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On November 24, 2017, the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement was signed between the Republic of Armenia, the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states. The roadmap, which is the result of the signing of that Agreement, sets out obligations to restore ozone-depleting substances in the regulation from 2024, which means that the new notions must be reflected in the Law on the Protection of the Ozone Layer.

The RA Deputy Minister of Environment Tigran Gabrielyan presented the addenda and amendments to the Law on Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Code on Administrative Offenses in the first reading. The issue was debated at the regular sitting of the National Assembly.

The Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection Aren Mkrtchyan presented the endorsement of the Committee. According to him, ozone depletion is one of the key factors in the global warming problem. The Deputy Chair of the Committee added that global climate changes in Armenia significantly increased in 2006-2007, and talked about their risks.

In response to the question of the NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan, Aren Mkrtchyan clarified that the regulations mainly refer to cold storage, the operation of which leads to emissions of certain chemical elements.

The legislative package was adopted in the first reading.