The Fifth Meeting of the Parties requested the Executive Committee to prepare a report in respect of the review referred to in paragraph 8 of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol, taking into account section II, paragraph 4, of decision IV/18 (to evaluate and review, by 1995, the Financial Mechanism established by Article 10 of the Protocol and Section I of the present decision, with a view to ensuring its continue effectiveness, taking into account chapters 9, 33 and 34, and all other relevant chapters of Agenda 21 as adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992), and submit it to the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties through the Secretariat by 31 December 1994 and to prepare, and submit through the Secretariat, an addendum to its report no later than three months before the 1995 Meeting of the Parties with a view to its consideration at that Meeting. Such a report shall include consideration of:
(a) the operation of the Fund to date;
(b) the rate at which low and non-ozone depleting substance technologies are being transferred to or developed by Parties operating under Article 5, including the report on the actual implementation of these technologies;
(c) the progress made and problems encountered by Article 5 Parties in implementing their country programmes;
(d) the current plans of Article 5 Parties as articulated in their country programmes;
(e) the financial implications of various phase-out strategies, including a comparison in achieving the targets set in the London and the Copenhagen Amendments;
(f) the feasibility of achieving the greatest possible reduction as soon as possible.
NOTE: This review is separate from the review of the Financial Mechanism for which Decision V/12 of the Fifth Meeting of the Parties requested the Open-Ended Working Group to develop a terms of reference.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/5/12 Decision V/11 (section 1).
The Twelfth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that the review referred to in paragraph 8 of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol should be prepared by a well-qualified consulting firm with experience in Article 5 countries. The Fund Secretariat was requested to invite consulting firms to tender bids based on the terms of reference of the report as soon as possible so that they could be received before 1 May 1994. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee would inform the Treasurer of the additional allocation to cover the costs of the review. The funds would be transferred to the account of the Fund Secretariat and recorded in the report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/12/37 (paras. 170, 177).
The Executive Committee further decided that the review should take into account:
(a) the current plans of Article 5 Parties as articulated in their country programmes;
(b) the Report on the Operation of the Fund (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/10/36) updating the pertinent information;
(c) the progress made and problems encountered by Article 5 Parties in implementing their country programmes, determining, on the basis of the country programmes approved by the Executive Committee, the current status of ODS technologies used in Article 5 countries and the current per capita consumption, as well as the likely growth in consumption of ODS in Article 5 countries;
(d) provide information on legislation being enacted in Article 5 countries in consonance with the strategies and action plans included in the country programmes;
(e) describe market dynamics impacting the phase-out of controlled substances in Article 5 countries, including determination of the background of the industrial structure of Article 5 countries and the impact of ODS phase-out on the small-scale and informal industrial sector.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/12/37 (Annex V).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/12/35).
The requests by the Executive Committee to the Consultant’s draft Report are presented in Annex I.6.
The Fifteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee authorized the Secretariat to transmit the document to the Ozone Secretariat.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/15/45 (paras. 135, 137).