Decision 47/4

After discussion on the need to track the status of implementation of licensing systems for Article 5 Parties for all controlled substances and the fact that only 10 of the 31 Article 5 countries that had ratified the Montreal Amendment had implemented licensing systems, the Executive Committee decided:

1. 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/47/6 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/6/Add.1;
2. To request bilateral and implementing agencies to include phase-out activities, where appropriate, for eligible consumption in their 2006-2008 business plans for the following countries for which no project preparation had been approved in line with decisions of the Parties and the Executive Committee:
   1. For CFCs: Somalia when conditions for sustainable activities existed;
   2. For halons: Romania, Sierra Leone and Somalia when conditions for sustainable activities existed; and
   3. For CTC: Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.