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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Aware that measures to protect the ozone layer from modifications due to human activities require international co-operation and action, and should be based on relevant scientific and technical considerations, ...


ARTICLE-2: General obligations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The application of this article shall be based on relevant scientific and technical considerations. ...


ARTICLE-4: Co-operation in the legal, scientific and technical fields     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Co-operation in the legal, scientific and technical fields ...
... The Parties shall facilitate and encourage the exchange of scientific, technical, socio-economic, commercial and legal information relevant to this Convention as further elaborated in annex II. Such information shall be supplied to bodies agreed upon by the Parties. Any such body receiving information regarded as confidential by the supplying Party shall ensure that such information is not disclosed and shall aggregate it to protect its confidentiality before it is made available to all Parties. ...
... (d) Appropriate training of scientific and technical personnel. ...


ARTICLE-9: Amendments of the Convention or protocols     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Any Party may propose amendments to this Convention or to any protocol. Such amendments shall take due account, inter alia, of relevant scientific and technical considerations. ...


ARTICLE-10: Adoption and amendment of annexes     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The annexes to this Convention or to any protocol shall form an integral part of this Convention or of such protocol, as the case may be, and, unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference to this Convention or its protocols constitutes at the same time a reference to any annexes thereto. Such annexes shall be restricted to scientific, technical and administrative matters. ...
... The proposal, adoption and entry into force of amendments to annexes to this Convention or to any protocol shall be subject to the same procedure as for the proposal, adoption and entry into force of annexes to the Convention or annexes to a protocol. Annexes and amendments thereto shall take due account, inter alia, of relevant scientific and technical considerations. ...


ARTICLE-Annex_I: Research and systematic observations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Parties to the Convention shall co-operate, taking into account the particular needs of the developing countries, in promoting the appropriate scientific and technical training required to participate in the research and systematic observations outlined in this annex. Particular emphasis should be given to the intercalibration of observational instrumentation and methods with a view to generating comparable or standardized scientific data sets. ...


ARTICLE-Annex_II: Information exchange     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Parties to the Convention recognize that the collection and sharing of information is an important means of implementing the objectives of this Convention and of assuring that any actions that may be taken are appropriate and equitable. Therefore, Parties shall exchange scientific, technical, socio-economic, business, commercial and legal information. ...
... 4. Technical information ...