Amendments Have Been Made to the Legislation in the Field of Ozone Layer Protection

On December 29, 2023, the President of the Republic of Belarus signed the Law of the Republic of Belarus № 332-3 «On Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Protection of the Ozone Layer».

The law was adopted with the aim of bringing legislation into compliance with the provisions of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol), international treaties of the Republic of Belarus and international legal acts that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The document regulates issues of recovery, recovery, recycling and neutralization of ozone-depleting substances, import, export and accounting of ozone-depleting substances and products containing them and other issues in the field of ozone layer protection.

The implementation of the provisions of Law № 332-3 «On Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Protection of the Ozone Layer» will make an important contribution to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goal 13 and other SDGs.