The
Thirtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to approve the project to
adopt alternatives in melon, cut flowers, banana, tobacco seedbeds and
nurseries, leading to total methyl bromide phase-out in Costa Rica (excluding
QPS), with the agreed conditions set out in Annex XII.9 to the present report.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/67,
Decision 35/43, para. 78).
NOTE:
This agreement was subsequently modified at the 48th Meeting of the Executive
Committee.
The
Forty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to approve the request
by the Government of Costa Rica to revise the methyl bromide phase-out schedule
in the agreement between the Government of Costa Rica and the Executive
Committee attached as Annex XII.9 to the present report; and to request the
Government of Costa Rica and UNDP to include in all future work programmes
procedures for accelerating the introduction of full-scale alternative
technologies in the melon sector.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/45, Decision 48/16 (b (ii)), para.
97).