Decision 47/52

47th Meeting of the Executive Committee
November 2005
UNEP
ODS Disposal

PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE, BUDGET AND MODALITIES FOR A STUDY REGARDING COLLECTION, RECOVERY, RECYCLING, RECLAMATION, TRANSPORTATION AND DESTRUCTION OF UNWANTED ODS

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To request the Secretariat:
    1. To organize a meeting of experts in Montreal, Canada, from 22 to 24 February 2006 to assess the extent of current and future requirements for the collection and disposition (emissions, export, reclamation and destruction) of non-reusable and unwanted ODS in Article 5 countries;
    2. To recruit consultants to collect and elaborate as many data as possible on unwanted, recoverable, reclaimable, non-reusable and virgin ODS in Article 5 countries for dissemination to participants in the meeting of experts;
    3. To develop, in cooperation with the consultants, a standard format for reporting data on unwanted, recoverable, reclaimable, non-reusable and virgin stockpiled ODS;
  2. To request implementing agencies, Executive Committee members (on a voluntary basis for existing data) and National Ozone Units (on a voluntary basis for existing or additional new data) to provide data and related information to the Secretariat, by 15 February 2006, to constitute an initial sample reflecting situations in both Article 5 and non-Article 5 countries;
  3. To request the Chair of the Executive Committee, through the Meeting of the Parties, to seek the assistance of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) and its technical options committees in providing the data mentioned above;
  4. To note, with appreciation, the offer of UNEP to provide data from the regional networks and ODS recovery and disposal workshops conducted by Japan, as well as information on Article 5 experts;
  5. To agree to consider further, at its 48th Meeting, the proposed terms of reference requested in decision 46/36 contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/56 in light of the outcome of the meeting of experts and any written comments submitted; and
  6. To allocate a separate budget line of US $50,000 for the meeting, to cover the costs of experts’ fees, travel and daily subsistence allowance, the travel and daily subsistence allowances of participating Article 5 countries and miscellaneous expenses, noting that costs of the consultant would be covered under the Secretariat’s budget, with the understanding that there would be a balance between Article 5 and non-Article 5 Executive Committee members attending the meeting.