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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1541/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/1541",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1541 of 17 July 2017 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1541",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1541\nof 17 July 2017\non the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) in conjunction with point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 218(6) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nHaving regard to the consent of the European Parliament,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Union became a party to the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer (‘the Vienna Convention’) and the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (‘the Montreal Protocol’) by Council Decision 88/540/EEC. Subsequently, the following amendments to the Montreal Protocol were approved: the First Amendment, by Council Decision 91/690/EEC; the Second Amendment, by Council Decision 94/68/EC; the Third Amendment, by Council Decision 2000/646/EC; and the Fourth Amendment, by Council Decision 2002/215/EC.\n(2)\nAt the 28th meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, which took place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 10 to 15 October 2016, the text of a further amendment to the Montreal Protocol (‘the Kigali Amendment’) was adopted, adding a stepwise reduction in the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons to the control measures of the Montreal Protocol.\n(3)\nA stepwise reduction in the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons is necessary to reduce the contribution of those substances to climate change and to prevent their unlimited introduction, in particular in developing countries.\n(4)\nThe Kigali Amendment is a necessary contribution to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, approved by Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841, 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.\n(5)\nThe extent of competence exercised by the Union with respect to the matters covered by the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol has developed significantly since 1988. The Depository should be informed of any substantial modification in the extent of the Union competence in those matters, in accordance with Article 13(3) of the Vienna Convention.\n(6)\nThe Union has already adopted instruments on the matters covered by the Kigali Amendment, including Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.\n(7)\nThe Kigali Amendment should be approved,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Consent of 5 July 2017 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 88/540/EEC of 14 October 1988 concerning the conclusion of the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer and the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 297, 31.10.1988, p. 8)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Council Decision 91/690/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the conclusion of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer as adopted in June 1990 in London by the Parties to the Protocol (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 28)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Council Decision 94/68/EC of 2 December 1993 concerning the conclusion of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 33, 7.2.1994, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Council Decision 2000/646/EC of 17 October 2000 concerning the conclusion of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 272, 25.10.2000, p. 26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Council Decision 2002/215/EC of 4 March 2002 concerning the conclusion of the Fourth Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 195)."
    }
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