S.L. 549.16 ст. 2Incorporation of the Vienna Conventionandthe Montreal Protocol into Maltese Law.

(1) The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone

Layer done at Vienna on the twenty-second day of March, 1985 and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer done at Montreal on the sixteenth day of September, 1987 as amended by the Kigali Amendment adopted at Kigali on October 15,

2016, and entered into force on January 1, 2019 shall form part of the laws of Malta.

(2) The texts of the said Vienna Convention appear in the First Schedule, the texts of the said Montreal Protocol as amended by the Kigali Amendment appear in the Second Schedule, and the texts of the Declaration by the European Economic Community in conformity with Article 13(3) of the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer appear in the Third Schedule, all of which are being published in the English language with the English text of these regulations. FIRST SCHEDULE

VIENNA CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE

OZONE LAYER

PREAMBLE PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION, the potentially harmful impact on human health and the environment modification of the ozone layer,

RECALLING the pertinent provisions of the Declaration of the United Nations the Human Environment, and in particular principle 21, which 'States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction', INTO ACCOUNT the circumstances and particular requirements of countries, of the work and studies proceeding within both international and organizations and, in particular, of the World Plan of Action on the Ozone United Nations Environment Programme,

ALSO of the precautionary measures for the protection of the ozone have already been taken at the national and international levels, measures to protect the ozone layer from modifications due to human require international cooperation and action, and should be based on scientific and technical considerations, ALSO of the need for further research and systematic observations to scientific knowledge of the ozone layer and possible adverse effects its modification, DETERMINED to protect human health and the environment against adverse from modification of the ozone layer, AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Definitions purposes of this Convention: ozone layer' means the layer of atmospheric ozone above the planetary

'Adverse effects' means changes in the physical environment or biota, changes in climate, which have significant deleterious effects on human the composition, resilience and productivity of natural and managed on materials useful to mankind. 'Alternative technologies or equipment' means technologies or equipment which makes it possible to reduce or effectively eliminate emissions of substances which have or are likely to have adverse effects on the ozone 4. 'Alternative substances' means substances which reduce, eliminate adverse effects on the ozone layer. 5. 'Parties' means, unless the text otherwise indicates, Parties Convention. 6. 'Regional economic integration organization' means an constituted by sovereign States of a given region which has competence matters governed by this Convention or its protocols and has been duly in accordance with its internal procedures, to sign, ratify, accept, approve to the instruments concerned.

7. 'Protocols' means protocols to this Convention. Article 2 General obligations