Decision 50/29

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve the release of the tenth tranche of the sector plan for halon phase-out in China (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/28) at the amount of US $400,000 for the implementation of the 2007 annual programme and US $30,000 in support costs for the World Bank;
2. To request the World Bank and the Government of China to continue monitoring and reporting on the annual amount of halon 1301 and, if applicable, halon 1211 being produced and/or used as feedstock, as well as to explore the possibility of verifying those amounts;
3. To request the World Bank to submit to the Executive Committee, preferably at its 51^st Meeting and no later than at its 53^rd Meeting, a plan outlining how funds approved for the halon phase-out project but not allocated or disbursed would be used; and
4. To request the World Bank to report to the Executive Committee, at its 51^st Meeting, the total numbers of CO2 fire extinguishers produced in China in 2005.