Decision 64/13

The Executive Committee decided:

Reports on the implementation of national phase-out plans/terminal phase-out plans

1. To request the relevant bilateral and implementing agencies to submit to the 65^th meeting complete progress reports on the implementation of the national phase-out plans (NPPs) and terminal phase-out management plans (TPMPs) that were due as per specific decisions taken between the 59^th and 62^nd meetings, but had not yet been submitted;
2. With regard to Afghanistan:
   1. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the 2010 work programme of the NPP for Afghanistan; and
   2. To request UNEP to submit the verification reports for the years 2009 and 2010 and to report no later than the 65^th meeting of the Executive Committee;
3. With regard to Bangladesh:
   1. To note with appreciation the progress report on the implementation of the fifth and sixth tranches of the NPP, the efforts made by Bangladesh to reach zero consumption of CFCs, carbon tetrachloride (CTC) and methyl chloroform (TCA) in 2010 in all sectors except for the manufacture of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs), and the implementation of the MDI investment project that resulted in consumption estimated at 47.9 ODP tonnes of CFCs, which was 108.8 ODP tonnes below the 156.7 ODP tonnes of CFCs authorized by the Parties as essential uses for 2010;
   2. To request UNDP to submit the verification report on 2009 and 2010 CFC consumption; and
   3. To request the Government of Bangladesh, with the assistance of UNDP and UNEP, to submit a report on the finalization of the implementation of its NPP to the 66^th meeting of the Executive Committee;
4. With regard to Maldives:
   1. To take note of the 2010 progress report on the implementation of the TPMP for Maldives; and
   2. To request UNEP and UNDP to expedite the completion of the end-user investment component of the TPMP, noting that it would help to sustain zero consumption of CFCs and to facilitate the phase-out of HCFCs, and to report to the Executive Committee at its 66^th meeting on the completion of the implementation of that remaining component;
5. With regard to Nepal:
   1. To take note of the 2010 progress report on the implementation of the TPMP for Nepal;
   2. To note with appreciation the efforts of the Government of Nepal to expedite the ratification of the remaining amendments to the Montreal Protocol, with the expectation that the amendments would be ratified in the near future; and
   3. To request UNEP and UNDP to expedite the completion of the end-user investment component of the TPMP, noting that it would help to sustain zero consumption of CFCs and to facilitate the phase-out of HCFCs, and to report to the Executive Committee at its 66^th meeting on the completion of the implementation of that remaining component;
6. With regard to Samoa:
   1. To take note of the 2010 progress report on the implementation of the TPMP for Samoa; and
   2. To request UNEP and UNDP to expedite the completion of the end-user investment component of the TPMP, noting that it would help to sustain zero consumption of CFCs and to facilitate the phase-out of HCFCs, and to report to the Executive Committee at its 66^th meeting on the completion of the implementation of that remaining component;

Reports on CTC consumption and production projects

7. With regard to China:
   1. To note the report on the description of the system for monitoring CTC use in China provided by the World Bank;
   2. To request the World Bank to submit, not later than the second meeting of every year, an implementation report on the activities undertaken in the process agent (PA) II sector plan in the previous year, until the implementation of the project had been completed; and
   3. To request the World Bank to submit the following reports at least eight weeks before the 65^th meeting:
      1. Verification report for the year 2010 for the PA I sector plan;
      2. Verification report for the year 2010 for the PA II sector plan; and
      3. Implementation report for the PA II sector plan and implementation plan for the remaining funding;

Reports on HCFC demonstration and investment projects

8. To urge the relevant bilateral and implementing agencies to submit to the Fund Secretariat reports on the HCFC demonstration and investment projects that had previously been approved separately from the HCFC phase-out management plans of the relevant Article 5 countries, addressing the issues pertaining to the collection of accurate data on incremental capital cost, the incremental operating cost or savings, and data relevant to the application of the technologies, in line with the objectives of decision 55/43(b), and as requested in the relevant approval decision for each project, as reflected in Annex IV to the present report