Status of HFC licensing systems

Status of licensing systems for parties to the Kigali Amendment

# Party Date of
ratification		 Entry into force date Status of licensing system
1 Albania 18-Jan-2019 18-Apr-2019 √
2 Andorra 23-Jan-2019 23-Apr-2019 √
3 Angola 16-Nov-2020 14-Feb-2021 Pending
4 Argentina 22-Nov-2019 20-Feb-2020 √
5 Armenia 02-May-2019 31-Jul-2019 √
6 Australia 17-Oct-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
7 Austria 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
8 Bangladesh 08-Jun-2020 06-Sep-2020 √
9 Barbados 19-Apr-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
10 Belarus 03-Nov-2022 01-Feb-2023 √
11 Belgium 04-Jun-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
12 Benin 19-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
13 Bhutan 27-Sep-2019 26-Dec-2019 √
14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 09-Oct-2020 07-Jan-2021 √
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26-May-2021 24-Aug-2021 √
16 Botswana 19-Sep-2020 18-Dec-2020 √
17 Brazil 19-Oct-2022 17-Jan-2023 √
18 Bulgaria 01-May-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
19 Burkina Faso 26-Jul-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
20 Burundi 26-Mar-2021 24-Jun-2021 √
21 Cabo Verde 28-Oct-2020 26-Jan-2021 √
22 Cambodia 08-Apr-2021 07-Jul-2021 √
23 Cameroon 24-Aug-2021 22-Nov-2021 √
24 Canada 03-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
25 Chad 26-Mar-2019 24-Jun-2019 √
26 Chile 19-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
27 China 17-Jun-2021 15-Sep-2021 √
28 Colombia 25-Feb-2021 26-May-2021 √
29 Comoros 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
30 Congo 16-Jun-2022 14-Sep-2022 Pending
31 Cook Islands 22-Aug-2019 20-Nov-2019 √
32 Costa Rica 23-May-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
33 Croatia 06-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
34 Cuba 20-Jun-2019 18-Sep-2019 √
35 Cyprus 22-Jul-2019 20-Oct-2019 √
36 Czechia 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
37 Côte d'Ivoire 29-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
38 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 21-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
39 Denmark 06-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
40 Dominican Republic 14-Apr-2021 13-Jul-2021 √
41 Ecuador 22-Jan-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
42 El Salvador 13-Sep-2021 12-Dec-2021 Pending
43 Eritrea 07-Feb-2023 08-May-2023 Pending
44 Estonia 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
45 Eswatini 24-Nov-2020 22-Feb-2021 √
46 Ethiopia 05-Jul-2019 03-Oct-2019 Pending
47 European Union 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
48 Fiji 16-Jun-2020 14-Sep-2020 √
49 Finland 14-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
50 France 29-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
51 Gabon 28-Feb-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
52 Gambia 05-May-2021 03-Aug-2021 √
53 Germany 14-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
54 Ghana 02-Aug-2019 31-Oct-2019 √
55 Greece 05-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
56 Grenada 29-May-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
57 Guinea 05-Dec-2019 04-Mar-2020 √
58 Guinea Bissau 22-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
59 Holy See 17-Jun-2020 15-Sep-2020 √
60 Honduras 28-Jan-2019 28-Apr-2019 √
61 Hungary 14-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
62 Iceland 25-Jan-2021 25-Apr-2021 √
63 India 27-Sep-2021 26-Dec-2021 √
64 Indonesia 14-Dec-2022 14-Mar-2023 Pending
65 Ireland 12-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
66 Italy 25-May-2022 23-Aug-2022 √
67 Japan 18-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
68 Jordan 16-Oct-2019 14-Jan-2020 √
69 Kiribati 26-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
70 Kyrgyzstan 08-Sep-2020 07-Dec-2020 √
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
72 Latvia 17-Aug-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
73 Lebanon 05-Feb-2020 05-May-2020 √
74 Lesotho 07-Oct-2019 05-Jan-2020 Pending
75 Liberia 12-Jul-2020 10-Oct-2020 Pending
76 Liechtenstein 16-Sep-2020 15-Dec-2020 √
77 Lithuania 24-Jul-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
78 Luxembourg 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
79 Malawi 21-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
80 Malaysia 21-Oct-2020 19-Jan-2021 √
81 Maldives 13-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
82 Mali 31-Mar-2017 01-Jan-2019 Pending
83 Marshall Islands 15-May-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
84 Mauritius 01-Oct-2019 30-Dec-2019 √
85 Mexico 25-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
86 Micronesia (Federated States of) 12-May-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
87 Mongolia 27-Jul-2022 26-Oct-2022 √
88 Montenegro 23-Apr-2019 22-Jul-2019 √
89 Morocco 22-Apr-2022 21-Jul-2022 √
90 Mozambique 16-Jan-2020 15-Apr-2020 Pending
91 Namibia 16-May-2019 14-Aug-2019 √
92 Nauru 03-Nov-2022 01-Feb-2023 √
93 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 08-Feb-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
94 New Zealand 03-Oct-2019 01-Jan-2020 √
95 Nicaragua 30-Sep-2020 29-Dec-2020 √
96 Niger 29-Aug-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
97 Nigeria 20-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
98 Niue 24-Apr-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
99 North Macedonia 12-Mar-2020 10-Jun-2020 √
100 Norway 06-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
101 Palau 29-Aug-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
102 Panama 28-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
103 Paraguay 01-Nov-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
104 Peru 07-Aug-2019 05-Nov-2019 √
105 Philippines 03-Nov-2022 01-Feb-2023 √
106 Poland 07-Jan-2019 07-Apr-2019 √
107 Portugal 17-Jul-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
108 Republic of Korea 19-Jan-2023 19-Apr-2023 Pending
109 Romania 01-Jul-2020 29-Sep-2020 √
110 Russian Federation 03-Oct-2020 01-Jan-2021 √
111 Rwanda 23-May-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
112 Saint Lucia 02-Nov-2021 31-Jan-2022 √
113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 07-Nov-2022 05-Feb-2023 √
114 Samoa 23-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
115 San Marino 20-Oct-2020 18-Jan-2021 Pending
116 Sao Tome and Principe 04-Oct-2019 02-Jan-2020 Pending
117 Senegal 31-Aug-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
118 Serbia 08-Oct-2021 06-Jan-2022 √
119 Seychelles 20-Aug-2019 18-Nov-2019 √
120 Sierra Leone 15-Jun-2020 13-Sep-2020 √
121 Singapore 01-Jun-2022 30-Aug-2022 √
122 Slovakia 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
123 Slovenia 07-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
124 Solomon Islands 23-May-2022 21-Aug-2022 √
125 Somalia 27-Nov-2019 25-Feb-2020 Pending
126 South Africa 01-Aug-2019 30-Oct-2019 √
127 Sri Lanka 28-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
128 Sweden 17-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
129 Switzerland 07-Nov-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
130 Syrian Arab Republic 05-Apr-2021 04-Jul-2021 √
131 Tajikistan 29-Jun-2022 26-Sep-2022 Pending
132 Togo 08-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
133 Tonga 17-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
134 Trinidad and Tobago 17-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
135 Tunisia 27-Aug-2021 25-Nov-2021 √
136 Turkmenistan 31-Aug-2020 29-Nov-2020 √
137 Tuvalu 21-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
138 Türkiye 10-Nov-2021 08-Feb-2022 √
139 Uganda 21-Jun-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
140 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
141 United Republic of Tanzania 25-Mar-2022 23-Jun-2022 √
142 United States of America 31-Oct-2022 29-Jan-2023 √
143 Uruguay 12-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
144 Vanuatu 20-Apr-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
145 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 05-Dec-2022 05-Mar-2023 Pending
146 Viet Nam 27-Sep-2019 26-Dec-2019 √
147 Zambia 15-Mar-2021 13-Jun-2021 Pending
148 Zimbabwe 18-Oct-2022 16-Jan-2023 √
Note: The symbol “√” indicates that the party has established a licensing system.
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Parties that have not ratified the Kigali Amendment, with HFC licensing systems

# Party Date of reporting on the establishment of the licensing system
1 Guatemala 03-Feb-2021 √
2 Kazakhstan 09-Jul-2021 √
3 Malta 25-Mar-2019 √
4 Nepal 14-May-2021 √
5 Spain 25-Mar-2019 √
6 Ukraine 18-Aug-2021 √
Note: The symbol “√” indicates that the party has established a licensing system.
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Summary table, showing statistics by number of parties

Parties Number of parties
Parties that have ratified the Kigali Amendment 148
Parties that have ratified the Kigali Amendment and established licensing systems 131
* Non-A5 parties 40
* A5 parties 91
Parties that have not ratified the Kigali Amendment but have established licensing systems 6
Total number of parties with licensing systems for HFCs 137
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