Decision 54/5

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the consolidated 2008-2010 business plan of the Multilateral Fund contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/6;
2. With respect to HCFC activities:
   1. To request the Secretariat to include an HCFC analysis in future versions of the compliance-oriented model/three-year phase-out plan;
   2. To request implementing agencies to include tonnage for all HCFC activities, excluding preparatory projects, based on current practices or any modifications subsequently approved by the Executive Committee;
   3. To remove from the business plans HCFC demonstration and investment activities and associated project preparation, and costs related to technical assistance for start-up, and to reconsider including those activities in the business plans at the 56^th Meeting in the light of decision 54/39;
3. To remove ODS disposal activities from the business plans but to maintain project preparation for Japan’s ODS destruction demonstration project, on the understanding that it would not be submitted until 2009, as well as the study on ODS disposal pursuant to the conditions agreed in the context of the Executive Committee’s consideration of the World Bank’s business plan (see decision 54/10);
4. With respect to metered-dose inhaler (MDI) investment activities in the business plans:
   1. That all information required under decision 51/34 and the additional supporting data in the following paragraphs had to be submitted for consideration by the Executive Committee by the 55^th Meeting to provide ample time for project initiation before the 2010 phase-out and to avoid, to the extent possible, the need for essential-use exemption requests;
   2. That all requests for MDI investment projects should be submitted for consideration by the Executive Committee no later than the 56^th Meeting, and that any request submitted to a later meeting would not be considered eligible for funding under the criteria in decision 51/34;
   3. That in submitting information required under decision 51/34, and for the associated project preparation proposal, the country should provide documentation and certify that the facilities producing MDIs and seeking funding were producing CFC MDIs in the year in which the national phase-out plan (NPP) or sector plan had been prepared;
   4. To clarify that only MDI production in place in the year in which remaining eligible CFC consumption for the NPP or sector plan had been established was eligible for funding through the Executive Committee so as to ensure that all MDI projects were treated in an equal manner;
   5. That information submitted under decision 51/34 in respect of project proposals should clearly describe: the volumes of CFCs associated with MDIs manufactured for domestic sale as compared with the amounts of CFCs used to manufacture MDIs for export; the volumes of CFCs associated with national MDI manufacturers; and the volumes of stockpiled CFCs currently and in the past in order to facilitate the smooth transition from CFC MDIs and to mitigate the need for a temporary essential-use exemption request;
   6. That project proposals under decision 51/34 should provide detailed information demonstrating that the commitment for co-financing represented at least 30 per cent of total project costs (minus support costs); and
5. To urge bilateral and implementing agencies to continue their efforts to implement approved projects to ensure the expected phase-out of 28,201 ODP tonnes in 2008.