Solvent sector phase out plan

China’s solvent sector strategy

The Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to set up a working group on the phase-out plan for the solvent sector in China. The working group, which would be assisted in its tasks by the Fund Secretariat and UNDP, would:

(a)  report back to the Executive Committee;

(b)  hold its first meeting back-to-back with the Twenty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee;

(c)  comprise the following members: Bahamas, Brazil, China, Japan, Sweden (Chair) and United States of America.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/48, Decision 27/79, para. 111).

The Thirtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to approve the 29 March 2000 agreement on the phase-out of ozone-depleting substances in China’s solvent sector (Annex XI.32);

(b)  to approve the first payment under the agreement in the amount of US $6,750,000 and US $675,000 in support costs to UNDP.

(c)  to note with appreciation the work of the Working Group on the Phase-out of Ozone-depleting Substances in China’s solvent sector and to dissolve it.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/41, Decision 30/56, para 85).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/34).

The Thirty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to take note of the fact that disbursement of funds from the 2002 programme of the solvent sector phase-out plan had not yet taken place, in the absence of the submission of relevant information by the Government of China;

(b)  to look forward to a report from UNDP and the Government of China about China’s ability to meet the requirements of the agreement.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/71, Decision 37/22, para. 50).