Decision 56/53

The representative of the Secretariat recalled that the halon production/consumption sector plan was the first sector phase-out plan to have been approved, addressing both consumption and production. To date, US $61.9 million of the US $62 million approved for the overall plan had been released. China, through the World Bank, was requesting the release of the 12^th and last tranche of US $100 000 for implementation of the 2009 programme. Having resolved the issue with respect to post-2010 monitoring of the agreement (see decision 56/13), the Executive Committee decided to approve the release of the final tranche of the China halon sector plan at the amount of US $100,000 plus agency support costs of US $7,500 for the World Bank.