Instructions to control the Use, Import and Re-export of Substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments of 2021.

These Instructions consisting of 52 articles serve as a tool for governments, industries, and individuals to understand their responsibilities in protecting the ozone layer and implementing sustainable practices. The document underscores the importance of international cooperation and collective action in addressing environmental challenges and promoting a healthier planet for current and future generations. The focus of these Instructions is on protecting the ozone layer, and the Instructions outlined in the document likely include guidelines for the use, import, and re-export of these controlled substances to ensure compliance with the Montreal Protocol's regulations.
Article 3 establishes a National Committee tasked with approving policies, plans, and programs to fulfill Jordan's obligations under international conventions, studying protocol amendments, endorsing training centers and programs, establishing standards for maintenance workshops and professional practice certificates, and regulating the import quantities of controlled substances under the Protocol and its amendments. While, under article 4, the National Ozone Unit at the Ministry of Environment is responsible for coordinating between public and private sectors, the Fund, and Implementing Agencies for project proposals and strategies to fulfill Jordan's obligations under the Convention and the Protocol, overseeing the implementation of strategies for substance phase-down and phase-out, following up on decisions regarding Fund management, preparing national communications and reports for submission to relevant international bodies, managing approvals for substance import and re-export, collecting and analyzing import/export data, establishing importer lists and annual import quotas, disseminating information on technologies and environmentally friendly practices, conducting training programs, raising environmental awareness, creating an information database on relevant matters, and reporting illegal trade to the Implementation Committee when necessary.
The Instructions give guidelines to regulate the operation of the Ministry of Environment and the different concerned authorities, such as the Ministry of Agriculture, the Jordan Customs Department, the Standards and Metrology Organization, the Chambers of Industry and Commerce, the Vocational Training Corporation, etc. Article 24 states that all companies and factories manufacturing products containing controlled or eco-friendly substances must label them with their commercial and scientific names and adhere to labeling specifications provided by the Standards and Metrology Organization.