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The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/38;
(b) to request the Secretariat to prepare an annual update of the status of compliance of Article 5 countries with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in part I of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/38, and of the implementation of Montreal Protocol through government policy controls as contained in part II of the document. In so doing, the Secretariat should attempt in future editions of the document to correlate the impact of approved non-investment projects on the status of compliance of Article 5 countries and address other policy measures such as those for end-users and implementation by customs authorities of import controls;
(c) to request the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance to review and take action on the updated document.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/76, para. 94).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/38).
The Thirty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/16, in particular that:
(i) the remaining consumption to be phased out after accounting for approved but unimplemented projects was represented by the following consumption sectors: refrigeration, 35 per cent; foam, 16 per cent; process agents, 16 per cent; solvents, 12 per cent; halons, 12 per cent; fumigants, 6 per cent; aerosols, 2 per cent; and tobacco, 1 per cent;
(ii) regarding CFCs, 14 countries were at risk of not meeting their freeze obligations. Action by governments and the Multilateral Fund was needed in 53 countries to ensure their compliance with the 50 per cent reduction target by 2005;
(iii) regarding halons, immediate action was needed in 16 countries, three of which had to implement approved projects sooner than planned in order to ensure the freeze of halons. Action by governments and the Multilateral Fund was needed in 17 countries to ensure the reduction by 2005;
(iv) regarding methyl bromide, 43 countries had not yet ratified the Copenhagen amendment. Of those that had ratified the Copenhagen amendment immediate action was needed to enable 24 countries to comply with the freeze obligation, of which four countries needed to implement approved projects sooner than planned to achieve compliance. Urgent action by all concerned was required in order to ensure that as many countries as possible would be able to achieve compliance;
(v) regarding CTC and TCA, the baseline for compliance had to be established as soon as possible to allow for an analysis of the status in achieving compliance;
(vi) the enactment of policy measures by governments in Article 5 countries had played a crucial role in contributing towards the ability of countries to achieve compliance with the CFC freeze commitment;
(b) to take into account the results of the status report in the discussion on strategic planning and, as appropriate, in the assessment of project proposals in light of the objective of supporting countries to enable them to comply with the Montreal Protocol;
(c) to request the following countries to clarify the increase in consumption from 1999 to 2000 despite the additional phase-out from approved projects completed in 1999: Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Sri Lanka;
(d) also to request the implementing and bilateral agencies to take into consideration the sector analysis contained in the report for the purposes of planning activities for their 2002 draft business plans.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/58, Decision 34/12, para. 30).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/16).
The Fortieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the report on the status of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol, as contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/25/Rev.1, which also included data on the implementation of country programmes in Part II;
(b) to urge implementing and bilateral agencies, as well as the relevant Article 5 countries, to adhere to the timely implementation of the 2003 business plans;
(c) to note with appreciation that 2002 data reported to the Fund Secretariat were below the CFC freeze baseline levels for the following countries found to be in non compliance by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Parties: Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Namibia, Nepal and Nigeria, and that the assessment of compliance by the Implementation Committee would be based on data reporting for the control period, which, for 2002, was 1.5 years;
(d) to request the implementing and bilateral agencies, in particular UNEP, to assist countries identified in the status report as consuming small amounts of methyl bromide, CTC and TCA but not included in any of the agencies’ three-year business plans for the triennium, to determine the proportion of such consumption that is eligible for phase-out; and
(e) also to request bilateral and Implementing Agencies to include activities, after verifying eligible consumption, in their 2004/2005 business plans for the following countries: Algeria (CTC/TCA), Bahamas (CTC), Bahrain (methyl bromide, CTC), Burundi (TCA), Croatia (CTC), Cuba (CTC), Ecuador (CTC/TCA), Fiji (methyl bromide), Haiti (halon, TCA), Indonesia (CTC), Mexico (CTC), Morocco (halon, CTC), Nigeria (TCA), Paraguay (methyl bromide/CTC), Peru (CTC), Sudan (CTC), Tunisia (CTC), Uganda (CTC, TCA), Uruguay (CTC), Yemen (TCA), Zambia (CTC), and Zimbabwe (CTC/TCA).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/50, Decision 40/19, para. 58).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/25/Rev.1).
After discussion concerning status of compliance, status of implementation of ongoing projects and data on the implementation of country programmes, the need for timely implementation of business plans, and 2003 data for countries found to be in non-compliance by the Fifteenth Meeting of the Parties, the Forty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/6/Rev.1 and Corr.1, which included data on the status of implementation of ongoing projects in Part II and the implementation of country programmes in Part III;
(b) to urge bilateral and Implementing Agencies, as well as the relevant Article 5 countries, to adhere to the timely implementation of the 2004 business plans;
(c) to request bilateral and Implementing Agencies, in consultation with the Secretariat, to include phase-out activities and UNEP Compliance Assistance Programme activities in their 2005–2007 business plans, as an immediate priority, for unfunded eligible consumption for countries in non-compliance or at risk of non-compliance with specific Montreal Protocol control measures for the years 2005 and 2007;
(d) to request the Secretariat, in cooperation with the Ozone Secretariat and the bilateral and Implementing Agencies, to provide for inclusion in its ensuing reports on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries information and views from the Article 5 countries found to be in non-compliance and/or at risk of non compliance on the nature of the impediments to their achieving compliance with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol, in particular with regard to low-volume-consuming countries, and to report thereon to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee; and
(e) to note the expectation that further actions might be necessary in the future to enhance the capacity of the Implementing Agencies to better support the efforts of countries that were or might soon be in non-compliance.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/61, Decision 43/4, para. 39).
The Forty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee after discussion on the status of compliance, the revised formats for future reports, a possible strategy for addressing nominal quantities of CTC and TCA, and the level of total remaining ODS consumption, and after having noted that the contact group wished to pursue its work in the margins of the 45th Meeting, decided:
(a) to note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/44/6 and Corr.1, taking into account the comments made during the meeting;
(b) to request bilateral and Implementing Agencies to include phase-out activities, where appropriate, for eligible consumption in their 2005-2007 business plans for the following countries:
(i) for CFCs: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(ii) for halon: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Somalia (when the conditions appeared conducive to a sustainable operation);
(iii) for methyl bromide: Papua New Guinea;
(iv) for methyl chloroform: Ecuador;
(v) for carbon tetrachloride: Bahrain, Barbados, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Paraguay; and
(c) that the contact group on a possible strategy for addressing low volumes of CTC and TCA consumption should be reconvened at the 45th Meeting of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/44/73, Decision 44/4, para. 42).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/44/6 and Corr.1).
The Forty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/46/6 and Add.1;
(b) to note that Brazil had phased out its CFC production;
(c) to request the Secretariat to reformat the report to focus on actual and potential compliance issues, to address the 85 per cent reduction for CFCs in 2007, and to include a report on all Article 5 countries;
(d) to encourage bilateral and Implementing Agencies to provide requests for project proposals to the 47th Meeting, or in their 2006 business plans, that would address the following countries at risk of non-compliance:
(i) for halons: Kyrgyzstan and Somalia (when the conditions appeared conducive to a sustainable operation);
(ii) for CTC: Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda; and
(e) to urge bilateral and Implementing Agencies implementing institutional strengthening projects to continue their efforts to obtain data from National Ozone Units (NOUs) on the implementation of their country programmes and to inform NOUs of the requirement to provide all data necessary in order to receive the maximum two-year renewal of institutional strengthening.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/46/47, Decision 46/4, para. 36).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/46/6 and Add.1).
The Forty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol, as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/6 and Add.1;
(b) to request bilateral and implementing agencies to include phase-out activities, where appropriate, for eligible consumption in their 2006-2008 business plans for the following countries for which no project preparation had been approved in line with decisions of the Parties and the Executive Committee:
(i) for CFCs: Somalia when conditions for sustainable activities existed;
(ii) for halons: Romania, Sierra Leone and Somalia when conditions for sustainable activities existed; and
(iii) for CTC: Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/61, Decision 47/4, para. 31).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/6 and Add.1).
The Forty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/6;
(b) to request bilateral and implementing agencies to include phase-out activities, where appropriate, for eligible consumption in their 2007-2009 business plans for the following countries:
(i) CFCs and halon: Somalia (if conditions permit);
(ii) CTC: Bolivia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, within the framework of their terminal phase-out management plans;
(iii) TCA: Croatia;
(c) to request bilateral and multilateral implementing agencies to assist Article 5 countries to complete fully the data/information required in the new reporting format for country programme data; and
(d) to request UNEP to include, where appropriate, as an agenda item in its network meetings taking place prior to May 2007, a discussion on completing the new reporting format for country programme data.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/43, Decision 49/5, para. 49).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/6).
The Fiftieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/6;
(b) to request bilateral and implementing agencies to include phase-out activities, where appropriate, to address eligible consumption in their 2007-2009 business plans as follows:
(i) CTC: United Republic of Tanzania;
(ii) TCA: United Republic of Tanzania.
(c) to request Article 5 countries to submit complete country programme data using the new format; and
(d) to urge the Secretariat to provide a means of entering country programme data on its website, together with an explanatory manual on how to complete the new country programme data format to improve consistency in reporting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/62,Decision 50/4 para. 46).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/6).
The Fifty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/7/Rev.1;
(b) to request UNDP and El Salvador to expedite the submission of the terminal phase out management plan proposal to the 53rd Meeting;
(c) to urge those countries that have not established licensing systems to endeavour to establish such systems as soon as possible;
(d) to request UNEP’s Compliance Assistance Programme to allocate time during its regional network meetings for additional training on the web-based system for reporting progress on country programme implementation and to provide feedback on the experience gained by the initial users of the web-based system;
(e) to reconfirm existing Executive Committee guidelines regarding submission of country programme implementation data by 1 May each year; and
(f) to note that country programme implementation data had to be submitted in advance of the last meeting of the year and subsequent meetings as a precondition for the approval and release of funding for projects.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/55, Decision 52/5, para. 48).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/7/Rev.1).
The Fifty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/53/6/Rev.1; and
(b) to request the Fund Secretariat to proceed with a revision of the status of compliance document, and to include data on project implementation delays, an assessment of risks of non-compliance based on criteria, while engaging in ongoing consultations with countries and agencies to ensure that Article 5 countries were involved in the process, and to report back to the 57th Meeting of the Executive Committee on the usefulness and the level of effort associated with preparing detailed assessments of the risk of non-compliance.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/53/67, Decision 53/4, para. 41).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/53/6/Rev.1)
The Fifty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
After discussing the document on the status of implementation of delayed projects and prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the next control measures of the Montreal Protocol, the Fifty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(g) to note, with appreciation, that 42 countries, after having reviewed the risk assessment had expressed their confidence that they would comply with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol; and
(h) to request the Fund Secretariat to continue its efforts to obtain feedback from Article 5 countries on the risk assessment, the general indicators of possible risk of non-compliance therein, and their ability to achieve compliance.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/59, Decision 54/4, para 40 (g, h).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/5).
The Fifty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
After discussing the document on the status of implementation of delayed projects and prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the next control measures of the Montreal Protocol, the Fifty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(e) to note, with appreciation, that 69 countries had thus far indicated that, after having reviewed the risk assessment, they were confident that they would be able to comply with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol; and
(f) to request a revision of the risk of non-compliance indicators, taking into account comments by the Parties and with a view to achieving a consensus on their applicability.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/55/53, Decision 55/4, para.38 (e, f)).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/55/6)
The Fifty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
After discussing the document on the status of implementation of delayed projects and prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the next control measures of the Montreal Protocol, the Fifty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note:
(v) with appreciation the comments received from 31 countries on the risk indicators;
(vi) with appreciation, that 83 countries had thus far indicated their confidence that they would comply with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol after having reviewed the risk assessment, and to request the Fund Secretariat to continue to update the assessment based on the other risk indicators given the overall consensus on their application and obtain feedback from the countries;
(b) that Parties would be given the opportunity to comment on the risk indicators up until the 57th Meeting;
(c) that the indicators would remain in operation pending reconsideration at the 57th Meeting after responses had been received from all countries concerned with regard to the risk assessment.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/56/64, Decision 56/4 para 40)
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/56/6).
The Fifty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note:
(iv) with appreciation, the comments received from 53 countries on the risk indicators;
(v) with appreciation, that thus far 92 countries had indicated their confidence in complying with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol after having reviewed the risk assessment;
(b) to encourage interested Article 5 Parties to conduct their own compliance risk assessment making full use of the methodology and indicators developed by the Secretariat;
(c) to consider further the role of the Secretariat with respect to the assessment of the risks of non-compliance in the context of work programmes on monitoring and evaluation.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/57/69, Decision 57/5 para 47).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/57/6).
The Fifty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(b) To request:
(iv) The Secretariat to provide information to the 62nd Meeting on use of web based country programme implementation data and country profile systems to enable a review of their continued utility;
(iv) That information on country profiles should only be on the Secretariat’s intranet and that public access should be limited to Executive Committee Members;
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/59/59, Decision 59/4 para 37(b)).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/59/6).
The Sixtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(b) To request:
(i) UNEP to hold a session on the revised format for country programme data reporting at its network meetings;
(ii) UNEP and the Secretariat to identify problems associated with the low level of use of on-line reporting to determine how best to encourage the timely reporting of Article 5 country programme data using such systems;
(iii) Additional status reports on the projects listed in Annex II to the present report; and
(iv) The Secretariat to modify the country programme data reporting format to include information relevant to the HCFC phase-out, including whether HCFC control measures were included in licensing systems;
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/60/54, Decision 60/4 para 46(b)).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/60/6).
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