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The Fifty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to adopt the
following guidelines:
(a) countries should adopt a staged approach to the implementation of
an HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP), within the framework of their over
arching strategy;
(b) as soon as possible and depending on the availability of resources,
countries should employ the guidelines herein to develop, in detail, stage one
of the HPMPs, which would address how countries would meet the freeze in 2013
and the 10 per cent reduction in 2015, with an estimate of related cost
considerations and applying cost guidelines as they were developed;
(c) the elaboration of stage one
of the HPMP and subsequent stages should be developed as follows:
(i) for countries with consumption in the servicing sector only:
a. to be consistent with existing guidelines for
the preparation of RMPs/RMP updates pursuant to decisions 31/48 and 35/57; and,
if applicable, with the preparation of TPMPs pursuant to decision 45/54;
b. to contain commitments to achieve the 2013
and 2015 HCFC control measures and include a performance-based system for HPMPs
based on the completion of activities in the HPMP to enable the annual release
of funding for the HPMP;
(ii) for countries with manufacturing sectors using
HCFCs, HPMPs should contain a national performance-based phase-out plan (NPP)
with one or several substance or sector-based phase-out plans (SPP) consistent
with decision 38/65 addressing consumption reduction levels sufficient to
achieve the 2013 and 2015 HCFC control measures and provide starting points for
aggregate reductions, together with annual reduction targets;
(d) for countries that chose to
implement investment projects in advance of completion of the HPMP:
(i) the approval of each project should result in
a phase-out of HCFCs to count against the consumption identified in the HPMP
and no such projects could be approved after 2010 unless they were part of the
HPMP;
(ii) if the individual project approach was used,
the submission of the first project should provide an indication of how the
demonstration projects related to the HPMP and an indication of when the HPMP
would be submitted;
(e) consideration should be given to providing funding for assistance
to include HCFC control measures in legislation, regulations and licensing
systems as part of the funding of HPMP preparation as necessary and
confirmation of the implementation of the same should be required as a
prerequisite for funding implementation of the HPMP;
(f) in cases where there were multiple implementing agencies in one
country, a lead agency should be designated to coordinate the overall
development of stage one of the HPMP;
(g) HPMPs should contain cost
information at the time of their submission based on and addressing:
(i) the most current HCFC cost guidelines at the time of submission;
(ii) alternative cost scenarios based on different
potential cut-off dates for new capacity if a specific cut-off date had not yet
been decided, for funding eligibility of manufacturing facilities as specified
in decision 53/37(k), as well as the current policy for a 25 July 1995 cut-off
date;
(iii) alternative cost scenarios for the operational and capital costs for
second conversions;
(iv) the incremental costs of regulating import and
supply to the market of HCFC dependent equipment once proven alternatives were
commercially available in the country and describing the benefits to the servicing
sector of associated reduced demand;
(v) cost and benefit information based on the full
range of alternatives considered, and associated ODP and other impacts on the
environment including on the climate, taking into account global-warming potential,
energy use and other relevant factors;
(h) countries and agencies were encouraged to explore potential
financial incentives and opportunities for additional resources to maximize the
environmental benefits from HPMPs pursuant to paragraph 11(b) of decision XIX/6
of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties;
(i) HPMPs should address:
(i) the use of institutional arrangements mentioned in decision
53/37(e) and (f);
(ii) the roles and responsibilities of associations
of refrigeration technicians and other industry associations and how they could
contribute to HCFC phase-out; and
(j) HPMPs should, as a minimum, fulfil the data and information
requirements, as applicable, listed in the indicative outline for the
development of HPMPs, as set out in Annex XIX to the present report.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/59, Decision 54/39, para.170).
(Supporting document:
UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/53).
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