Voluntary agreement on the reduction of chlorofluorocarbons by the aerosol industry

Depletion of ozone layer by emissions of CFCs used in the aerosol industry.

Chemical industry, producers of various aerosol applications (cosmetics, home care, paints, pharmaceuticals, etc.).

Voluntary agreement.

Private (industry)

The voluntary agreement operated in addition to regulatory action on the international level (the Montreal Protocol), Community legislation and action taken by some Member States at a time when an international agreement was still missing for these applications. All the parties had monitoring and reporting schemes in place, although necessarily incomplete because of the complexity of the problem and gaps in scientific knowledge.

With the development of the Montreal Protocol the measures were replaced by legislation.