The Green Customs Initiative is an international initiative launched in 2001 to train customs officials to implement the provisions of several multilateral environmental agreements. Since 2005, OPCW has been participating in the outreach programmes of the Green Customs Initiative. The OPCW seeks to promote greater awareness among customs services of the requirements of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) dealing with the transfers of scheduled chemicals.
The OPCW has participated in Green Custom Workshops organized by UNEP in Trinidad and Tobago (2005), Georgia (2005), Bhutan (2005), Tanzania (2005), Uzbekistan (2006) and China (2007).
The Montreal Protocol, which was agreed to on 16 September 1987, is an international agreement that seeks to eliminate substances whose emissions deplete the stratospheric ozone layer. It entered into force on 1 January 1989.
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