Decision 58/6

Following the discussion, the Chair invited interested Members to meet informally with the Secretariat to come to an agreement on outstanding issues. Following the report to plenary on the informal consultation, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To take note of the final report on the evaluation of terminal phase-out management plans (TPMPs) as presented in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/58/8;
2. To request:
   1. Bilateral and implementing agencies assisting Article 5 countries in implementing TPMPs to provide the National Ozone Units regularly with updated financial reports on fund disbursement and commitments associated with the activities in the TPMP projects so that they would be in a position to account to their respective governments;
   2. Article 5 countries to give due consideration to enhancing their data collection and monitoring systems for control of ODS trade in order to improve the quality and reliability of the import/export data from customs authorities, companies and servicing workshops, where applicable;
   3. Bilateral and implementing agencies, when implementing the last tranche(s) of the TPMPs, to advise and assist Article 5 countries in reviewing current ODS regulations, including licensing systems, and in incorporating import/export regulations on HCFCs;
   4. Bilateral and implementing agencies and Article 5 countries to consider establishing effective and targeted monitoring and reporting mechanisms, which could include establishment of programme management units if countries chose to do so, in order to ensure adequate assessment, monitoring and reporting of the results of TPMPs, in particular regarding recovery and recycling and end-user projects;
   5. Bilateral and implementing agencies assisting Article 5 countries to provide information on technical feasibility and economic viability when considering the establishment of new ODS reclamation and recycling centres in future requests for TPMP tranches;
   6. Article 5 countries, when developing and/or designing training programmes for technicians, to include specific modalities for assisting the refrigeration service technicians who had not received formal training; and
3. To encourage Article 5 countries to establish and/or strengthen refrigeration technicians’ associations in order to promote good practices in the refrigeration sector through recovery, recycling, leak detection and prevention of unnecessary use of ODS.