The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to approve the guidelines for the preparation, implementation and management of performance-based sector and national ODS phase-out plans, as contained in Annex IX.9, on the understanding that:
(a) because of the different situations and needs of countries, and the impracticability of attempting to encompass every situation, the purpose of the guidelines is to provide general principles and procedures that should be followed in developing and implementing performance-based ODS phase-out plans;
(b) the guidelines shall not apply to already approved performance-based sectoral and national ODS phase-out plans in any regard, since these existing plans refer to agreements that shall be governed by rules specified in each case;
(c) the guidelines shall also apply to the production and consumption of HBFCs;
(d) the Executive Committee will review the guidelines after a period of two years, in order to take into account the experience gained in their application. That future review will not affect their status as guidelines;
(e) the content of subparagraphs (b) and (c) above will be reflected in final text of the guidelines.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/65, para. 106).
Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/57/Rev.1).