Decision 52/17

The representative of the Secretariat reported on each project and the Executive Committee reviewed each request separately. Following a discussion in which the need for more expeditious project implementation was expressed and clarification was provided by the implementing agencies regarding the RMP projects in Brunei Darussalam and Myanmar, the Executive Committee decided:

1. With regard to Brunei Darussalam:
   1. To request UNEP to submit a progress report on the status of implementation of the refrigerant management plan (RMP) project to the 53^rd Meeting of the Executive Committee;
   2. To request the Chair of the Executive Committee to write a letter to the Government of Brunei Darussalam urging it to ratify the London Amendment, to accelerate the signature of project documents with the relevant implementing agencies, and to accelerate the implementation of the RMP;
2. With regard to Haiti:
   1. To note the revised plan of action of the RMP for Haiti submitted by UNDP and UNEP on behalf of the Government of Haiti;
   2. To request UNDP and UNEP to accelerate the implementation of the RMP for Haiti and report back on progress achieved in the actual implementation of activities to the 54^th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
3. With regard to Myanmar:
   1. To request UNEP to submit a progress report on the status of implementation of the RMP project to the 53^rd Meeting of the Executive Committee;
   2. To request the Chair of the Executive Committee to write a letter to the Government of Myanmar urging it to accelerate the signature of the project documents with the relevant implementing agencies, and to accelerate the implementation of the RMP;
4. With regard to Argentina:
   1. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the methyl bromide phase-out project in tobacco and non-protected vegetable seedbeds;
   2. To note with concern that the methyl bromide consumption levels reported by the Government of Argentina for 2006 were almost 6.0 ODP tonnes above the maximum level of methyl bromide consumption specified in its agreement made with the Executive Committee at its 45^th Meeting;
   3. To request the Government of Argentina and UNDP to continue with the implementation of the methyl bromide phase-out activities proposed in the project and report back on progress achieved in the implementation of phase‑out activities to the 54^th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
5. With regard to Egypt:
   1. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the project for national phase-out of methyl bromide in horticulture and commodities fumigation;
   2. To note that the remaining methyl bromide consumption eligible for funding in Egypt would be 131.4 ODP tonnes once the current project was fully implemented and, consequently, the level of funding for the second portion of the project, if submitted, could be up to a maximum of US $1,752,735;
   3. To request the Government of Egypt and UNIDO to accelerate the implementation of the methyl bromide phase-out activities proposed in the project;
6. With regard to Guatemala:
   1. To adopt the following modifications to the methyl bromide phase-out schedule for Guatemala, as proposed in decision XVIII/26 of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Parties: from 709.4 ODP tonnes in 2002 to 400.7 ODP tonnes in 2006, 361.0 ODP tonnes in 2007, and 320.6 ODP tonnes in 2008; and the phase‑out of all controlled uses of MB by 1 January 2015;
   2. To approve the activities proposed by the Government of Guatemala within the level of funding available under the project for the phase-out of methyl bromide in the cultivation of melons, tomatoes, flowers and ornamentals, and strawberries in Guatemala under current implementation;
   3. To request UNIDO to submit a progress report on the implementation of the project for the phase-out of methyl bromide in the cultivation of melons, tomatoes, flowers and ornamentals, and strawberries in Guatemala to the 54^th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
7. With regard to Lebanon:
   1. To take note of the 2006 progress report on the implementation of the projects for the phase-out of all remaining soil uses of methyl bromide used in the production of cut flowers and tobacco, implemented by UNDP, and the phase‑out of methyl bromide for soil fumigation in strawberry production, implemented by UNIDO;
   2. To approve the revisions to the agreement between the Government of Lebanon and the Executive Committee approved at the 34^th Meeting and subsequently modified at the 43^rd Meeting, extending the phase-out schedule until 2008 as shown in the table below:

3. To request UNDP and UNIDO to continue assisting the Government of Lebanon in the implementation of the methyl bromide phase-out investment projects;
4. To request UNDP and UNIDO to submit a report on the implementation of the two methyl bromide projects with an assessment of the financial losses that might have occurred during the extraordinary events in Lebanon in 2006, for consideration by the Executive Committee at its 54^th Meeting;
   8. With regard to the technical assistance programme in Central America, to take note of the progress report on the policy assistance programme to support the methyl bromide phase-out with a special focus on Guatemala and Honduras, submitted by UNEP on behalf of the Government of Spain;
   9. To note with appreciation the verification of CFC import/export in 2006 in China submitted by the World Bank;
   10. With regard to Côte d’Ivoire:
       1. To note with appreciation the work undertaken by UNIDO to redeploy the aerosol equipment purchased for an aerosol manufacturing plant in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to a manufacturing plant in Côte d’Ivoire;
       2. To request the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to accelerate the implementation of the project for the phase-out of CFC-12 in the manufacture of cosmetics aerosols by conversion to a hydrocarbon aerosol propellant at COPACI, thus completing the phase-out of CFCs in the aerosol sector in Côte d’Ivoire;
       3. To request UNIDO to report back to the Executive Committee at its 53^rd Meeting on the status of implementation of the aerosol project in Côte d’Ivoire, including the situation of the redeployment of the aerosol equipment purchased for an aerosol manufacturing plant in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
   11. To note the report from the technology provider for the phase-out of CFC consumption in the manufacture of metered-dose inhalers in Egypt and that the cost of technology transfer for the project was US $3,146,955; and
   12. To write a letter to the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya at the highest appropriate level indicating the possible cancellation of the project if no progress was reported to the 53^rd Meeting on establishing a plan for the sustainability of the halon banking facility, including the selection of a host for the facility and a business plan from that host for the facility’s sustainability.