Decision 69/19

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note with appreciation the submission by the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro of a demonstration project on a regional strategy for ODS waste management and disposal for the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region;
2. To approve the implementation of a demonstration project on a regional strategy for ODS waste management and disposal in the ECA region for the destruction of 29.07 metric tonnes of ODS waste, at the total amount of US $378,444, consisting of US $274,480, plus agency support costs of US $19,214 for UNIDO, and US $75,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,750 for UNEP, noting that approval was on the understanding that:
   1. No further funds would be available for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro for any ODS disposal projects in future in the absence of a new relevant decision of the Meeting of the Parties;
   2. UNIDO and UNEP would submit a comprehensive report providing updated information on the actual amounts of ODS waste collected by substance as from the date of approval of the project by the 73^rd meeting;
   3. UNIDO and UNEP would submit a report to the Executive Committee upon completion of the project and no later than the last meeting in 2015, providing information on the verified amounts of ODS waste destroyed during the project, and if the reported amounts destroyed were not equal to that approved in sub-paragraph (b) above, the funds corresponding to the tonnage not destroyed would be returned to the Multilateral Fund, to be calculated at US $12.04/kg;
   4. The report in sub-paragraph (iii) above should also contain a substantive analysis of lessons learned from the implementation of the project, including a description of the regional approach and of how the sustainability of future similar activities could be ensured;
   5. Any marketing of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions generated by or associated with the project would be subject to a decision by the Executive Committee; and
3. To request:
   1. The Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro, through UNEP and UNIDO, to establish a monitoring system for the operation of, and the activities associated with, the ODS disposal demonstration project; and
   2. UNIDO to report thereon to the Executive Committee at the completion of the project in 2015, ensuring that no marketing of GHG emission reductions had taken place.