The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that specific requests for funding of terminal CFC phase-out plans for LVC countries might be considered on a case by case basis, provided that:
(a) the country concerned has a licensing system in operation and has enacted or improved legislation to phase-out ODS consumption;
(b) the Government concerned is committed to achieve, without further request for funding from the Multilateral Fund, the complete phase out of CFCs in accordance with its obligation under the Montreal Protocol;
(c) the Government is committed to annual reporting of progress in implementing the activities proposed and meeting the reduction steps; and
(d) implementing and/or bilateral agency(ies) responsible for implementing the terminal phase-out plan be requested to advise the Government concerned on the financial implications to the country for submitting a terminal phase out plan, and make every effort to assist the Government concerned to achieve phase-out targets specified in the plan.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/64, para. 102).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/56).
The Fortieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to urge low-volume-consuming countries to consider carefully whether it was in their interests at this stage to request final funding to achieve total phase-out of CFCs;
(b) to request implementing and bilateral agencies to give priority to assisting countries with implementation of the approved refrigeration management plan to meet their 2005 and 2007 CFC control targets;
(c) to urge all Article 5 Parties concerned to ensure that all the provisions of Decision 38/64 were applied before submitting projects for terminal phase-out management plans; and that the acceleration of phase out implied by the terminal phase-out management plan had met the criteria established by the Executive Committee for prioritizing accelerated phase out; and
(d) to give urgent consideration to the adoption of criteria for project funding to accelerate phase out and/or to maintain momentum.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/50, Decision 40/21, para. 61).