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).