The following list is indicated:
(i) cost of conversion of existing production facilities:
- cost of patents and designs and incremental cost of royalties;
- capital cost of conversion; and
- cost of retraining of personnel and cost of research to adapt technology to local circumstances;
(ii) costs arising from premature retirement or enforced idleness, taking into account any guidance of the Executive Committee on appropriate cut-off dates:
- of productive capacity previously used to produce substances controlled by existing and/or amended or adjusted Protocol provisions; and
- where such capacity is not replaced by converted or new capacity to produce alternatives;
(iii) cost of establishing new production facilities for substitutes of capacity equivalent to capacity lost when plants are converted or scrapped, including:
- cost of patents and designs and incremental cost of royalties;
- capital cost; and
- cost of training and cost of research to adapt technology to local circumstances;
(iv) net operational cost, including the cost of raw materials; and
(v) cost of import of substitutes;
(b) Use in manufacturing as an intermediate good:
(i) cost of conversion of existing equipment and product manufacturing facilities;
(ii) cost of patents and designs and incremental cost of royalties;
(iii) capital cost;
(v) cost of research and development; and
(vi) operational cost, including the cost of raw materials except where otherwise provided for;
(c) End use:
(i) cost of premature modification or replacement of user equipment;
(ii) cost of collection, management, recycling, and, if cost-effective, destruction of ozone depleting substances; and
(iii) cost of providing technical assistance to reduce consumption and unintended emission of ozone depleting substances.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3 Appendix I of Decision II/8, para. 2).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/4/15 Decision IV/18 Annex VIII).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3 Annex IV, Appendix I).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/4/15 Annex VIII).