Decision 52/7

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To request the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to reorganize the final report on the evaluation of the Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP), (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/9), around the seven issues identified in paragraphs 9(a) to 9(g) of that document;
2. To request UNEP to consider further regionalization of CAP resources;
3. To request UNEP to focus the CAP on:
   1. Countries in potential or actual non-compliance, taking into account the likely difficulties of a number of countries in meeting the 85 per cent reduction target for CFC in 2007, to be followed by the total phase-out of CFCs, halons and carbon tetrachloride by 31 December 2009;
   2. Latecomers to the Montreal Protocol, in order:
      1. To strengthen their institutional structures and develop local capacities;
      2. To facilitate the establishment of appropriate ODS-related legislation and regulations; and
      3. To support their public awareness activities.
   3. Further involving more advanced and experienced Article 5 countries to assist and advise less advanced in the same region;
   4. Further strengthening local capacities of trained trainers and partner training institutes formed during the“train the trainers” phase to enable future and continued training of customs officers and refrigeration technicians on a sustainable basis. UNEP should also develop a strategy that would integrate the local training capacity created, placing emphasis on national ownership and securing access to appropriate know-how beyond 2010;
   5. Further promoting collaboration between customs and environmental authorities, in cooperation with professional associations, in order to strengthen the enforcement of legal regulations;
   6. Assisting, where applicable, the enforcement of unified regulations in regional customs unions or other areas of political and economic cooperation; and
4. To urge UNEP and the other agencies to ensure close coordination of activities in order to avoid overlapping actions; in particular, UNEP should always consult with the lead agency for national phase-out plans, terminal phase-out management plans or other phase-out plans and projects before providing technical or policy advice.