The Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to set up a working group on the phase-out plan for the solvent sector in China. The working group, which would be assisted in its tasks by the Fund Secretariat and UNDP, would:
(a) report back to the Executive Committee;
(b) hold its first meeting back-to-back with the Twenty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee;
(c) comprise the following members: Bahamas, Brazil, China, Japan, Sweden (Chair) and United States of America.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/48, Decision 27/79, para. 111).
The Thirtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to approve the 29 March 2000 agreement on the phase-out of ozone-depleting substances in China’s solvent sector (Annex XII.38);
(b) to approve the first payment under the agreement in the amount of US $6,750,000 and US $675,000 in support costs to UNDP.
(c) to note with appreciation the work of the Working Group on the Phase-out of Ozone-depleting Substances in China’s solvent sector and to dissolve it.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/41, Decision 30/56, para. 85).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/34).
The Thirty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the fact that disbursement of funds from the 2002 programme of the solvent sector phase-out plan had not yet taken place, in the absence of the submission of relevant information by the Government of China;
(b) to look forward to a report from UNDP and the Government of China about China’s ability to meet the requirements of the agreement.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/71, Decision 37/22, para. 50).