Decision 60/8

April 2010
Afghanistan | Brazil | Cambodia | China | Fiji | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Maldives | Philippines | Samoa | Georgia | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
DEU | UNDP | UNEP | World Bank
Projects with specific reporting requirements

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/60/14 on the implementation of approved projects with specific reporting requirements;
  2. With regard to Afghanistan:
    1. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the 2009 work programme of the national CFC phase-out plan (NPP) for Afghanistan and of the verification report on 2008 CFC consumption;
    2. To approve the annual implementation programme for the year 2010;
    3. To request the Government of Afghanistan, with the assistance of the Government of Germany and UNEP, to submit a progress report on the implementation of the 2010 work programme for the NPP no later than the 63rd Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  3. With regard to Brazil:
    1. To note the 2008 verification report and the 2009 annual implementation report on the national CFC phase-out plan (NPP) in Brazil;
    2. To approve the annual implementation programmes for the years 2010 and 2011;
    3. To request the Government of Brazil, with the assistance of UNDP, as lead agency, to submit annual implementation reports regarding the previous year to the first Meeting of the Executive Committee each year until the NPP had been completed;
  4. With regard to Cambodia, to take note of the 2009 progress report on the implementation of the terminal phase-out management plan for Cambodia;
  5. With regard to Fiji, to take note of the 2009 progress report on the implementation of the terminal phase-out management plan for Fiji;
  6. With regard to Georgia, to note the successful verification of Georgia’s compliance with its phase-out obligations for CFC consumption under the terminal phase-out management plan in 2008;
  7. With regard to the Islamic Republic of Iran:
    1. To note the 2008 verification report and the 2009 annual implementation report on the national CFC phase-out plan (NPP) in the Islamic Republic of Iran;
    2. To approve the annual implementation programme for the year 2010;
    3. To request the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the assistance of the Government of Germany, as lead agency, to submit annual implementation reports regarding the previous year to the first Meeting of the Executive Committee each year until the NPP had been completed;
  8. With regard to Maldives:
    1. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the terminal phase‑out management plan (TPMP) for Maldives;
    2. To request UNEP and UNDP:
      1. To expedite the implementation of the end-user investment component of the TPMP;
      2. To report to the Executive Committee at its 62nd Meeting on the progress in implementing this remaining component;
  9. With regard to Philippines:
    1. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the 2009 work programme of the national CFC phase-out plan (NPP) for Philippines and of the verification report on 2008 CFC consumption;
    2. To approve the annual implementation programme for 2010;
    3. To request the Government of Philippines, with the assistance of the World Bank, to submit a progress report on the implementation of the 2010 work programme for the NPP no later than the 63rd Meeting of the Executive Committee, including a verification report on 2009 consumption;
  10. With (i) regard to Samoa:
    1. To take note of the 2009 progress report on the implementation of the terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP) for Samoa;
    2. To request UNEP and UNDP:
      1. To expedite the implementation of the end-user investment component of the TPMP;
      2. To report to the Executive Committee at its 62nd Meeting on the progress in implementing this remaining component;
  11. With regard to China:
    1. In connection with the CFC production phase-out programme: verification of the 2009 annual work programme, to commend the Government of China and the World Bank for the good efforts made to comply with decisions 56/13 and 57/31 and for successfully implementing the audit for 2009 to confirm the level of production of CFCs for metered-dose inhalers in China and the remaining stocks;
    2. To take note of the verification report on the phase-out of the production and consumption of CTC for process agent and other non-identified uses (phase I);
    3. In connection with the strategy for gradual phase-out of TCA production (second stage programme), to commend the Government of China and the World Bank for successfully dismantling the remaining TCA production facility in China; and
  12. With regard to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to commend the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the World Bank for the good efforts made to comply with decision 54/15(a) and for successfully implementing the audit for 2009 to confirm the sustained cessation of CFC production at the PRODUVEN plant in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.