Montreal Protocol

Article 11: Meeting of the Parties

1. The Parties shall hold meetings at regular intervals. The secretariat
shall convene the first meeting of the Parties not later than one year
after the date of the entry into force of this Protocol and in conjunction
with a meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, if a
meeting of the latter is scheduled within that period.

2. Subsequent ordinary meetings of the parties shall be held, unless the
Parties otherwise decide, in conjunction with meetings of the Conference of
the Parties to the Convention. Extraordinary meetings of the Parties shall
be held at such other times as may be deemed necessary by a meeting of the
Parties, or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within six
months of such a request being communicated to them by the secretariat, it
is supported by at least one third of the Parties.

3. The Parties, at their first meeting, shall:

(a) Adopt by consensus rules of procedure for their meetings;
(b) Adopt by consensus the financial rules referred to in paragraph 2 of
Article 13;
(c) Establish the panels and determine the terms of reference referred to
in Article 6;
(d) Consider and approve the procedures and institutional mechanisms
specified in Article 8; and
(e) Begin preparation of workplans pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 10.

4. The functions of the meeting of the Parties shall be to :

(a) Review the implementation of this Protocol;
(b) Decide on any adjustments or reductions referred to in paragraph 9 of
Article 2;
(c) Decide on any addition to, insertion in or removal from any annex of
substances and on related control measures in accordance with
paragraph 10 of Article 2;
(d) Establish, where necessary, guidelines or procedures for reporting of
information as provided for in Article 7 and paragraph 3 of Article
9;
(e) Review requests for technical assistance submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (c) of Article 12;
(f) Review reports prepared by the secretariat pursuant to subparagraph
(c) of Article 12;
(g) Assess, in accordance with Article 6, the control measures;
(h) Consider and adopt, as required, proposals for amendment of this
Protocol or any annex and for any new annex;
(i) Consider and adopt the budget for implementing this Protocol; and
(j) Consider and undertake any additional action that may be required for
the achievement of the purposes of this Protocol.

5. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International
Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State not party to this Protocol, may
be represented at meetings of the Parties as observers. Any body or agency,
whether national or international, governmental or non-governmental,
qualified in fields relating to the protection of the ozone layer which has
informed the secretariat of its wish to be represented at a meeting of the
Parties as an observer may be admitted unless at least one third of the
Parties present object. The admission and participation of observers shall
be subject to the rules of procedure adopted by the Parties.

Article 12: Secretariat

For the purposes of this Protocol, the secretariat shall:

(a) Arrange for and service meetings of the Parties as provided for in
Article 11;
(b) Receive and make available, upon request by a Party, data provided
pursuant to Article 7;
(c) Prepare and distribute regularly to the Parties reports based on
information received pursuant to Articles 7 and 9;
(d) Notify the Parties of any request for technical assistance received
pursuant to Article 10 so as to facilitate the provision of this
Protocol;
(e) Encourage non-Parties to attend the meetings of the Parties as
observers and to act in accordance with the provisions of this
Protocol;
(f) Provide, as appropriate, the information and requests referred to in
subparagraphs (c) and (d) to such non-party observers; and
(g) Perform such other functions for the achievement of the purposes of
this Protocol as may be assigned to it by the Parties.

Article 13: Financial Provisions

1. The Funds required for the operation of this Protocol, including those
for the functioning of the secretariat related to this Protocol, shall be
charged exclusively against contributions from the Parties.

2. The Parties, at their first meeting, shall adopt by consensus financial
rules for the operation of this Protocol.

Article 14: Relationship of this Protocol to the Convention

Except as otherwise provided in this Protocol, the provisions of the
Convention relating to its protocols shall apply to this Protocol.

Article 15: Signature

This Protocol shall be open for signature by States and by regional
economic integration organizations in Montreal on 16 September 1987, in
Ottawa from 17 September 1987 to 16 January 1988, and at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York from 17 January 1988 to 15 September 1988.

Article 16: Entry into Force

1. This Protocol shall enter into force on 1 January 1989, provided that at
least eleven instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval of the
Protocol or accession thereto have been deposited by States or regional
economic integration organizations representing at least two-thirds of 1986
estimated global consumption of the controlled substances, and the
provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Convention have been
fulfilled. In the event that these conditions have not been fulfilled by
that date, the Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day
following the date on which the conditions have been fulfilled.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, any such instrument deposited by a
regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as
additional to those deposited by member States of such organization.

3. After the entry into force of this Protocol, any State or regional
economic integration organization shall become a Party to it on the
ninetieth day following the date of deposit of its instrument of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

Article 17: Parties Joining After Entry into Force

Subject to Article 5, any State or regional economic integration
organization which becomes a Party to this Protocol after the date of its
entry into force, shall fulfill forthwith the sum of the obligations under
Article 2, as well as under Articles 2A to 2H, and Article 4, that apply at
that date to the States and regional economic integration organizations
that became Parties on the date the Protocol entered into force.

Article 18: Reservations

No reservations may be made to this Protocol.

Article 19: Withdrawal

Any Party may withdraw from this Protocol by giving written notification to
the Depositary at any time after four years of assuming the obligations
specified in paragraph 1 of Article 2A. Any such withdrawal shall take
effect upon expiry of one year after the date of its receipt by the
Depositary, or on such later date as may be specified in the notification
of the withdrawal.

Article 20: Authentic Texts

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

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