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The Forty-second
Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to request the
Government of Germany to take into account the views expressed on the
eligibility of funding HCFC phase-out management studies by the Multilateral
Fund at the 42nd Meeting of the Executive Committee, in the informal group
meeting and, in addition, further submissions of additional ideas and opinions
sent by e-mail to GTZ-Proklima, as the German bilateral Implementing Agency,
provided that they were received 10 weeks prior to the 43rd Meeting of the
Executive Committee; and
(b) also to request the Government of Germany to
circulate to the Executive Committee, through the United Kingdom delegation, a
policy paper on the issues of the responsibility of the Multilateral Fund and
potential eligibility requirements for such a study and to reformulate the
project proposal for submission and consideration at the 43rd Meeting of the
Executive Committee on that basis.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/54, Decision 42/7, para. 47).
The Forty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note
that:
(i) the May 2003 Technology and Economic
Assessment Panel’s HCFC Task Force Report predicted a dramatic increase in HCFC
consumption in China in the foreseeable future;
(ii) the intent of the proposed project was also to
allow utilization of its results for all Article 5 countries; and
(iii) established Executive Committee policies did
not support conversion of capacity installed after July 1995 nor a second
conversion and the study was therefore not aiming at preparing or initiating
any conversion projects;
(b) to
approve the project “Development of a suitable strategy for the long-term
management of HCFCs, in particular HCFC-22, in China”, addressed in documents
UNEP/Ozl.Pro/ExCom/43/21 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/51, at the level of funding
of US $300,300 plus support costs for the Government of Germany of US $39,039
on an exceptional basis on the condition that, as one of the outcomes, a study
would look into the effects of management of HCFCs in China and in other
Article 5 countries; and
(c) to
further note that:
(i) a schedule for the study, indicating a project
duration of 21 months, had been submitted to the Fund Secretariat. Both the
Government of Germany and the Government of China would strive to adhere to
that schedule;
(ii) the Government of China intended to use
relevant outcomes of the study as a basis for subsequent national action by the
Government and expected that such action would take place within three years
after finalization of the study; and
(iii) interested Executive Committee members and Implementing
Agencies would be invited to participate in an informal advisory group, which
might discuss survey methodologies, the evaluation of information gathered, and
policies.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/61, Decision 43/19, para. 85).
(Supporting document:
UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/21).
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