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Full Title

1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Short Title / Abbreviations

VCPOL
CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text 1513 UNTS 293, 26 ILM 1529 (1987), [1988] ATS 26
Date of Adoption 22/03/1985
Place of Adoption Vienna, Austria, 1985 Conference on the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

Ozone Secretariat (housed within the United Nations Environment Programme)
Dispute settlement provisions

“Article 11: Settlement of Disputes

  1. In the event of a dispute between Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, the parties concerned shall seek solution by negotiation.
  2. If the parties concerned cannot reach agreement by negotiation, they may jointly seek the good offices of, or request mediation by, a third party.
  3. When ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, or at any time thereafter, a State or regional economic integration organization may declare in writing to the Depositary that for a dispute not resolved in accordance with paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 above, it accepts one or both of the following means of dispute settlement as compulsory:
    1. Arbitration in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its first ordinary meeting;
    2. Submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice.
  4. If the parties have not, in accordance with paragraph 3 above, accepted the same or any procedure, the dispute shall be submitted to conciliation in accordance with paragraph 5 below unless the parties otherwise agree.
  5. A conciliation commission shall be created upon the request of one of the parties to the dispute. The commission shall be composed of an equal number of members appointed by each party concerned and a chairman chosen jointly by the members appointed by each party. The commission shall render a final and recommendatory award, which the parties shall consider in good faith.
  6. The provisions of this Article shall apply with respect to any protocol except as provided in the protocol concerned. “
Depository

Secretary-General of the United Nations
Annexes

Annex I: Research and Systematic Observations

Annex II: Information Exchange

 
Entry Into Force Status In Force
Date of Entry into Force

22/09/1988
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

” Article 17: Entry into Force

  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. Any protocol, except as otherwise provided in such protocol, shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the eleventh instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of such protocol or accession thereto.
  3. For each Party which ratifies, accepts or approves this Convention or accedes thereto after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, it shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by such Party of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
  4. Any protocol, except as otherwise provided in such protocol, shall enter into force for a party that ratifies, accepts or approves that protocol or accedes thereto after its entry into force pursuant to paragraph 2 above, on the ninetieth day after the date on which that party deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or on the date which the Convention enters into force for that Party, whichever shall be the later.
  5. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 above, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of such organization. “
 
General Status 198 Parties (as of 01/07/2021)
Links to Current Status/Reservations United Nations Treaty Collection
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam Accession 26/07/1990
Cambodia Accession 27/06/2001
Indonesia Accession 26/06/1992
Lao PDR Accession 21/08/1998
Malaysia Accession 29/08/1989
Myanmar Accession 24/11/1993
Philippines Accession 17/07/1991
Singapore Accession 05/01/1989
Thailand Accession 07/07/1989
Vietnam Accession 26/01/1994
Timor Leste
Related Instruments
Protocols / Amendments to this instrument

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This instrument amends/supersedes

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Related Instruments

1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
External Links

Ozone Secretariat accessed on 01/07/2021

Additional Information

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Last Updated on 01/07/2021