WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/CTE/W/130/Corr.1∗
1 March 2000
(00-0758)
Committee on Trade and Environment
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
(MEAS)
Note by the Secretariat
Corrigendum
1. Paragraph 2 should read:  "The Meeting of the Parties adopted three further adjustments,3
relating to control and gradual phase-out of production by developed countries of chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs), halons, other fully halogenated CFCs and me thyl bromide (Annex A, B and E substances) for
basic domestic needs of developing countries.  The Meeting of the Parties also amended the Protocol4
by adopting new controls to freeze the production of hydrofluorocarbons (HCFCs).5  Under the
Protocol, consumption of HCFCs is to be phased out in developed countries by 2030 and in
developing countries by 2040.  The Beijing Amendment to the Protocol will also ban trade in HCFCswith countries that have not yet ratified the Copenhagen Amendment (1992),
6 which introduced the
HCFC consumption phase-out.7
2. The first sentence of paragraph 3 should read:  "The Beijing Amendment requires […]."
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∗ English only.
3See doc. UNEP/OzL.Pro.  11/10, Annexes II, III and IV.
4See doc. UNEP/OzL.Pro.  11/10, Annex V.  The Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol shall
enter into force on 1 January 2001, provided that at least twenty instruments of ratification of the Amendmenthave been deposited.  In the event that this condition is not fulfilled it shall enter into force on the ninetieth dayfollowing the date of which it is fulfilled.
5HCFCs were developed as the first major replacement for CFCs.  While much less destructive than
CFCs, they also contribute to ozone depletion.
6Entered into force on 14 June 1994.
7It is considered that may prov ide an incentive to these countrie s to ratify as soon as possible.