Decision 43/18

July 2004
Sri Lanka
JPN | UNEP
Projects approved / deferred / transferred

The Executive Committee decided to approve the national compliance action plan for Sri Lanka on the understanding that:

  1. The total level of funding of the national compliance action plan for Sri Lanka was US $1,015,000 plus support costs of US $131,950. This was the total funding that would be available to the Government of Sri Lanka from the Multilateral Fund for the complete elimination of ODS consumption in the country. The funding would be distributed as follows:
Project TitleProject Funding (US$)Support Cost (US$)Agency
Incentive programme for commercial and industrial refrigeration end-users144,00018,720Japan
Recovery and recycling programme290,40037,752Japan
MAC recovery, recycling and retrofit programme123,00015,990Japan
Enhancement of national capacity to monitor trade and prevent illegal trade of ODS135,00017,550UNEP
Extension training of the established refrigeration technicians174,60022,698UNEP
Halon bank management programme40,0005,200UNEP
Monitoring the activities included in the phase-out plan108,00014,040Japan
  1. The Government of Sri Lanka committed itself to the phased reduction and complete phase-out of consumption of ODS in Sri Lanka, according to the following phase-out schedule which was, at a minimum, consistent with the Montreal Protocol control measures:
ODP tonnes200420052006200720082009Total
Montreal Protocol phase-out schedule445.7222.9222.966.966.966.9 
Maximum allowable consumption178.0155.0106.165.221.8  
Total reduction from ongoing projects20.42.52.50.00.00.025.4
Total reduction under national compliance action plan2.646.438.443.418.73.2152.7
Total annual reduction23.048.940.943.418.73.2178.1
  1. The Government of Sri Lanka agreed that no additional resources would be requested from the Multilateral Fund for activities related to the phase-out of ODS. The Executive Committee agreed to provide Sri Lanka with flexibility in using the agreed funds consistent with operational procedures as agreed between Sri Lanka and the Government of Japan (as the lead implementing agency) in the national compliance action plan;
  2. The Government of Sri Lanka agreed to ensure accurate monitoring of the phase-out and to provide regular reports, as required under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, by 30 September each year; and
  3. The Government of Japan would be responsible for reporting annually on the implementation of activities funded under the national compliance action plan and for providing verification to the Executive Committee annually that the ODS consumption reductions in the national compliance action plan had been completed according to the above schedule.