The Twenty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee, having considered the World Bank paper on “Sector based financing under the Multilateral Fund: list of issues requiring consideration by the Multilateral Fund” (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/24) and having heard the report of the Chairman of an ad hoc group set up during the Meeting to consider the issues involved, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to provide initial guidance, contained in Annex XII.23, to allow further development by China and the World Bank of the halon sector approach pilot programme under an umbrella agreement. In doing so, it was agreed that the initial guidance did not preclude the Executive Committee from taking different or additional views when specific issues are presented in the context of a formal sector approach proposal from China;
(b) that the guidance was for the purpose of further development of the halon sector approach pilot programme under an umbrella agreement in China only;
(c) that the guidance would not be applied to any other country or sector until the Executive Committee had discussed and decided on the question of wider applicability; and
(d) that the issue of wider applicability would be discussed and decided upon at the Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/36, Decision 21/32, para. 45).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/24).
On the question of wider applicability of the initial guidance on further development of the halon sector approach pilot programme, after a discussion among the members, the Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) in order to enable an Article 5 country to comply with the provisions of the Montreal Protocol, the concerned Article 5 country may select a sector, project-by-project or any other approach agreeable to the Executive Committee for accessing the Multilateral Fund. Projects should be given the same priority, irrespective of the approach chosen. No approach should proceed without the express agreement of the Executive Committee and the concerned Article 5 country;
(b) the development of projects based on a sector approach should take into account the specific circumstances of the concerned Article 5 country. to approve in principle US $62 million in total funding for the implementation of the China Halon Sector Strategy. That funding would be paid out in annual increments in the specific amounts specified in paragraph (B) and on the basis of the following understanding:
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1, Decision 22/75, para. 107).
The Twenty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to approve in principle US $62 million in total funding for the implementation of the China Halon Sector Strategy. That funding would be paid out in annual increments in the specific amounts specified in paragraph (B) and on the basis of the understanding indicated in Annex XII.24.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, Decision 23/11, para. 27).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, Decision 23/11, para. 27).
The Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to approve the 2000 annual work programme and a 10 per cent agency fee for the World Bank to administer the programme, including a technical audit;
(b) to establish an additional indicator for cumulative consumption reductions at the enterprise level for the closure and conversion of fire extinguisher manufacturers, which would not be related to the overall calculated reduction in consumption at the country level. The target for the additional indicator up to and including the year 2000 would be 2,780.34 metric tonnes.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/29/65, Decision 29/58, para. 86).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/29/30).
The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to approve the annual programme and support costs, noting that the support costs were calculated at a rate of 7.5 per cent, consistent with Decision 38/68.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/59, para. 95).