Decision 82/19

Following informal consultations, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the report on the status of implementation of the sector plan for the phase-out of methyl bromide (MB) production in China, submitted by UNIDO, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/20;
2. To extend the date of completion of the MB production sector plan to 31 December 2021;
3. To request the Government of China, through UNIDO, to provide a progress report at the 83^rd meeting on the contract for the development of the management information system and its incorporation in the monitoring and supervision programme to be implemented by the Customs Authority;
4. To note the proposed 2019–2021 work plan to ensure the long-term, sustained monitoring of MB production in China, and to request the Government of China, through UNIDO, to provide, at the 83^rd meeting, an update to the work plan in order to ensure the long-term, sustained monitoring of MB after the completion of the sector phase-out plan of MB production, including the elaboration of policy and institutional arrangements demonstrating compliance, monitoring and enforcement;
5. Further to note that the 2019 progress report would include the verification of the 2018 MB production;
6. To request the Government of China, through UNIDO, to include in all subsequent progress reports the disbursement in US dollars at the time of the submission of the report and the value of contracts signed in the currency in which they were signed; and
7. Further to request the Government of China and UNIDO to submit to the Executive Committee annual reports on the status of implementation of the sector plan for the phase-out of MB production, and to provide the project completion report no later than the last meeting in 2022.