Last Updated:	September 27, 2007
Group:	ozone depleting substances
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Introduction

In 1987, Canada signed an international multilateral environmental agreement called the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol). This agreement, which has been signed and ratified by more than 180 countries, has established a schedule to reduce the production and importation of ozone-depleting substances.

Canada has adopted regulations to meet its Montreal Protocol commitments. Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, Environment Canada administers the Ozone-depleting Substances Regulations, 1998 and its subsequent amendments. These regulations control the import, manufacture, use, sale and export of ODSs.

Defined Restrictions:
prohibition on certain ozone-depleting substances