The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request the Secretariat, in co-operation with the Implementing Agencies, to prepare a working paper providing options on how phase-out from cancelled projects should be recorded, for presentation to the 39th Meeting of the Executive Committee, taking into account the comments made by members during their discussion of this issue at the 37th Meeting, and inviting further input subsequent to the Meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/6, para. 37 (d)).
The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the report on the ODS phase-out from cancelled projects contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/16;
(b) to adopt the following two options:
(i) if an enterprise was provided with equipment needed for conversion to non-ODS technology, the full amount of ODS envisioned for phase-out in the approved project should be recorded as the phase-out;
(ii) if an enterprise was provided with some items of equipment and such items could not be transferred by the Implementing Agency concerned to another enterprise(s) in the country or the region, the cost-effectiveness of the approved project should be used to calculate an amount of ODS phase-out proportional to the cost of equipment items and other associated costs, by dividing the amount of funds disbursed to the enterprise by the cost-effectiveness value. The resulting amount should be recorded as the phase-out;
6. to request the Secretariat to prepare, by the 40th Meeting of the Executive Committee, advice on how to deal with the issue of funding levels when reapplying for assistance for projects that had previously been cancelled.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/13, para. 47).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/16).
The Fortieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the document on phase-out from cancelled projects (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/22);
(b) to request that reasons for project cancellation be specified by the Implementing Agencies and taken into account by the Executive Committee in its decisions on project cancellation;
(c) that projects cancelled due to the non-provision by the beneficiary of its non incremental counterpart contributions may be resubmitted on a case-by-case basis;
(d) to consider, on a case-by-case basis, the resubmission of cancelled projects in cases where their completion enables compliance with control measures, provided that the enterprise is determined to be financially viable and, preferably, that the implementation timeframe is accelerated.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/50, Decision 40/16, para. 55 (a – d)).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/22).