Decision 45/47

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve US $5,680,000, plus support costs of US $426,000 for UNDP, for the 2005 tranche of the solvent sector plan for China;
2. To approve an amendment to the 2005 annual implementation programme to reallocate US $2 million in savings from previous tranches of the solvent sector plan to purchase and install equipment for the purification of n-propyl bromide (nPB), subject to the following conditions:
   1. HEP-2 produced by China would not be made available for export;
   2. An annual production quota would be imposed on HEP-2 to meet the requirement for solvent use only;
   3. China would ensure that HEP-2 was only supplied to enterprises involved in the China solvent sector plan;
   4. The Import and Export Office of China would monitor and ensure that no HEP-2 was exported by China; and
   5. The implementing agency of the China solvent sector plan, UNDP, would include in its annual audit verification plan that no HEP-2 was exported.