1. The Executive Committee agrees to approve US $922,900 as the total funds that will be available to Dominican Republic to achieve the complete phase-out of 141 ODP tonnes of methyl bromide used for soil fumigation in the cut flower, melon and tobacco sectors.
2. As reported to the Ozone Secretariat, and consistent with information in the project document presented to the Executive Committee, the methyl bromide baseline for compliance for Dominican Republic is 104 ODP tonnes, and the methyl bromide consumption in 2001 was 141 ODP tonnes, excluding 3 ODP tonnes which the Dominican Republic states that it uses for quarantine and pre-shipment applications.
3. Reductions resulting from the implementation of the project will ensure that Dominican Republic will meet the reduction schedule listed below. In this regard, Dominican Republic commits, through the implementation of the project, to reduce total national consumption of controlled uses of methyl bromide to no more than the following levels of consumption in the years listed below:
2003 40
2005 60
2006 41
4. The project will phase-out all soil uses of methyl bromide in Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic commits to permanently sustain the consumption levels indicated above through the use of import restrictions and other policies it may deem necessary.
5. Funding for the project will be disbursed by the UNIDO in line with the following yearly budget breakdown:
Year Disbursement
2003 35%
2005 35%
2006 30%
6. The Government of Dominican Republic has reviewed the consumption data identified in this project and is confident that it is correct. Accordingly, the Government is entering into this agreement with the Executive Committee on the understanding that, should additional methyl bromide consumption be identified in soil fumigation at a later date, the responsibility to ensure its phase-out and still meet the requirements of the schedule in paragraph 3 above will lie solely with the Government.
7. The Government of Dominican Republic, in agreement with UNIDO, will have the flexibility in organizing and implementing the project’s components which it deems more important in order to meet the methyl bromide phase-out commitments noted above. UNIDO agrees to manage the funding for the project in a manner designed to ensure the achievement of the specific methyl bromide reductions agreed upon. UNIDO shall also report back to the Executive Committee annually on the progress in meeting the reductions required by the project.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/39, para. 75).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1 Annex VIII).