The Philippines signed

The Philippines signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on Sept. 14, 1988 and ratified it on March 21, 1991.

As a party to one of the most a success and effective environmental treaties ever, the united states agreed to the slow section-out of ODS, especially CFCs and HCFCs.

The Philippines imposed a ban at the importation of CFCs and HCFCs in 2010 and 2013, respectively.

In 1994, the Philippine Ozone Desk (POD) turned into created to facilitate and coordinate ODS phase-out tasks and regulations for the overall implementation of the u . S . A .’s responsibilities beneath the Montreal Protocol. The POD is underneath the Environmental Management Bureau, an attached agency of the DENR.

Since ODS are not produced in the Philippines, the focal point of its law become at the import, processing, sale and disposal of such chemical compounds.