Decision 51/31

Following the introduction by the Secretariat, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, the terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP) for Paraguay, at the amount of US $565,000 plus agency support costs of US $27,825 for UNDP and US $25,220 for UNEP, on the understanding that approval was without prejudice to the operation of the Montreal Protocol’s mechanism for addressing non‑compliance;
2. To approve the agreement between the Government of Paraguay and the Executive Committee for the implementation of the TPMP as contained in Annex XI to the present document;
3. To urge UNEP and UNDP to take full account of the requirements of decisions 41/100 and 49/6 during the implementation of the TPMP; and
4. To approve the first tranche of the plan at the level of funding indicated in Annex VII to the present report, on the understanding that UNDP and UNEP would not disburse any funding until the Government of Paraguay had submitted to the Ozone Secretariat a plan of action with specific time benchmarks to ensure a prompt return to compliance, as required under decision XVIII/32 of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.