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EU on track to end use of chemicals harming the ozone layer

News Published 16 Sep 2019 Last modified 16 Sep 2019

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The European Union (EU) has achieved its goals to phase out ozone-depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) report shows that in 2018 the EU again destroyed or exported more ozone-depleting substances than it produced or imported.