Decision 70/21

70th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2013
Cost considerations surrounding financing HCFC phase-out including guidelines | Options for assessing and defining eligible incremental costs for HCFC activities | Preparation of HCFC phase-out management plans including guidelines | HCFC phase-out management plans related

The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To take note of the document on the criteria for funding HCFC phase-out in the consumption sector adopted by decision 60/44 (decision 69/22(b) and decision 69/24(d)), as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/70/52;
  2. To request relevant bilateral and implementing agencies to submit to the Secretariat, where available, information regarding incremental capital and operating costs incurred under stage I of HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs);
  3. To request the Secretariat to include the information contained in paragraph (b) above in a revised document to be submitted to the Executive Committee at its 71st meeting;
  4. To defer discussion of the criteria for funding HFCF phase-out in the consumption sector for stage II HPMPs to the 72nd meeting of the Executive Committee, with the goal of reaching agreement on such criteria at that meeting;
  5. For those Article 5 countries that wished to do so, to allow the submission of stage II HPMPs in the absence of agreement on guidelines and provisions on funding for preparation of stage II, and prior to a decision by the Executive Committee on criteria for funding HCFC phase-out in the consumption sector for stage II, on the understanding that:
    1. Any such proposals for stage II HPMPs would be considered on the basis of the existing guidelines for stage I HPMPs; and
    2. The funding level approved for stage II would not be modified on the basis of the criteria to be adopted for funding HCFC phase-out in the consumption sector for stage II HPMPs.