The Seventeenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that where ODS data contained in a project submitted differed significantly from the data in a country programme, countries should update the ODS consumption figures in their country programmes for that sector, and submit with the project request the revised figures and a detailed explanation of the reasons for the variation;
(b) that it would consider requests for additional funding made necessary by this updating requirement.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/17/60, Decision 17/2 para. 10).
The Seventh Meeting of the Parties accepted the following recommendations of the Implementation Committee:
(a) that the Secretariat should be entitled to seek clarification on data reported under Article 7 if there is a discrepancy with the data in the country programme of the country concerned; and
(b) that it should be established through these clarifications, which are the best available and most accurate data. Should the clarification not result in an agreement, the data provided by the Party to the Secretariat should be used.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.7/12 Decision VII/20).
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that the data submitted to the Ozone Secretariat and those submitted to the Fund Secretariat should be reconciled; and
(b) that discrepancies in data provided by Parties to the Ozone Secretariat and to the Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund should be submitted to the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/19/64, Decision 19/28, para. 52).
The Twentieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the statement by the representative of the Ozone Secretariat that the formats for reporting data under Article 7 of the Protocol could be revised only by a decision of the Meeting of the Parties.
(b) to request the Fund Secretariat to prepare for the Committee’s consideration at its Twenty-second Meeting a revised paper that would clearly describe the two parallel streams of data reporting that existed under the Montreal Protocol, bearing in mind any decision that might be taken on the matter by the Eighth Meeting of the Parties;
(c) that there was a need to explore ways to reconcile and harmonize the two streams in order, on the one hand, to avoid duplication of work and reporting, and, on the other, to ensure greater transparency of data provided.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/20/72, Decision 20/37, para. 53).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/20/57).
The Eleventh Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note the improvement in the timely submission of data in accordance with Article 7 of the Protocol;
2. to note that Parties are to submit data by 30 September of the following year in accordance with their obligations under Article 7;
3. to urge all Parties to introduce licensing systems in accordance with the provisions of decision IX/8 and Article 4B of the Protocol to facilitate accuracy in data submission under Article 7;
4. to note that data collection on ozone-depleting substances sectors is important in assisting a Party to meet its obligations under the Protocol and that the Parties might wish to consider the burden of collecting sector data and other data required in the context of the Montreal Protocol at a future meeting;
5. to note that, because of the significant improvement in the timely submission of data, the Implementation Committee had been able in 1999 to review the control status of Parties for the previous year, 1998. In earlier years, the Implementation Committee had reviewed only the control status for two years prior. Accordingly, decide to request that the Implementation Committee begin a full review of data for the year immediately prior to the Meeting of the Parties beginning in 2000;
6. to note that many Parties with economies in transition have established a phase-out plan with specific interim benchmarks in co-operation with the Global Environment Facility;
7. to urge those Parties with economies in transition mentioned in paragraph 6 above to submit to the Secretariat the phase-out plans with specific interim benchmarks developed with the Global Environment Facility in accordance with requests made at the Tenth Meeting of the Parties.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.11/10, Decision XI/23).
The Fourteenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note that the implementation of the Protocol by those Parties that have reported data is satisfactory;
2. to note with regret that 49 Parties out of the 180 that should have reported data for 2001 have not reported to date;
3. to note further that lack of timely data reporting by Parties impedes effective monitoring and assessment of Parties’ compliance with their obligations under the Montreal Protocol;
4. to strongly urge Parties to report consumption and production data as soon as the figures are available, rather than waiting until the final deadline of 30 September every year;
5. to remind Parties operating under Article 5(1) that for the purposes of reporting data, under the provisions of Article 2A paragraph 2 and Article 5 paragraph 8 bis (a) the current control period extends from 1 July 2001 to 31 December 2002.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.14/9, Decision XIV/13).