And as specified in Annexes I and II.

2. The Parties undertake to promote or set up, as appropriate, directly or through competent international bodies and taking fully into account their national legislation and relevant activities at the same time At the national and international levels, joint or complementary programmes for the systematic observation of the state of the ozone layer and other relevant parameters, in accordance with the provisions of Annex I.

3. The Parties undertake to cooperate, directly or through competent international bodies, to ensure the collection, validation and transmission of data obtained through research and observed data, through Appropriate global data centres and on a regular basis without undue delay.

The Parties shall facilitate and encourage the exchange of appropriate scientific, technical, socio-economic, commercial and legal information for the purposes of this Convention and as set out in Annex II. This information shall be provided to the bodies approved by the Parties. Any body which receives information which is considered confidential by the Party providing it shall ensure that it is not disclosed and the information is protected in a confidential manner before making it available to all The Parties.

2. The Parties shall cooperate, in accordance with their national laws, regulations and practices, and taking into account, in particular, the needs of developing countries, to promote, directly or through international bodies Expertise, development and transfer of technology and knowledge. Cooperation shall be carried out in particular by:

(a)

Facilitate the acquisition of alternative technologies by other Parties;

(b)

Provide information on alternative technologies and equipment and manuals or special guides for them;

(c)

Provide the necessary research equipment and facilities and systematic observations;

(d)

Ensure appropriate training of scientific and technical staff.

The Parties shall transmit to the Conference of the Parties established by Art. 6, through the secretariat, information on the measures they have adopted pursuant to this Convention and the protocols to which they are parties, the form and frequency of such reports determined by the Meetings of the Parties to the instruments considered.

This article establishes a Conference of the Parties. The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties will be convened by the provisional secretariat, in accordance with art. 7, no later than one year after the entry into force of this Convention. Thereafter, regular meetings of the Conference of the Parties will be held on a regular basis, depending on the frequency determined by the Conference at its first meeting.

2. Extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties may take place at any other time if the Conference deems it necessary, or at the written request of a Party, provided that this request is supported by at least one third of the Parties Within six months of its communication to the said Parties by the secretariat.

The Conference of the Parties shall adopt and adopt by consensus its own rules of procedure and its own financial regulations, the rules of procedure and the financial regulations of any subsidiary body that it may create and the provisions thereof Financial rules governing the operation of the secretariat.

4. The Conference of the Parties shall continuously review the application of this Convention and, in addition:

(a)

Establishes the form and frequency of the disclosure of the information to be presented in accordance with s. 5 and considers such information and the reports submitted by any subsidiary body;

(b)

To review the scientific information on the state of the ozone layer, its possible modification, and the possible effects of this modification;

(c)

Favorites, in accordance with Art. 2, the harmonization of appropriate policies, strategies and measures to minimize releases of substances that modify or are likely to alter the ozone layer, and make recommendations on any other measures in relation to This Convention;

(d)

Adopts, in accordance with art. 3 and 4, research programmes, systematic observations, scientific and technical cooperation, exchange of information and transfer of technology and knowledge;

(e)

Reviews and adopts, as appropriate, amendments to this Convention and its annexes, in accordance with Art. 9 and 10;

(f)

Reviews the amendments to any protocol and annexes to any protocol and, if so decided, recommends their adoption to the parties to the relevant protocol;

(g)

Examines and adopts, as appropriate, the additional annexes to this Convention in accordance with Art. 10;

(h)

Examines and adopts, as appropriate, protocols in accordance with s. 8;

(i)

Establishes the subsidiary bodies deemed necessary for the implementation of this Convention;

(j)

Ensure, as appropriate, the services of relevant international bodies and scientific committees and, in particular, those of the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, and the Coordination Committee For the ozone layer, for scientific research, systematic observations and other activities in accordance with the objectives of this Convention; it shall also use, as appropriate, information from such bodies and Committees;

(k)

Examines and takes any further action necessary for the pursuit of the objectives of this Convention.

5. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State which is not a party to this Convention, may be represented at the meetings of the Conference of Parties by observers. Any national or international, governmental or non-governmental body or body in the areas related to the protection of the ozone layer who has informed the secretariat of its desire to be represented at a meeting of the Conference Parties as observers may be admitted to take part in them unless at least one third of the Parties present object to it. The admission and participation of observers shall be subject to compliance with the rules of procedure adopted by the Conference of the Parties.

The functions of the secretariat are as follows:

(a)

Organize meetings of the Parties in accordance with Art. 6, 8, 9 and 10, and provide service;

(b)

Establish and transmit a report based on the information received pursuant to s. 4 and 5, as well as information obtained at meetings of subsidiary bodies established pursuant to Art. 6;

(c)

Perform the duties assigned to it under any protocol to this Agreement;

(d)

To prepare reports on the activities carried out in the performance of the functions assigned to it under this Convention and to submit them to the Conference of the Parties;

(e)

To ensure the necessary coordination with other relevant international bodies, and in particular to conclude administrative and contractual arrangements that may be necessary for the effective performance of its functions;

(f)

To perform any other functions that the Conference of the Parties may decide to assign to it.

2. The functions of the secretariat shall be carried out provisionally by the United Nations Environment Programme until the end of the first ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties in accordance with Art. 6. At its first regular meeting, the Conference of the Parties shall appoint the secretariat from among the relevant international organizations that would have proposed to provide the secretariat functions under this Convention.

(1) The Conference of the Parties may, at a meeting, adopt protocols to this Convention in accordance with art. 2.

2. The text of any proposed protocol shall be communicated by the secretariat to the Parties at least six months before the said meeting.

1. Any Party may propose amendments to this Convention or any of the Protocols. These amendments shall take due account, inter alia, of relevant scientific and technical considerations.

2. The amendments to this Convention shall be adopted at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Amendments to a Protocol shall be adopted at a meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. The text of any amendment proposed to this Convention or any of the protocols, except as otherwise provided by the Protocol, shall be communicated by the secretariat to the Parties at least six months before the meeting at which it is Proposed for adoption. The secretariat shall also communicate the proposed amendments to the signatories of this Convention for information.

3. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement by consensus in respect of any amendment proposed to this Convention. If all efforts towards a consensus have been exhausted and an agreement has not been reached, the amendment shall be adopted as a last resort by a majority vote of three-fourths of the Parties present at the meeting and have expressed their vote, and submitted By the Depositary to all Parties for ratification, approval or acceptance.

4. The procedure set out in par. 3 above shall apply to amendments to any protocol to the Convention, except that the majority of two-thirds of the parties to the protocol considered present at the meeting and having expressed their vote shall be sufficient for their adoption.

5. The ratification, approval or acceptance of the amendments shall be notified in writing to the depositary. The amendments adopted in accordance with paras. 3 or 4 above shall enter into force between the parties having accepted eighty-tenth day after the depositary has received notification of their ratification, approval or acceptance by at least three-fourths of the parties to the Convention or at least two-thirds of the Parties to the Protocol, except as otherwise provided in the Protocol in question. Thereafter, the amendments shall enter into force in respect of any other Party on the ninetieth day after the deposit by that Party of its instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance of the amendments.

6. For the purposes of this Article, the expression "Parties present at the meeting and having expressed their vote" means the Parties present at the meeting that issued an affirmative or negative vote.

1. The annexes to this Convention or any of the Protocols shall form an integral part of the Convention or the said Protocol, as the case may be, and, unless expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Convention or to the Protocols shall be Also a reference to the annexes to these instruments. The said annexes are limited to scientific, technical and administrative matters.

2. Except as otherwise provided in any protocol concerning its own annexes, the proposal, adoption and entry into force of additional annexes to this Convention or of annexes to a protocol shall be governed by the following procedure:

(a)

Annexes to this Convention shall be proposed and adopted in accordance with the procedure described in subs. 2 and 3 of Art. 9; the annexes to any protocol are proposed and adopted in accordance with the procedure described in subs. 2 and 4 of Art. 9;

(b)

Any party who is unable to approve an additional annex to this Convention or an annex to any of the protocols to which it is a party shall give notice in writing to the depositary within six months after the date Communication of the adoption by the depositary. The latter shall promptly inform all parties of any notification received. A party may at any time accept an annex to which it had previously stated objection, and that annex shall then enter into force in respect of that party;

(c)

At the expiration of a period of six months from the date of dispatch of the communication by the depositary, the annex shall take effect in respect of all the parties to this Convention or the protocol under consideration that have not submitted a notification In accordance with para. (b) above.

3. The proposal, adoption and entry into force of amendments to the annexes to this Convention or any of the protocols shall be subject to the same procedure as the proposal, the adoption and entry into force of the annexes to the Convention Or any of the protocols. The annexes and the amendments thereto shall take due account, inter alia, of the relevant scientific and technical considerations.

4. If an additional Annex or an amendment to an Annex implies an amendment to the Convention or a Protocol, the supplementary Annex or the amended annex shall enter into force only when that amendment to the Convention or the Protocol concerned Between itself.

In the event of a dispute between Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, the parties concerned shall seek a solution by negotiation.

2. If the parties concerned cannot reach agreement through negotiation, they may jointly appeal to the good offices of a third party or request mediation.

3. When ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, any State or regional economic integration organization may declare in writing to the Depositary that, in the case of disputes that have not been resolved in accordance with the By. 1 or 2 above, it agrees to consider either or both of the following methods of regulation as binding:

(a)

Arbitration, in accordance with the procedure to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its first regular session;

(b)

Submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice.

4. If the Parties do not have, in accordance with par. 3 above, accepted the same procedure or procedure, the dispute shall be submitted to conciliation in accordance with subs. 5 below, unless the Parties otherwise agree.

5. A conciliation commission shall be established at the request of one of the parties to the dispute. The Commission shall consist of a number of members appointed on equal terms by each of the parties concerned, the President shall be chosen by common accord of the members so appointed. The commission makes an award without appeal, has a recommendation and the Parties examine it in good faith.

6. The provisions of this Article shall apply to any Protocol, except as otherwise provided for in the Protocol in question.

This Convention shall be open for signature by States and regional economic integration organizations in the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna, from 22 March 1985 to 21 September 1985 and at Headquarters United Nations, New York, from 22 September 1985 to 21 March 1986.

1. This Convention and any protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and regional economic integration organizations. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the depositary.

2. Any organization referred to in s. 1 above which becomes a Party to this Convention or to any protocol and of which no Member State is itself a Party shall be bound by all the obligations set out in the Convention or in the Protocol, as the case may be. Where one or more member States of one of these organizations are Parties to the Convention or the relevant Protocol, the Organization and its Member States shall agree on their respective responsibilities with regard to the implementation of their Obligations under the Convention or Protocol, as the case may be. In such cases, the organisation and the Member States are not entitled to exercise their rights simultaneously under the Convention or the relevant protocol.

3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, the organisations referred to in par. 1 above indicate the extent of their competence in the areas covered by the Convention or the relevant protocol. These organisations shall also notify the depositary of any significant change in the scope of their competences.

1. This Convention and any protocol shall be open to the accession of States and regional economic integration organizations from the date on which the Convention or the protocol under consideration will no longer be open for signature. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the depositary.

2. In their instruments of accession, the organisations referred to in par. 1 above indicate the extent of their competence in the areas covered by the Convention or the protocol concerned. They shall also notify the depositary of any significant change in the scope of their competences.

3. The provisions of s. 2 of the art. 13 shall apply to regional economic integration organisations which accede to this Convention or to any protocol.

Each Party to the Convention or to any protocol shall have one vote.

2. Subject to the provisions of subs. 1 above, regional economic integration organisations shall have, in order to exercise their right to vote in matters falling within their competence, a number of votes equal to the number of their Member States which are Parties to the Convention or To the relevant protocol. Such organisations shall not exercise their right to vote if their member states exercise theirs, and vice versa.

1. No State or regional economic integration organization may become party to a Protocol without being or simultaneously becoming a Party to the Convention.

2. Decisions concerning any protocol shall be taken by the only parties to the protocol concerned.

(1) This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

2. Unless otherwise provided in the text of the Protocol, any Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of the deposit of the eleventh instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of the said Protocol or Accession Protocol.

3. In respect of each Party that ratifies, accepts or approves this Convention, or accedes thereto, after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on 90 days after the date of the deposit, by that Party, of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

(4) Any Protocol, unless otherwise provided for in that Protocol, shall enter into force for a Party which ratifies, accepts or approves the said Protocol, or accedes thereto after its entry into force in accordance with par. 2 above the eighty-tenth day after the date of the deposit by that Party of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or on the date on which the Convention enters into force for that Party, These dates will be the last.

5. For the purposes of paras. 1 and 2 above, none of the instruments deposited by a regional economic integration organization referred to in Art. 12 shall not be considered as an instrument in addition to the instruments already deposited by the Member States of that organisation.

No reservation may be made to this Convention.

(1) After the expiration of four years from the date of entry into force of this Convention in respect of a Party, the said Party may at any time denounce the Convention by written notification to the depositary.

(2) Except as otherwise provided for in any of the Protocols, any party may, at any time after the expiration of four years from the date of entry into force of that Protocol, denounce the Protocol by giving in writing A notification to that effect to the depositary.

(3) Any denunciation shall take effect after the expiration of one year from the date of its receipt by the depositary or at any later date which may be specified in the notification of denunciation.

4. Any Party which has denounced this Convention shall be deemed to have also denounced the protocols to which it is a party.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall act as depositary of this Convention and the protocols.

The depositary shall inform the Parties in particular:

(a)

The signature of this Convention and any protocol, as well as the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in accordance with Art. 13 and 14;

(b)

From the date of entry into force of the Convention and any protocol in accordance with Art. 17;

(c)

Notifications of denunciation made in accordance with Art. 19;

(d)

Amendments adopted with regard to the Convention and any protocol, the acceptance of such amendments by the Parties and their date of entry into force in accordance with Art. 9;

(e)

Any communications relating to the adoption or approval of annexes and their amendments in accordance with Art. 10;

(f)

The notification by regional economic integration organizations of the extent of their competence in the fields governed by this Convention and by any Protocol, and any amendments thereto;

(g)

Declarations provided for in Art. 11.

The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

In witness whereof, The undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Convention.

Done at Vienna on 22 March, nine hundred and eighty five.

(Suivent signatures)