Contact Group Meeting on the Implications of Joining the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation - Information Note: Ozone Layer Protection Talks in Minsk with Current and Future Members of the Customs Union to Enforce Montreal Protocol Provisions

Delegations of the current members of the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia and those of the prospective future members Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan elaborated – after 3 days of intensive discussions in the plenary and bilateral working groups – a set of recommendations and action points on how to enforce Montreal Protocol provisions in terms of mandatory reporting of imports, exports, production and destruction of ozone-depleting substances, mandatory national import / export licensing systems for any type of ODS and trade restrictions with non-Parties.