Chile: Renewal of institutional strengthening (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/27)
Turkey: Renewal of institutional strengthening (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/27)
Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Project Review (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/21, para. 52), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the above projects at the level of funding indicated in Annex VIII to the present report;
(b) To express the following views to the Governments concerned:
Chile
The Executive Committee has reviewed the information presented with the institutional strengthening renewal request for Chile. The Executive Committee takes note with great appreciation of the fact that reported 1999 CFC consumption is about 10 per cent below the 1995-1997 compliance baseline. In its submission, Chile reported on a number of important initiatives it has undertaken during its second phase of institutional strengthening projects, including: implementing a market-based auction programme with efficient allocation of resources, lower administrative costs and cost-effective conversions, preparing a draft regulatory framework to regulate import of ODS, designing a strategy for the end-user sector, preparing an RMP project proposal, organizing training and awareness activities on methyl bromide among small-scale farmers and implementing a demonstration project on alternatives to methyl bromide in replanting of fruit trees. These and other activities reported are very encouraging, and the Executive Committee greatly appreciates the efforts of Chile. Over the next two years, Chile intends to focus on enacting as law to control CFC imports through a quota system, ensuring methyl bromide phase-out to ensure compliance with 2002 freeze in methyl bromide consumption, consolidating the conversion of SMEs both through the auction system and implementation of RMP project, including development of revolving funds among others. The Executive Committee expresses the expectation that in the next two years, Chile will continue with the progress achieved and sustain and build upon its current levels of CFC reductions to achieve its goal of complying with its commitments under the Protocol.
Turkey
The Executive Committee has reviewed the information presented with the institutional strengthening renewal request for Turkey. The Executive Committee takes note with great appreciation of the fact that 1999 CFC consumption reported to the Ozone Secretariat is some 53 per cent below the 1995-1997 compliance baseline, and that Turkey appears to have been able to fully comply with the CFC consumption freeze as well as the 50 per cent reduction required in 2005 and may well be on its way to meeting the 85 per cent reduction required in 2007. In its submission, Turkey reported on a number of important initiatives it has undertaken during its second phase of institutional strengthening projects, including: developing an ODS regulatory framework for integration with national ozone policy, promulgating regulations on ODS phase-out which provide principles guiding importation of ODS and ODS-based equipment, issuing licence permits and developing an ODS monitoring system and adopting and implementing an accelerated phase-out schedule. These and other activities reported are very encouraging, and the Executive Committee greatly appreciates the efforts of Turkey. Over the next two years, Turkey intends to focus on implementing the quota system through customs authorities, maintaining a database of all ODS importers and users, monitoring demand of ODS for the refrigeration servicing sector with the objective of revising annual import quotas based on actual demand, phasing out methyl bromide in compliance with the Protocol schedules and establishing a regulatory framework aimed at training and licensing of methyl bromide fumigators. The Executive Committee expresses the expectation that in the next two years, Turkey will continue with the progress achieved and sustain and build upon its current levels of CFC reductions and institutional arrangements to achieve its goal of complying with its commitments under the Protocol in an accelerated manner.