Decision 45/54

Following a discussion on the need to provide assistance to low-volume-consuming countries for the post‑2007 period, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To urge bilateral and/or implementing agencies on behalf of low-volume-consuming countries without an approved terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP) to submit TPMP proposals, on the understanding that:
   1. TPMP project proposals should be in conformity with all relevant decisions taken by the Executive Committee;
   2. TPMP project proposals should contain, as a minimum, a commitment by the government concerned to the phased reduction and complete phase-out of the consumption of CFCs in the country according to a specific phase‑out schedule, which was at a minimum consistent with the Montreal Protocol’s control measures;
   3. No additional resources would be requested from the Multilateral Fund or bilateral and/or implementing agencies for activities related to the phase‑out of CFCs and other ODS where applicable;
   4. The government concerned would have flexibility in utilizing the resources available to address specific needs that might arise during project implementation to facilitate the smoothest possible phase-out of ODS;
   5. Annual reporting on the implementation of the activities undertaken in the previous year, as well as a thorough and comprehensive work plan for the implementation of the following year’s activities, would be mandatory; and
   6. The roles and responsibilities of the major national stakeholders, as well as the lead implementing agency and the cooperating agencies when applicable, must be defined;
2. That additional funding of up to US $30,000 could be requested for the preparation of a TPMP proposal on the understanding that up to US $10,000 of this funding could be earmarked for the bilateral and/or implementing agencies to report on the implementation and impact of the approved recovery and recycling programme, where applicable, and that this report should be integrated within the resulting TPMP proposal;
3. That future TPMP proposals for the post-2007 period might include requests for funding up to the levels indicated in the table below, on the understanding that individual project proposals would still need to demonstrate that the funding level was necessary to achieve complete phase-out of CFCs. Up to 20 per cent of approved funds should be used by the bilateral or implementing agency and/or country concerned to ensure comprehensive annual monitoring and reporting of the TPMP, including the recovery and recycling programme:

4. To require, on an annual basis, verification of a randomly selected sample of approved TPMPs for low-volume-consuming countries under implementation (i.e., 10 per cent of approved TPMPs). The costs associated with verification would be added to the relevant work programme of the lead implementing agency; and
5. To approve, on a case-by-case basis, up to US $30,000 for the preparation of a transitional strategy for CFC-MDIs in low-volume-consuming countries where the need for a strategy had been fully demonstrated and documented.