Decision 51/16

51st Meeting of the Executive Committee
March 2007
Afghanistan | Africa | Angola | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Brunei Darussalam | Burkina Faso | Central African Republic | China | Cuba | Ethiopia | Haiti | Kyrgyzstan | Mozambique | Myanmar | Sri Lanka | Zambia
UNDP | UNEP | UNIDO | World Bank
Projects with specific reporting requirements

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the national phase-out plan for Afghanistan, the 2005 audit report and the 2007 work programme;
  2. With regard to Cuba:
    1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the national ODS phase‑out plan for CFCs;
    2. To request the Government of Cuba to sign the relevant project document as soon as possible; and
    3. To allow the joint submission of the third and fourth tranches of the national ODS phase-out plan for CFCs to the 53rd Meeting of the Executive Committee on the condition that phase-out activities were being implemented and the funding available had been disbursed;
  3. With regard to Burkina Faso:
    1. To note the submission by UNDP of the project completion reports for the incentive programme for the commercial and industrial refrigeration end- user sector and monitoring the activities in the refrigerant management plan (RMP);
    2. To note that UNDP would return US $43,116 to the Multilateral Fund at the 52nd Meeting of the Executive Committee; and
    3. To consider authorizing the use of the remaining funding available from the RMP at the amount of US $43,116 based on the progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of the terminal phase-out management plan and the request for the second tranche to be submitted by UNEP in 2008;
  4. With regard to Brunei Darussalam:
    1. To request the Secretariat to send a letter to the Government of Brunei Darussalam urging it to ratify the amendments to the Montreal Protocol and, at the same time, to accelerate the implementation of the RMP project;
    2. To request UNDP and UNEP to review the phase-out strategy and plan of action proposed in the original RMP project taking into account the current situation of the refrigeration servicing sector in Brunei Darussalam; and
    3. To request UNEP to continue its efforts to communicate with the Government of Brunei Darussalam and to report back on progress achieved to the 52nd Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  5. With regard to Haiti:
    1. To request UNDP and UNEP to review the phase-out strategy and plan of action proposed in the original RMP project, taking into account the current situation of the refrigeration servicing sector in Haiti; and
    2. To request UNEP to report back on progress achieved in revising the plan of action and on the actual implementation of activities, such as the enactment of legislation and the training of refrigeration technicians, to the 52nd Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  6. With regard to Myanmar:
    1. To request the Secretariat to send a letter to the Government of Myanmar urging it to accelerate the implementation of the RMP project;
    2. To request UNEP and UNIDO to review the phase-out strategy and plan of action proposed in the original RMP project, taking into account the current situation of the refrigeration servicing sector in Myanmar, before actual implementation of the RMP commenced; and
    3. To request UNEP to report back on progress achieved in revising the plan of action and on the actual implementation of activities, such as the enactment of legislation and the training of refrigeration technicians and custom officers, to the 52nd Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  7. To take note of the progress report on the terminal methyl bromide (MB) phase-out plan, excluding quarantine and pre-shipment (QPS) applications, in Bolivia on the understanding that UNDP would submit the project completion report at the end of 2007;
  8. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the total phase-out of MB in soil, substrate, storage and structure fumigation in Cuba;
  9. To take note of the progress report on terminal MB phase-out plan, excluding QPS applications, in Kyrgyzstan;
  10. With regard to Sri Lanka:
    1. To request the Secretariat to send a letter to the Government of Sri Lanka requesting it to complete the implementation of the projects on alternatives to MB for eradication of tea nematodes, and on MB phase-out for all remaining uses, excluding QPS applications, in Sri Lanka no later than August 2007; and
    2. To request UNDP to submit relevant project completion reports at the end of 2007;
  11. With regard to the technical assistance programme for Africa:
    1. To note the progress report on the implementation of technical assistance for MB reductions and the formulation of regional phase-out strategies for low‑volume-consuming countries in Africa;
    2. To note that Mozambique had sent UNDP an official request withdrawing from the technical assistance programme;
    3. To request UNDP, in coordination with the UNEP Compliance Assistance Programme, to continue assisting Angola, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia and Zambia in the ratification of the Copenhagen Amendment to the Montreal Protocol; and
    4. To request UNDP to finalize implementation of the project and to submit a comprehensive report with specific conclusions and recommendations for consideration by the Executive Committee by the end of 2007;
  12. With regard to China:
    1. To note that US $1,206,978 of the sector plan for halon phase-out for China would remain for capacity-building, to help China to comply with the Montreal Protocol commitments, for activities in the China Convention Compliance Centre, based on the shortfall in the number of CO2 fire extinguishers produced, in accordance with decision 44/59;
    2. To note the verification reports on TCA production in China for 2004 to 2006;
    3. To commend the Government of China and the World Bank on achieving the production reduction targets as specified in the TCA production phase-out agreement;
    4. To request the World Bank to submit a comprehensive report on the status of implementation of the TCA production phase-out agreement, including the efforts of the Government in implementing policies and technical assistance activities in 2008 when submitting the 2007 TCA production verification; and
    5. To request the World Bank to confirm in 2008 the total dismantling of plant TCA 1, taking advantage of the implementation of other verification missions in China.