Following a discussion and amendment of the proposed guidelines, the Executive Committee decided to approve guidelines for the funding of technical assistance projects in countries that had reported very low consumption of CTC and/or TCA as follows:
- Countries that have a Montreal Protocol baseline for CTC and/or TCA but for which the latest reported consumption is less than 2 ODP tonnes may submit proposals for technical assistance, or assistance with preparation of legislative measures to complete their phase-out in the relevant sectors, or to ensure the sustainability of the phase-out already achieved;
- Countries must have reported some consumption of CTC and/or TCA at least once over the three-year period preceding requests for funding;
- The proposals must comply with the rules and policies of the Multilateral Fund and must be accompanied by an undertaking not to seek additional assistance from the Multilateral Fund in respect of phase-out of these substances. Countries must be made fully aware of this undertaking and a letter to this effect from the government concerned must be submitted with the proposal;
- Other than for training purposes, additional capital items such as recycling machines or service tools will not normally be eligible. Where a need for limited numbers of such equipment can be demonstrated through comprehensive reports and/or surveys, proposals may, in exceptional circumstances, be submitted for consideration on a case‑by-case basis;
- Depending on the level of consumption, funding for technical assistance would range between US $20,000 and US $40,000, to be determined on a case-by-case basis; and
- To the extent possible, the phase-out of small volumes of CTC and/or TCA should be integrated within terminal phase-out management plans and national phase-out plans.