The European Parliament adopted by 604 votes to 31, with 19 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.
According to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the amendment.
The Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted at the 28th meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol, held in Kigali, Rwanda in October 2016, adds hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) to the list of substances regulated by the Protocol.