Decision 53/5

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To adopt the 2008-2010 model rolling three-year phase-out plan as a flexible guide for resource planning for the corresponding period;
2. To urge Article 5 countries with approved but not implemented projects, and the relevant implementing and bilateral agencies, to accelerate the pace of implementation during the 2008-2010 period;
3. To urge bilateral and implementing agencies to work with those countries that had been identified as in need of immediate assistance to achieve the Protocol’s 2007 and 2010 phase-out targets, and to include activities in their 2008-2010 business plans as appropriate;
4. To request the Secretariat to present an updated model rolling three-year phase-out plan for the years 2009-2011 to the last Meeting in 2008 to provide guidance, as relevant, for the preparation of the 2009-2011 business plan of the Multilateral Fund;
5. To note that:
   1. In total about 57,885.5 ODP tonnes of ODS consumption and 54,455.0 ODP tonnes of ODS production had yet to be phased out during the remainder of 2007 and in the 2008-2010 period;
   2. Fifty-three terminal phase-out management plans (TPMPs) for low‑volume‑consuming (LVC) countries, 42 national ODS phase-out plans for non-LVC countries, and 10 phase-out plans in the production sector in five non-LVC countries were currently being implemented; and
   3. National phase-out plans (NPPs) for two non-LVC countries and TPMPs for 31 LVC countries had yet to be submitted for consideration and approval by the Executive Committee.