Decision 49/8

Having considered the need for additional status reports on projects with slow progress and the completion of the halon banking project in India (IND/HAL/32/TAS/281 and 278), being implemented by Australia and Canada, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note with appreciation the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Sweden (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/10);
2. To note that the completion date for the phase-out of the use of methyl bromide in Jordan (JOR/FUM/29/INV/54) was December 2014;
3. To request the Governments of Portugal, Switzerland and the United States of America to submit their progress reports to the 50^th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
4. To request the Governments of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland to submit reports on projects with implementation delays to the 50^th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
5. To request the Governments of Australia and Canada to proceed with the completion of their components of the halon banking project in India (IND/HAL/32/TAS/281 and 278), having noted that several attempts had been made to secure the required regulations, and to request the submission of an additional status report on the project to the 50^th Meeting of the Executive Committee; and
6. To request status reports on the following:
   1. Projects implemented by Australia:

- Customs officers training project in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM/REF/36/TAS/01);

- Customs officers training project in Tuvalu (TUV/REF/36/TAS/02);

- Customs officers training project in the Marshall Islands (MAS/REF/36/TAS/04);

- Customs officers training project in Vanuatu (VAN/REF/36/TAS/02);

2. Projects implemented by Canada:

- Customs officers training project in Benin (BEN/REF/32/TRA/08);

- Environmental inspectors training project in Benin (BEN/REF/32/TRA/11);

3. Projects implemented by France:

- RMP activities in the Central African Republic (CAF/REF/34/TRA/09, TAS/10, TAS/11, and TRA/12);

- CTC phase-out plan in India (IND/PHA/42/INV/374 and IND/PHA/45/INV/387);

- Halon bank project in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRA/HAL/38/TAS/49);

- RMP in Côte d’Ivoire (IVC/REF/24/TAS/10 and IVC/REF/37/TAS/16);

- Chiller project in Côte d’Ivoire (IVC/REF/37/INV/17);

- Recovery and recycling network in Lebanon (LEB/REF/23/TAS/21);

- Methyl bromide project in Morocco (MOR/FUM/29/INV/37);

- Recovery and recycling network in Morocco (MOR/REF/23/TAS/17);

4. Projects implemented by Germany:

- Recovery and recycling component of the RMP in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT/REF/36/TAS/14);

- Recovery and recycling component of the RMP in the Syrian Arab Republic (SYR/REF/30/TAS/59);

- CFC phase-out plan in Brazil: Customs officers training (BRA/PHA/37/TRA/260);

- CTC phase-out plan in India (IND/PHA/42/INV/375 and IND/PHA/45/INV/388);

- CFC phase-out plan (Servicing Sector) in India (IND/REF/42/INV/369);

- ODS phase-out plan in Mauritius (MAR/PHA/45/INV/16);

- Regional halon bank for Eastern and Southern African countries (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe) (AFR/HAL/35/TAS/29);

- Halon banking project in Algeria (ALG/HAL/35/TAS/51);

- Halon banking project in Nigeria (NIR/HAL/37/TAS/103);

5. Projects implemented by Japan:

- TPMP in Mongolia (MON/PHA/47/INV/10);

- ODS phase-out project in Sri Lanka (SRI/PHA/43/TAS/26, 27, 28, and 29); and

6. Project implemented by Sweden:

- CFC phase-out plan in the former Serbia and Montenegro (YUG/PHA/43/TAS/22).