Decision 48/11

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To take note of the recommendations contained in the report of the Executive Committee on the evaluation of customs officers training and licensing system projects to the Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (follow-up to decision XVII/16, paragraph 8, of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol), as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/13;
2. To submit the recommendations listed under paragraph 8(b) in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/13, as amended to include the phrase “where feasible” before the words “in cooperation with other relevant government ministries/agencies:” to the Ozone Secretariat in the context of the ongoing studies and discussions on how best to deal with illegal trade in ODS;
3. To request implementing agencies and bilateral agencies to prepare and implement national phase-out plans and terminal phase-out management plans in a manner that would ensure, where feasible, implementation of the recommendations listed under paragraph 8(b), and to implement the recommendations listed under paragraph 8(c) in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/13; and
4. To request UNEP to implement the recommendations under paragraph 8(d) in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/13.