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43rd Meeting - Geneva, 5-9 July 2004 > Decisions
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| Status of contributions and disbursements | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note with appreciation of the Treasurer’s report, including the tables showing the updated status of the Fund as at 30 June 2004 and reproduced in Annex I to the present report;
(b) Also to take note of the new information provided by the Treasurer on the gains and losses resulting from the fixed-exchange-rate mechanism;
(c) To urge those Parties that had not yet done so to make their contributions in a timely manner; and
(d) To urge Parties to make contributions by 1 June each year, and, if that was not possible, to notify the Treasurer in accordance with paragraph 7 of decision XI/6 of the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties.
| | Balances report and availability of resources | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note:
(i) The report on project balances contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/4;
(ii) The levels of funds being returned to the 43rd Meeting against project balances totalling US $960,388 (UNDP US $617,556 net of reimbursement of funds previously returned in error for six projects by UNDP; UNEP US $214,930; UNIDO US $27,470; and the World Bank US $100,432 net of the funds returned by UNDP for the Thai institutional strengthening project to be transferred to the World Bank), and additionally the return of support costs totalling US $107,885 (UNDP US $80,078 net of reimbursement of support costs previously returned in error for six projects by UNDP; UNEP US $19,289; UNIDO US $3,484; and the World Bank US $5,034 net of reimbursement of support costs associated with the transfer of the Thai institutional strengthening project);
(iii) That implementing agencies had balances totalling US $1,093,535 excluding support costs from projects completed over two years previously as follows: UNDP (US $808,118 plus support costs); and the World Bank (US $285,417 plus support costs);
(iv) That US $41,950,720 was available to the Executive Committee for approvals at the 43rd Meeting; and
(b) To present future reports on balances and on the availability of resources, noting the balances of unliquidated obligations emanating from multi-year agreements which could not be returned.
| | 2004 business plans | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note the report on the status of the 2004 business plans as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/5 and
Add.1, and the fact that US $94 million remained to be submitted for 22 new multi-year agreements and 176 other projects contained in the 2004 business plans;
(b) To urge bilateral and implementing agencies with projects in the 2004 business plans for countries at risk of non-compliance to submit those projects to the 44th Meeting as a matter of urgency, and to consider the projects identified in Table 3 of UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/5 as priority projects; and
(c) To request the Secretariat:
(i) To send a letter, in conjunction with the implementing agencies responsible for institutional strengthening and the Ozone Secretariat, to countries at risk of non-compliance urging them to put forward projects through the implementing and bilateral agencies as soon as possible;
(ii) To prepare a document, to be submitted to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee, on a potential procedure for intersessional approval of projects for countries at risk of non-compliance, when such projects were in the business plan for a given year and there was no disagreement between the Secretariat and the implementing agency; and
(iii) To include in the document to be submitted to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee an examination of the reasons for the non submission of projects for countries at risk of non compliance.
| | Status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/6/Rev.1 and Corr.1, which included data on the status of implementation of ongoing projects in Part II and the implementation of country programmes in Part III;
(b) To urge bilateral and implementing agencies, as well as the relevant Article 5 countries, to adhere to the timely implementation of the 2004 business plans;
(c) To request bilateral and implementing agencies, in consultation with the Secretariat, to include phase-out activities and UNEP Compliance Assistance Programme activities in their 2005–2007 business plans, as an immediate priority, for unfunded eligible consumption for countries in non-compliance or at risk of non-compliance with specific Montreal Protocol control measures for the years 2005 and 2007;
(d) To request the Secretariat, in cooperation with the Ozone Secretariat and the bilateral and implementing agencies, to provide for inclusion in its ensuing reports on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries information and views from the Article 5 countries found to be in non-compliance and/or at risk of non compliance on the nature of the impediments to their achieving compliance with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol, in particular with regard to low-volume-consuming countries, and to report thereon to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee; and
(e) To note the expectation that further actions might be necessary in the future to enhance the capacity of the implementing agencies to better support the efforts of countries that were or might soon be in non-compliance.
| | Follow-up to decision 42/12 (c) on the intermediate evaluation of CFC production sector phase-out agreements | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note of the report prepared by the Ozone Cell, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, and the World Bank;
(b) To clarify that allowable CFC production in India should be verified as net production, apart from the years 2005 and 2007, when it should be gross production; and
(c) That the foregoing decision, which applied solely to India’s CFC production, would not necessitate any change to the CFC production sector agreement that had been negotiated between the Executive Committee and India. | | Consolidated progress report (as at 31 December 2003) | 53. The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note the consolidated progress report of the Multilateral Fund contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/10;
(b) To encourage those bilateral agencies that had not reported the financial data to the Secretariat or financial closure with regard to bilateral activities to do so as a matter of urgency; and
(c) To note the slow rate of project completion during 2003 for all agencies and the lower level of phase-out than planned and to encourage implementing agencies and Article 5 countries to expedite project implementation.
| | Bilateral cooperation | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note with appreciation the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the information provided by Belgium, Israel and Poland contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/11 and Add.1;
(b) To request:
(i) The Government of Finland to provide its progress report to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
(ii) UNEP to provide progress reports to the 44th Meeting pursuant to decision 39/18 in the context of projects with implementation delays and completed projects with balances;
(iii) The Governments of Canada, France, Germany and Japan to provide reports on their projects with implementation delays to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
(iv) UNDP, on behalf of the Government of Belgium, to provide to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee a report on the level of funds returned for the cancelled Quimica Andina foam project in Bolivia (BOL/FOA/28/INV/10) and in the context of the balances report; and
(c) To monitor the following projects in the context of the reports on projects with implementation delays and to request an additional status report to be submitted to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee:
(i) Recovery and recycling project in Chile (CHI/REF/35/TAS/147), implemented by Canada;
(ii) Project on assistance in the design of policies and regulations in Saint Kitts and Nevis (STK/REF/24/TAS/04), implemented by Canada; and
(iii) National recovery and recycling project in Egypt (EGY/REF/29/TAS/75), implemented by Germany.
| | Progress report - UNDP | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note UNDP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/12;
(b) To monitor the following projects by means of an additional status report to the 44th Meeting in the context of projects with implementation delays and to note their slow progress:
(i) Halon bank in the Dominican Republic (DOM/HAL/38/TAS/32);
(ii) Halon bank in Egypt (EGT/HAL/32/TAS/81);
(iii) Halon bank in Mexico (MEX/HAL/35/TAS/104);
(iv) Monitoring project for the refrigerant management plan in Mali (MLI/REF/32/TAS/10);
(v) Monitoring project for the refrigerant management plan in Nepal (NEP/REF/28/TAS/07);
(vi) Refrigerant management plan in Viet Nam (VIE/REF/35/TAS/38 and 39);
(vii) Phasing out of CFC-11 in the manufacture of flexible slabstock foam by conversion to methylene chloride at Harmony Foam Nigeria Ltd in Nigeria (NIR/FOA/34/INV/89);
(viii) Phasing out of CFC-11 in the manufacture of rigid polyurethane foam by conversion to a combination of water and HCFC-141b based systems at Global Plastic Industries Ltd in Nigeria (NIR/FOA/34/INV/91); and
(ix) Conversion from CFC-11 to HCFC-141b and from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Al-Saad Refrigeration in the Syrian Arab Republic (SYR/REF/35/INV/81);
(c) To note that UNDP would report to the 44th Meeting on up to 42 projects with implementation delays, including 18 projects that had been so classified in 2003;
(d) Also to note that UNDP had 229 projects that it had classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $3,680,970 as of July 2004; and
(e) To reaffirm decision 17/22 in the light of apparent project overruns included in UNDP’s 2003 progress report and to agree that funds returned in error might be returned to the implementing agency in line with previous practices.
| | Progress report - UNEP | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note UNEP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/13;
(b) To request the submission of additional status reports to the 44th Meeting in the context of projects with implementation delays, including actions by UNEP and the National Ozone Unit since the 43rd Meeting on the institutional strengthening projects in the following countries:
(i) Fiji (FIJ/SEV/37/INS/08);
(ii) Maldives (MDV/SEV/37/INS/04); and
(iii) Sao Tome and Principe (STP/SEV/38/INS/02);
(c) To note that UNEP had 17 projects classified with implementation delays, including five projects that had been so classified in 2003, and to request that a report on those projects be submitted to the 44th Meeting;
(d) To note that UNEP had 2 projects that it had classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $737,309 as of July 2004; and
(e) To request UNEP to report to the 45th Meeting on the return of remaining balances for the three bilateral projects for the 2003 European and Central Asian network (EUR/SEV/39/TAS/02, 03 and 04).
| | Progress report - UNIDO | The Executive Committee decided to note:
(a) UNIDO’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/14;
(b) That UNIDO would report to the 44th Meeting on up to 24 projects with implementation delays, including five projects that had been so classified in 2003; and
(c) That UNIDO had 8 projects that it had classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $96,128 as of July 2004.
| | Progress report - World Bank | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note the World Bank’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/15;
(b) Also to note that the World Bank would report to the 44th Meeting on a total of 49 projects with implementation delays, including 39 projects that had been so classified in 2003;
(c) To monitor the following projects by means of an additional status report to the 44th Meeting in the context of projects with implementation delays and to note their slow progress:
(i) Post-harvest disinfestation for cotton and citrus demonstration project in Argentina (ARG/FUM/29/DEM/93);
(ii) Soil treatment application for tomatoes and peppers demonstration project in Chile (CHI/FUM/25/DEM/35);
(iii) Halon bank project in Argentina (ARG/HAL/26/TAS/80);
(iv) Halon bank project in Jordan (JOR/HAL/29/TAS/53);
(v) Halon bank project in Oman (OMA/HAL/41/TAS/O8);
(vi) Halon bank project in Turkey (TUR/HAL/38/TAS/80);
(vii) Halon bank project in Thailand (THA/HAL/29/TAS/121);
(viii) Halon phase-out project in Thailand (THA/HAL/32/INV/134); and
(d) To note that the World Bank had 21 projects that it had classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $5,273,240 as of July 2004. | | Project implementation delays | the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note with appreciation the reports submitted to the Secretariat on projects with implementation delays provided by Canada, France, Germany and the four implementing agencies, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/17;
(b) To request UNEP, on behalf of the Government of Japan, to provide a report to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee on the project “Assistance for a national information, education and communication campaign for compliance with the Montreal Protocol” in Nigeria, which had been classified as a project with implementation delays;
(c) To note that the Secretariat and implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e., progress, some progress, or no progress, and notify governments and implementing agencies as required and report thereon to the next Executive Committee Meeting;
(d) To adopt the milestones and deadlines indicated in the following table:
IBRD
ARG/SOL/28/INV/91
Conversion from MCF used as solvent to aqua based cleaning at Argelite La Rioja, SA; CIMCAM, SA; Grimoldi, SA; Heliodino SAIC; Integral Metalurgica, SA; Orbis Mertig SAIC; Trosh, SA Unisol, SA and Buffalo, S.A. in Argentina
Signature of sub-grant agreements by July 2004.
IBRD
CPR/FOA/20/INV/179
Conversion to CFC-free technology in the manufacture of flexible (slabstock) polyurethane foam at Chengdu Plastics No. 7 in China
Installation of equipment by September 2004. (decision 42/15)
UNEP
GLO/SEV/19/TAS/112
Training modules on management of ODS phase-out in small and medium enterprises
Project completion by 1 April 2005. (decision 42/15)
(e) To note the completion of the following projects:
(i) Phase-out of CFC-11 in the manufacture of flexible slabstock foam by conversion to methylene chloride at Plyfoam Limited in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT/FOA/31/INV/13), implemented by UNDP;
(ii) Phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to methylene chloride in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam at Pan Africa Enterprises Ltd. in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT/FOA/26/INV/11), implemented by UNDP;
(f) To note the cancellation, by mutual agreement, of the project for the phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to n-pentane technology in the manufacture of rigid polyurethane insulation foam at Suzhou Purification Equipment Factory in China (CPR/FOA/28/INV/291), under UNDP implementation where US $262,738 of the US $516,780 approved for the project had been disbursed; and 66 ODP tonnes had been determined as phased out pursuant to decision 39/13 (b); and also to note that UNDP and the Government of China would attempt to recover the equipment for use elsewhere; and
(g) Further to note the automatic cancellation of the following projects:
(i) Phase-out of CFCs in the manufacture of flexible slabstock foam at Richbond S.A. in Morocco (MOR/FOA/22/INV/08) where: US $425,316 of the US $470,625 approved for the project had been disbursed; 150 ODP tonnes had been determined as phased out pursuant to decision 39/13 (b); and also to note that the reason for cancellation was non achievement of the agreed milestone;
(ii) Phase-out of CFCs in the manufacture of flexible slabstock foam at Salidor S.A. in Morocco (MOR/FOA/23/INV/13) where: US $296,775 of the US $299,000 approved for the project had been disbursed; 48 ODP tonnes had been determined as phased out pursuant to decision 39/13 (b); and also to note that the reason for cancellation was non-achievement of the agreed milestone;
(iii) Phase-out of CFCs in the manufacture of flexible slabstock foam at Mousse d'Or S.A in Morocco (MOR/FOA/23/INV/19) where: all the funds approved for the project had been disbursed (US $280,350); 45 ODP tonnes had been determined as phased out pursuant to decision 39/13 (b); and also to note that the reason for cancellation was non-achievement of the agreed milestone; and
(iv) Conversion to LCD technology in the manufacture of flexible slabstock foam to replace CFC-11 at Bonbino Confort in Morocco (MOR/FOA/25/INV/22) where: US $485,483 of the US $490,200 approved for the project had been disbursed; 90 ODP tonnes had been determined as phased out pursuant to decision 39/13 (b); and also to note that the reason for cancellation was non-achievement of the agreed milestone.
| | Report on implementation of approved projects with specific reporting requirements | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note of the report submitted by UNDP on the implementation of the demonstration and phase-out project for methyl bromide in soil fumigation for tree production and replant in Chile (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/18);
(b) To note the commitment of the Government of Chile to return to compliance and its undertaking to present a plan of action for that purpose to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee; and
(c) To continue with the implementation of the project in accordance with the agreement between the Government of Chile and the Executive Committee approved at the 32nd Meeting of the Executive Committee (Annex IX to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44).
| | Report on implementation of decision 42/49 in the context of decision Ex.I/2 | The Executive Committee decided to adopt the following criteria for the submission of requests for the prolongation of accelerated phase-out agreements pursuant to decision Ex. I/2:
(a) The Executive Committee shall evaluate each individual project at the request of the Party implementing the project;
(b) The project shall be under implementation and demonstrate substantive advancements in its implementation;
(c) The Party implementing the project shall submit its request for reconsideration, and all other relevant information to justify its case, to the Multilateral Fund Secretariat, which will communicate it to the Executive Committee Members eight weeks before the Meeting;
(d) The information submitted by the Party shall include, among other items it may consider relevant:
(i) Identification of unforeseen difficulties, as of the date of the signature of the commitment, that affect the development of the project (Note: these difficulties may include, inter alia: changes in the market, the proposed alternative is no longer available in the market, the proposed alternative has been demonstrated not to be applicable at the local level in specific conditions or for a specific crop, it has not been possible to register an alternative, cancellation of the registration of an alternative, etc.);
(ii) Where the unforeseen difficulty is the lack of technical or economic feasibility of the alternatives, evidence of trials of alternatives to methyl bromide with negative results undertaken in the corresponding region of the country; and
(iii) Submission of an action plan or alternative schedule for the phase out of methyl bromide (Note: The proposed action plan/alternative schedule should, at the least, agree with the control measure of the Montreal Protocol applicable to methyl bromide);
(e) The renegotiation of the disbursements shall make it a priority not to affect the continuity of the project, given the importance of not interrupting the technological transfer process because of the characteristics of agricultural production; and
(f) In its consideration of the projects with difficulties, the Executive Committee shall take into account whether exemptions for critical uses have been granted in non Article 5 countries, facing similar circumstances. In so doing, the Executive Committee may request the advice of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) and the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC).
| | Overview of issues identified during project review | The Executive Committee decided to approve the projects submitted for blanket approval listed in Annex I to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/20, at the level of funding indicated in Annex II to the present report, with the conditions or provisos included in the corresponding project evaluation sheets, also indicated in Annex II. For projects relating to the renewal of institutional strengthening, blanket approval included approval of the observations to be communicated to recipient governments contained in Annex III to the present report. Specific comments were made on the projects indicated below | | China: Project preparation for the pharmaceutical aerosol sector | The Executive Committee decided to approve the project preparation for the pharmaceutical aerosol sector in China at the funding level of US $135,500, plus agency support costs of US $10,163 for the World Bank. | | China: Preparation of a methyl bromide consumption phase-out plan | The Executive Committee decided to approve the preparation of a methyl bromide consumption phase-out plan in China at the funding level of US $20,000, plus agency support costs of US $1,500 for UNIDO. | | Sri Lanka: National compliance action plan | The Executive Committee decided to approve the national compliance action plan for Sri Lanka on the understanding that:
(a) The total level of funding of the national compliance action plan for Sri Lanka was US $1,015,000 plus support costs of US $131,950. This was the total funding that would be available to the Government of Sri Lanka from the Multilateral Fund for the complete elimination of ODS consumption in the country. The funding would be distributed as follows:
Project Title: Incentive programme for commercial and industrial refrigeration end-users
Project Funding (US$):144,000
Support Cost (US$):18,720 Agency:Japan
Project Title:Recovery and recycling programme
Project Funding (US$):290,400
Support Cost (US$):37,752
Agency:Japan
Project Title:MAC recovery, recycling and retrofit programme
Project Funding (US$):123,000
Support Cost (US$):15,990
Agency:Japan
Project Title:Enhancement of national capacity to monitor trade and prevent illegal trade of ODS
Project Funding (US$):135,000
Support Cost (US$):17,550
Agency:UNEP
Project Title:Extension training of the established refrigeration technicians
Project Funding (US$):174,600
Support Cost (US$):22,698
Agency:UNEP
Project Title:Halon bank management programme
Project Funding (US$):40,000
Support Cost (US$):5,200
Agency:UNEP
Monitoring the activities included in the phase-out plan
Project Funding (US$):108,000
Support costs: 14,040
Agency: Japan
(b) The Government of Sri Lanka committed itself to the phased reduction and complete phase-out of consumption of ODS in Sri Lanka, according to the following phase out schedule which was, at a minimum, consistent with the Montreal Protocol control measures:
(see table in text of report)
(c) The Government of Sri Lanka agreed that no additional resources would be requested from the Multilateral Fund for activities related to the phase-out of ODS. The Executive Committee agreed to provide Sri Lanka with flexibility in using the agreed funds consistent with operational procedures as agreed between Sri Lanka and the Government of Japan (as the lead implementing agency) in the national compliance action plan;
(d) The Government of Sri Lanka agreed to ensure accurate monitoring of the phase out and to provide regular reports, as required under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, by 30 September each year; and
(e) The Government of Japan would be responsible for reporting annually on the implementation of activities funded under the national compliance action plan and for providing verification to the Executive Committee annually that the ODS consumption reductions in the national compliance action plan had been completed according to the above schedule.
| | China: Development of a suitable strategy for the long-term management of HCFCs, in particular HCFC-22 | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note that:
(i) The May 2003 Technology and Economic Assessment Panel’s HCFC Task Force Report predicted a dramatic increase in HCFC consumption in China in the foreseeable future;
(ii) The intent of the proposed project was also to allow utilization of its results for all Article 5 countries; and
(iii) Established Executive Committee policies did not support conversion of capacity installed after July 1995 nor a second conversion and the study was therefore not aiming at preparing or initiating any conversion projects;
(b) To approve the project “Development of a suitable strategy for the long-term management of HCFCs, in particular HCFC-22, in China”, addressed in documents UNEP/Ozl.Pro/ExCom/43/21 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/51, at the level of funding of US $300,300 plus support costs for the Government of Germany of US $39,039 on an exceptional basis on the condition that, as one of the outcomes, a study would look into the effects of management of HCFCs in China and in other Article 5 countries; and
(c) To further note that:
(i) A schedule for the study, indicating a project duration of 21 months, had been submitted to the Fund Secretariat. Both the Government of Germany and the Government of China would strive to adhere to that schedule;
(ii) The Government of China intended to use relevant outcomes of the study as a basis for subsequent national action by the Government and expected that such action would take place within three years after finalization of the study; and
(iii) Interested Executive Committee members and implementing agencies would be invited to participate in an informal advisory group, which might discuss survey methodologies, the evaluation of information gathered, and policies.
| | China: Development of a suitable strategy for the long-term management of HCFCs, in particular HCFC-22 | The Executive Committee decided to request the Treasurer to offset the costs of the bilateral projects approved at the 43rd Meeting, as follows:
(a) US $468,125 against the balance of Canada’s bilateral contributions for 2004;
(b) US $226,000 against the balance of France’s bilateral contributions for 2004;
(c) US $670,454 against the balance of Germany’s bilateral contributions for 2005;
(d) US $751,902 against the balance of Japan’s bilateral contributions for 2004; and
(e) US $234,362 against the balance of Sweden’s bilateral contributions for 2004.
| | Côte d'Ivoire (phase III): Renewal of institutional strengthening project. Guatemala (phase V): Renewal of institutional strengthening project | The Executive Committee decided to approve the renewal of institutional strengthening projects for Côte d’Ivoire and Guatemala for one year only, at the levels of funding of US $53,170 and US $62,400 respectively, on the understanding that the approvals were without prejudice to the operation of the Montreal Protocol’s mechanism dealing with non-compliance, and to express to the Governments concerned the views contained in Annex III to the present report. | | Bhutan: Preparation of the Bhutan country programme/refrigerant management plan (RMP). Bhutan: Start-up for the establishment of the Ozone Unit (institutional strengthening) | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the preparation of the Bhutan country programme/refrigerant management plan at the level of funding of US $45,000, plus US $5,850 support costs for UNEP, and the institutional strengthening project for Bhutan at the funding level of US $40,000, on the understanding that funds would not be disbursed until the instrument of ratification had been deposited with the United Nations; and
(b) To request UNEP to amend its 2004 business plan accordingly.
| | Bhutan: Preparation of the investment component of the Refrigerant Management Plan (RMP) | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the preparation of the investment component of the refrigerant management plan in Bhutan at the level of funding of US $15,000, plus support costs of US $1,125 for UNDP, on the understanding that funds would not be disbursed until the instrument of ratification had been deposited with the United Nations; and
(b) To request UNDP to amend its 2004 business plan accordingly.
| | Argentina: CFC production closure plan: 2003 and 2004 work | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To request the World Bank to comply fully with the guidelines on the verification of ODS production phase-out, adopted at the 32nd Meeting of the Executive Committee, especially with regard to the inclusion of a member with financial and accounting background in the verification team, and the need to examine the daily production and raw material consumption records;
(b) Also to request the World Bank and the Government of Argentina to monitor the co production of CFC-13 by FIASA in view of its environmental impact, and to report on the situation in the next verification report; and
(c) To request the World Bank to submit the revised 2004 annual work programme for the CFC production closure agreement and to specify the funding being requested in the programme.
| | China: Phase-out of the production and consumption of CTC for process agent and other non-identified uses (phase I): 2004 annual programme | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note, with appreciation, of the efforts made by the World Bank and the Government of China in developing the verification system for monitoring the implementation of the sector plans for phasing out controlled CTC production and consumption in China and applying it for the first time to the verification of CTC production and consumption in China for 2003;
(b) To request the World Bank and the Government of China in the future to include the verification of CTC and CFC-113 imports and exports, as per the proposed framework;
(c) To approve the funding of the 2004 annual programme at the proposed amount of US $16 million and support costs for the World Bank of US $1.2 million; and
(d) To request the Secretariat and the World Bank to examine the CTC agreement and report back to the Executive Committee on the composition of the targets.
| | Phase-out of methyl bromide in Costa Rica | The Executive Committee decided to approve the project for phase-out of methyl bromide used as a fumigant for melons, cut flowers, bananas, tobacco seedbeds and nurseries, excluding QPS applications (second and third tranches) in Costa Rica, at the level of funding of US $1,938,114, plus support costs of US $145,359 for UNDP, with the understanding that the Government of Costa Rica, in accepting the second and third tranches of project funding, would reduce its national aggregate consumption to 296.1 ODP tonnes by the end of 2005. In so doing, the Government agreed that Costa Rica would not return to the Executive Committee with a possible request for re-evaluation under decision Ex.I/2 of the First Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties, if at all, unless 130.8 ODP tonnes had been phased out by the end of 2005. | | Cuba: National CFC phase-out management plan: phase-out of ODS in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve in principle the national CFC phase-out management plan for Cuba at a total level of funding of US $2,145,000 plus agency support costs of US $256,245 for Germany, Canada, France and UNDP;
(b) Also to approve the Agreement between the Government of Cuba and the Executive Committee contained in Annex IV to the present report; and
(c) Further, to approve funding for the first tranche of the project as indicated below:
(i) US $120,000 plus support costs of US $15,600 for Germany;
(ii) US $200,000 plus support costs of US $26,000 for France; and
(iii) US $400,000 plus support costs of US $52,000 for Canada.
| | Lebanon: Phase-out of methyl bromide for soil fumigation in strawberry production | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the request for a change of the technology in the project for the phase out of methyl bromide for soil fumigation in strawberry production in Lebanon; and
(b) To amend the agreement between the Government of Lebanon and the Executive Committee accordingly to indicate a revised total project cost of US $1,264,450 plus support costs of US $137,291 for UNIDO, including a final tranche planned for funding in 2005 at a cost of US $42,504 plus support costs of US $3,188.
| | Malaysia: Technical assistance programme to install alternatives and phase out all remaining non-QPS uses of methyl bromide | 111. The Executive Committee decided to approve the project proposal for the technical assistance programme to install alternatives and phase out all remaining non-QPS uses of methyl bromide in Malaysia at the level of funding of US $200,000, plus support costs of US $18,000 for UNDP, on the understanding that the Government of Malaysia would phase out all controlled uses of methyl bromide by the end of 2007 without any further assistance from the Multilateral Fund. | | Malawi: Phase-out of all non-essential and non-QPS methyl bromide | theExecutive Committee decided to approve the final tranche of the project on phase out of all non-essential and non-QPS methyl bromide in Malawi at the funding level of US $849,824, with agency support costs of US $63,737 for UNDP. | | Nigeria: Terminal ODS phase-out umbrella project in the solvent sector ( | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve in principle the terminal ODS phase-out umbrella project in the solvent sector for Nigeria at a total level of funding of US $1,575,200 plus support costs of US $118,140. This is the total funding that would be available to the Government of Nigeria from the Multilateral Fund for the complete phase out of consumption of CTC and TCA;
(b) Also to approve funding of US $530,000 plus agency support costs for UNIDO of US $39,750 for the first tranche in 2004;
(c) That the remainder of the funding, as indicated in the table below, would be requested at the last Meeting of the Executive Committee in the relevant years:
see table in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/61
(d) To establish the conditions indicated below:
(i) The Government of Nigeria agrees that no additional resources will be requested from the Multilateral Fund or bilateral agencies for activities related to the phase out of these substances;
(ii) The Government of Nigeria commits itself to the phased reduction and complete phase-out of consumption of CTC and TCA in Nigeria, according to the following schedule which is, at a minimum, consistent with the Montreal Protocol’s control measures for CTC and TCA:
see table in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/61
(iii) The Executive Committee agrees to provide Nigeria with flexibility in using the agreed funds consistent with operational procedures as agreed between the Government of Nigeria and UNIDO;
(iv) The Government of Nigeria agrees to ensure accurate monitoring of the phase out and to provide regular reports, as required by its obligations under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, by 30 September each year; and
(v) UNIDO will be responsible for reporting annually on the implementation of activities funded under the project and for providing verification to the Executive Committee annually that the CTC and TCA consumption limits in the project have been achieved according to the above schedule.
| | Serbia and Montenegro: National CFC phase-out plan | The Executive Committee contained in Annex I to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/42/Add.1, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve in principle the national CFC phase-out plan for Serbia and Montenegro at a total level of funding of US $2,742,544 plus agency support costs of US $180,204 for UNIDO and US $44,180 for Sweden;
(b) Also to approve the agreement between the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and the Executive Committee contained in Annex V to the UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/61 ; and
(c) To approve US $474,700 plus support costs of US $35,603 for UNIDO and US $148,000 plus support costs of US $19,240 for Sweden for implementation of the 2004 annual programme of the national CFC phase out plan.
| | Potential implications of subsequently increasing the amounts approved for institutional strengthening projects (decision 42/22 (b)) | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To supplement the lower ranges of annual funding levels for institutional strengthening for very low-volume-consuming countries and low volume consuming countries up to a threshold level of US $30,000 per year, on the understanding that:
(i) This amount could be reviewed in the context of the review of institutional strengthening funding levels due to be considered in 2005 in accordance with decision 35/57 and the review of the requirement for further assistance for countries post-2007 also foreshadowed for 2005 under decision 31/48; and
(ii) The increase to the US $30,000 threshold level would be provided on the condition that:
i. The relevant country duly assigned a full-time officer to manage the ozone unit; and
ii. A national licensing system controlling ODS imports was in place; and
(b) To consider this matter, in the context of the review of institutional strengthening funding, in 2005 and to request the Secretariat to continue to collect relevant information in that respect.
| | Support costs | The Executive Committee decided to request the Secretariat, in cooperation with interested Parties, to prepare a paper, for consideration at the 45th Meeting, on a procedure for using support costs, consistent with Decision 26/41, in a more flexible manner to address the issues raised in paragraph 146 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/54 while allowing bilateral agencies to decide which modalities would apply to them | | monitoring of trade in ozone-depleting substances and preventing illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances (decision XIV/7 of the Fourteenth Meeting of the parties) | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To forward Part I, Sections 1 and 2, of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/58/Corr.1, as amended and updated, to the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties; and
(b) To report to the Parties that the Executive Committee would undertake a new evaluation of projects on customs officers training and on licensing systems, to be presented to the Seventeenth Meeting.
| | Terms of reference of the Executive Committee | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note, with appreciation, of the efforts made by the Chair and to request that the consultations required by Executive Committee decision 42/48 continue; and
(b) To request the Secretariat to circulate to members of the Executive Committee the draft of the report intended for presentation to the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties as requested in decision XV/48 of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Parties so as to enable members to submit their comments prior to that Meeting.
| | Production Sector | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note of the update by the Chief Officer, the World Bank and the representative of the United States of America on the production sector projects in the pipeline;
(b) To authorize the Secretariat to proceed with the technical audit of methyl bromide production in China and to request the Secretariat to include in the terms of reference of the technical audit the collection of data on methyl bromide production both for controlled uses and quarantine pre shipment;
(c) To authorize the Secretariat to proceed with the technical audits of the ODS producers in Romania after it had received the preliminary data from the country;
(d) To take note of the verification framework for the plan for the CTC sector in India developed by the World Bank and the Government of India and to request the World Bank to submit it to the Executive Committee after completion;
(e) To request the Secretariat to clarify with the technical audit consultant the selection of the parameters used in calculating the cost scenario for the Venezuela CFC production closure project, to provide the Government of Venezuela and the World Bank with the information as soon as it became available and to inform the Subgroup of the results; and
(f) To request the Government of Venezuela to provide, through the Secretariat, the information requested by Subgroup members during the Meeting.
| | Production Sector - China TCA production closure project | The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve in principle the China TCA production closure project at a total level of funding of US $2.1 million plus agency support costs of US $157,500 for the World Bank;
(b) Also to approve the Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Executive Committee contained in Annex VI to the present report (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/61);
(c) To approve US $1.4 million plus agency support costs of US $105,000 for the World Bank for the first tranche covering the 2004-2008 programme; and
(d) To request the World Bank to provide the annual audited TCA production report to UNDP to facilitate the verification of TCA consumption under the solvent sector plan in China.
| | Date and location of 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee | The Executive Committee subsequently decided to endorse the Chair’s proposal that the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee should take place in Prague from 29 November to 3 December 2004. | | Executive Committee report to the 16th Meeting of the Parties | The Executive Committee decided to authorize the Secretariat to prepare the annual report of the Executive Committee to the Meeting of the Parties; the document should be circulated to the members of the Executive Committee before its submission to the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties. |
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