Decision 72/44

Based on the report of the Sub-group on the Production Sector (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/72/46), the Executive Committee decided:

1. To request the World Bank, on behalf of the Government of China, to resubmit the Addendum to the China HCFC production phase-out management plan (HPPMP) to the 73^rd meeting, and that it should include, inter alia:
   1. A glossary of terms used in the Agreement and Addendum including, inter alia, definitions for closure, dismantling, retirement, idle capacity, by‑products, and co-production;
   2. A draft preliminary closure strategy including, inter alia:
      1. An overview of the strategy;
      2. A plan for gradual closure, dismantling, and retirement for those plants that would be closed and those likely to be closed prior to 2030 and the relationship to idle capacity and capacity for ODS and feedstock, taking into account:
         1. How funding would be linked to this closure, dismantling and retirement;
         2. How retirement of the additional 24 per cent of production capacity beyond the tonnage specified in decision 69/28(e)(iii) would be implemented throughout the phase-out;
2. That the World Bank’s verification report should provide estimates of inadvertent emissions of HFC-23 and other by-products; submission of these estimates would not be a condition of approval for tranches in the HPPMP;
3. The following definition of progress: Progress would be considered with priority for the achievement of reduction targets and compliance. Timely issuance of quotas, bidding, and contracts for enterprises and development of terms of reference, consultant selection, awarding of contracts, and implementation of the annual work plan would also be taken into account; and
4. That the list of enterprises subject to plant closure and dismantling, their ODS production, feedstock and idle capacity should be verified by the World Bank, based on 2010 data, and the results should be reported as part of the World Bank’s verification of 2013 production.