Decision 56/5

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To adopt the 2009–2011 model three-year phase-out plan as a flexible guide for resource planning for the corresponding triennium as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/56/7;
2. To urge Article 5 countries with approved but not implemented projects, and the relevant bilateral and implementing agencies, to accelerate the pace of implementation during the 2009–2011 triennium;
3. To urge bilateral and implementing agencies to work with those countries that had been identified as in need of immediate assistance to achieve the 2010 Protocol’s phase-out targets, and to include activities in their 2009-2011 business plans as appropriate;
4. To request the Secretariat to present an updated model three-year rolling phase-out plan for the years 2010–2012 to the last meeting of the Executive Committee in 2009 to provide guidance, as relevant, for the preparation of the 2010–2013 business plan of the Multilateral Fund;
5. To note that:
   1. In total around 12,197.8 ODP tonnes of ODS consumption and 7,997.0 ODP tonnes of ODS production had yet to be phased out during the remainder of 2008 and in the 2009-2011 triennium;
   2. The 2007 HCFC consumption and production reported by 144 Article 5 countries was 26,367.8 ODP tonnes and 30,581.3 ODP tonnes, respectively. The level of HCFC consumption had been estimated at 32,606 ODP tonnes in 2013 and the HCFC production would follow the demand;
   3. Eighty-six terminal phase-out management plans (TPMPs) for low‑volume‑consuming (LVC) countries, 40 national ODS phase-out plans for non-LVC countries, and 12 phase-out plans in the production sector in seven non-LVC countries were currently being implemented; and
   4. A national phase-out plan for one non-LVC country and TPMPs for 10 LVC countries had yet to be submitted for consideration and approval by the Executive Committee.