Decision 44/4

After discussion on the status of compliance, the revised formats for future reports, a possible strategy for addressing nominal quantities of CTC and TCA, and the level of total remaining ODS consumption, and after having noted that the contact group wished to pursue its work in the margins of the 45th Meeting, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/44/6 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/44/6/Corr.1, taking into account the comments made during the meeting;
2. To request bilateral and implementing agencies to include phase-out activities, where appropriate, for eligible consumption in their 2005-2007 business plans for the following countries:
   1. For CFCs: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
   2. For halon: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Somalia (when the conditions appeared conducive to a sustainable operation);
   3. For methyl bromide: Papua New Guinea;
   4. For methyl chloroform: Ecuador;
   5. For carbon tetrachloride: Bahrain, Barbados, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Paraguay; and
3. That the contact group on a possible strategy for addressing low volumes of CTC and TCA consumption should be reconvened at the 45th Meeting of the Executive Committee.