The Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to urge the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies to finalize their discussions on guidelines for liquid carbon dioxide projects and submit recommendations on the subject to the Executive Committee at its Twenty-third Meeting;
(b) that liquid carbon dioxide projects could be submitted to the Executive Committee at its Twenty-third Meeting and approved for funding on the basis of the guidelines agreed at that Meeting, on the understanding that, if no guidelines were approved, consideration of the projects would be deferred until such time as they were.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1, Decision 22/37, para. 54).
The Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to approve the guidelines for liquid carbon dioxide technology in foam projects, which appear in Annex IX.13 to the present report.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/24/47, Decision 24/58, para. 86).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/24/39).
The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request that, in preparing liquid carbon dioxide (LCD) projects, Implementing Agencies and National Ozone Units fully explain the nature of the LCD technology to potential recipient enterprises so that their decision to sign the required statement would be well-informed.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/2, para. 18(g)).
The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request the Secretariat, in consultation with the Implementing Agencies, to re-examine LCD technology and the guidelines for projects converting to the technology and to report on its findings to the 37th Meeting of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/67, Decision 35/16, para. 47(a)).
The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note with appreciation of the report submitted by the Fund Secretariat (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/38 and Corr.1);
(b) to request the Secretariat to make a small number of on-site visits to companies that were making successful use of LCD technology in Article 5 countries and submit relevant additional information to the 41st Meeting of the Executive Committee;
(c) not to approve any future projects utilizing LCD technology pending consideration of the information referred to under sub paragraph (b) above.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/52, para. 90).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/38 and Corr.1).
The Forty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the report on the follow-up study on liquid carbon dioxide (LCD) technology as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/65 and Add.1; and
(b) that any future projects for LCD technology would have to be developed taking fully into consideration:
(i) the ability of the LCD technology to produce the specific foam grades manufactured by the enterprise;
(ii) the compatibility between the equipment provided by the LCD technology supplier and the equipment in place in the enterprise;
(iii) the need for long-term technical support beyond the currently-defined completion date of the project;
(iv) having regard to the technical constraints mentioned in part I of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/65, the ability of LCD technology to contribute to reductions in CFC-11 consumption soon enough to meet the schedules in relevant national CFC phase-out plans; and
(v) the need for countries to provide written confirmation that they understood the possible problems with the application of the technology.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/87, Decision 41/77, para. 113).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/65 and Add.1).