Decision 67/9

67th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2012
Afghanistan | Botswana | Colombia | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Papua New Guinea | Senegal | Africa | Asia Pacific
AUS | CAN | CZE | FRA | DEU | ISR | ITA | JPN | POR | ESP | SWE | CHE
Bilateral agencies progress reports

The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note with appreciation the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain and Sweden contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/11;
  2. To request:
    1. The Governments of the Czech Republic, Israel and Switzerland to provide their progress reports;
    2. The Governments of the Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Japan and Spain to provide reports to the 68th meeting on the projects with implementation delays listed in Table 2 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/11;
    3. The submission of additional status reports to the 68th meeting to monitor:
      1. The resolution of the financial mechanism and co-financing issues for Nigeria, Senegal and the Sudan by the 68th meeting as a milestone for achievement in order to avoid consideration of possible cancellation in those countries of the“strategic demonstration projects for accelerated conversion of CFC chillers in African countries” (AFR/REF/48/DEM/35, implemented by Japan, and AFR/REF/48/DEM/36, implemented by France);
      2. The initiation of the action plan in order to avoid consideration of possible cancellation of the project“African customs enforcement networks for preventing illegal trade of ODS in the African sub‑regional trade organizations” (AFR/SEV/53/TAS/39), implemented by France;
      3. Project implementation progress for the HCFC phase-out management plans with low disbursement rates in Afghanistan (AFG/PHA/63/INV/13), the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRA/PHA/63/INV/201), and Papua New Guinea (PNG/PHA/63/INV/11), implemented by Germany;
      4. Actions taken by Botswana towards the establishment of the licensing system for ODS imports and exports as part of the HPMP project preparation project (BOT/PHA/60/PRP/14), implemented by Germany;
      5. Project implementation progress for the CFC phase-out project with a low disbursement rate in Senegal (SEN/PHA/57/INV/28), implemented by Italy;
      6. The completion of the HCFC demonstration project in Colombia (COL/FOA/60/DEM/75), implemented by Japan, if it had not been completed by the 68th meeting; and
      7. The preparation of a demonstration project on ODS disposal in the Asia and Pacific Region (ASP/DES/54/PRP/53), implemented by Japan, if the request for funding was not submitted to the 68th meeting.