The Twelfth Meeting of the Executive Committee requested the Secretariat to convene a group composed of experts on process engineering related to the production of ODS substitutes and financial experts to consider issues associated with the calculation of incremental costs in the production of ODS substitutes. The Secretariat would request the participation of the representatives of Implementing Agencies and experts from developed and developing countries as deemed appropriate. The group would strive where possible to identify specific areas that should be considered by the Executive Committee before approving production projects and to recommend potential solutions that could usefully inform the Executive Committee's consideration.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/12/37, para. 109).
The Fifteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee approved the terms of reference of the Expert Group on the Production of Substitutes for Ozone- Depleting Substances as appear in Annex II.11, and decided that the draft terms of reference to be prepared for the purpose of audit of the ODS producing industries in each of the ODS producing Article 5 countries by the Expert Group on the Production of Substitutes for ODS should not include policy and strategic issues as those were to be addressed by the country in its sector strategy.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/15/45, para. 158).
The Eighteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that the next meeting of the working group should be attended by four members of the Executive Committee, two from Article 5 and two from non-Article 5 countries, to be selected as soon as the new membership of the Executive Committee was determined by the Seventh Meeting of the Parties.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/18/75, Decision 18/24, para. 55 (c).
The Twentieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to accept the report and refer the matter back to the Expert Group on Production of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances for further work in the light of the comments made on the presentation by various representatives;
(b) to request India to make a presentation on enforced idleness to the Expert Group;
(c) to recommend that the Executive Committee to be appointed by the Eighth Meeting of the Parties re-establish the Subgroup on the Production Sector as a matter of urgency;
(d) to request the Expert Group to resubmit the report, including information on enforced idleness, through the Subgroup on the Production Sector, to the Twenty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/20/72, Decision 20/43, para. 65).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/20/63).
The Twenty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that the Subgroup on the Production Sector be reconstituted from amongst members of the next Executive Committee;
(b) that the next meeting of the Subgroup be held on 17-19 February 1998 in Washington;
(c) to request the Subgroup to continue its work and report the results of its meeting in February 1998 to the next meeting of the Executive Committee;
(d) to accept the offer of the representative of the United States of America to host the meeting in Washington; and
(e) to make a provision of additional US $30,000 in the budget of the Secretariat for the meeting of the Subgroup in February 1998 and for another potential meeting after March 1998.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, Decision 23/50, para. 89).
The Chairman of the Executive Committee announced that the composition of the Subgroup on the Production Sector for 1998 would be as follows: Article 5 countries: China, Costa Rica and India. Non-Article 5 countries: Canada (Facilitator), Italy and United States of America.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, para. 99).
The Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to expand the Subgroup’s mandate to include discussions on actual project proposals and the formulation of recommendations on projects relating to the closure of ODS production-sector facilities, in order to enable the Subgroup to bring its recommendations on projects directly to the Executive Committee for its consideration;
(b) to request the Secretariat to retain the services of the technical audit consultant for an additional mandate to assist the Subgroup in its deliberations on projects during the first part of 1999 and to entrust the Subgroup with drafting the terms of reference for the services of the consultant, following the completion of the technical audit report.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/26/70, Decision 26/40, para. 70).
The Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee further noted that, because of the change of membership of the Executive Committee, it might be necessary to replace some members of the Subgroup in 1999. The Committee also took note of the Subgroup’s recommendation that countries and Implementing Agencies submitting projects should be invited, at the Subgroup’s discretion, to attend Subgroup meetings.
The Thirtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to re-establish the Subgroup on the Production Sector, composed of Australia (convener), Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Germany, India and the United States of America.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/41, Decision 30/3, para. 10).
The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to include in the agenda of the 36th Meeting of the Executive Committee the reconstitution of the Sub-Group on the production sector.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/67, Decision 35/59, para. 129(c)).
The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided, pursuant to Decision 35/59, to re-constitute the Subgroup on the Production Sector, composed of: Burundi, Canada, China, Colombia, El Salvador, France, Netherlands and United States of America. The Subgroup selected Canada as its facilitator.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Decision 36/54, para. 112).
The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee agreed that the Subgroup would be composed of representatives of Bolivia, Canada, El Salvador, France, India and the United States of America, and that it should appoint its own facilitator at its first meeting. The Subgroup selected Canada as its facilitator.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/1, para. 13).
The Forty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to reconstitute the Subgroup on the Production Sector with the following composition: Bangladesh, Canada (facilitator), China, Cuba, Japan, Mauritius, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/54, Decision 42/1, para. 15).