| Short Name: | MP |
| Full Name: | Montreal Protocol for the Protection of the Ozone Layer |
| Purpose: | general |
| Established: | 01-Sep-1987 |
| Entered into force: | 01-Jan-1989 |
| Type: | protocol, multi-lateral |
| Place where established: | Montreal, Canada |
| Schedule to expire: | |
| Goals and Objectives: | The primary obligations of countries under this Protocol include: control measures to reduce production & consumption of specific, controlled substances; to protect the ozone layer by taking specific "precautionary measures to control equitably total global emissions of substances that deplete it. Same objectives with the "Amendment of the Montreal Protocol". |
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| Internet source: | #http://www.unep.org/ozone# |