Decision 64/9

64th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2011
Algeria | Antigua and Barbuda | Armenia | Bahrain | Barbados | Benin | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cabo Verde | Côte d'Ivoire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Dominica | Ecuador | El Salvador | Eritrea | Gabon | Grenada | Guatemala | Guyana | Haiti | Iraq | Kenya | Kuwait | Mauritania | Morocco | Peru | Serbia | Sudan | Suriname | Timor-Leste | Togo | Uganda | Zambia
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After being informed that Grenada had signed the HPMP document with the implementing agency, the Executive Committee considered whether the countries that would be submitting their HPMPs in 2012, namely Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Ecuador, Eritrea, Haiti and Mauritania, had legislation in place to ensure that they would be able to meet the 2013 freeze in less than a year. The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note:
    1. UNEP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/64/12;
    2. The report on expenditures for the 2010 CAP budget and the return of funds pursuant to decision 35/36(d);
  2. To request the submission of additional status reports to the 65th meeting on the following in order to monitor:
    1. The signing of the grant agreements for the terminal phase-out management plans (TPMPs) in:
      1. Ecuador (ECU/PHA/61/TAS/52);
      2. Peru (PER/PHA/55/TAS/42);
    2. The signing of the project documents for the following HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) activities:
      1. Armenia (ARM/PHA/62/TAS/07);
      2. Burundi (BDI/PHA/62/TAS/26);
      3. Gabon (GAB/PHA/62/TAS/26);
      4. Serbia (YUG/PHA/62/TAS/39);
    3. The signing of the agreements for the institutional strengthening (IS) projects in the following countries:
      1. Algeria (ALG/SEV/57/INS/69);
      2. Benin (BEN/SEV/62/INS/24);
      3. Burkina Faso (BKF/SEV/62/INS/31);
      4. Cape Verde (CBI/SEV/57/INS/14);
      5. Côte d’Ivoire (IVC/SEV/62/INS/35);
      6. Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) (DRC/SEV/58/INS/31 and DRC/SEV/62/INS/34);
      7. Ecuador (ECU/SEV/59/INS/43);
      8. Gabon (GAB/SEV/62/INS/28);
      9. Guatemala (GUA/SEV/61/INS/41);
      10. Kenya (KEN/SEV/62/INS/51);
      11. Mauritania (MAU/SEV/57/INS/23);
      12. Morocco (MOR/SEV/59/INS/63);
      13. Sudan (the) (SUD/SEV/62/INS/27);
      14. Togo (TOG/SEV/56/INS/18);
      15. Zambia (ZAM/SEV/57/INS/24);
    4. The signing of the agreements for the HPMP preparation activities in Timor‑Leste (TLS/PHA/59/PRP/03 and TLS/PHA/61/PRP/05);
    5. he following IS projects for which the financial and progress reports were outstanding:
      1. Antigua and Barbuda (ANT/SEV/44/INS/11);
      2. Bahrain (BAH/SEV/60/INS/24);
      3. El Salvador (ELS/SEV/56/INS/24);
      4. Grenada (GRN/SEV/60/INS/17);
      5. Guyana (GUY/SEV/59/INS/17);
      6. Iraq (IRQ/SEV/57/INS/05);
      7. Mauritania (MAU/SEV/49/INS/17);
      8. Suriname (SUR/SEV/59/INS/17);
    6. The last two IS extensions in Dominica (DMI/SEV/56/INS/12 and DMI/SEV/62/INS/20) and the signing of the agreement for the last extension (DMI/SEV/62/INS/20);
    7. The HPMP project preparation activities that were at an initial stage and/or were planned for completion in 2012 in:
      1. Barbados (BAR/PHA/55/PRP/18);
      2. Ecuador (ECU/PHA/59/PRP/44);
      3. Eritrea (ERI/PHA/55/PRP/07);
      4. Haiti (HAI/PHA/57/PRP/13);
      5. Mauritania (MAU/PHA/55/PRP/20);
    8. The approval of the ODS regulations in English-speaking African countries by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (AFR/SEV/45/TAS/33);
    9. TPMP verification activities in Kuwait (KUW/PHA/57/TAS/15) and Zambia (ZAM/PHA/57/TAS/25), unless the verification reports were submitted to the 65th meeting;
  3. To request the return of the US $22,774 that had not been accounted for in the IS project in Uganda (UGA/SEV/13/INS/02), to cancel the project, and to allow the return of funds to be deducted from the next two-year extension of IS for Uganda; and
  4. To note that UNEP had five projects classified with implementation delays, including one that had been classified as such in 2010, and that a report on those projects should be submitted to the 65th meeting.