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Financial Mechanism

Interim Financial Mechanism

Multilateral Fund

Juridical personality

Privileges and immunities

Executive Committee

Article 5 Parties

Classification and reclassification

Definition

Specific countries

Funding for countries that have not ratified the London Amendment

Low-volume-ODS countries

Low level of disbursement in certain countries

Summary status report on ODS phase-out for Article 5 countries

Accounting for consumption phased out during the compliance period

Implementing Agencies

Treasurer of the Fund

Administrator

Strategic planning and the three-year business plan for the multilateral fund for 2000-2002

Informal meeting on strategic planning

Framework on the objective, priorities, problems and modalities for strategic planning

Resource planning

Starting point for determining the sustained reduction of each Article 5 country

Adjusted funding policies of the Multilateral Fund

Reductions in national aggregate consumption

Annual update of the status of compliance of Article 5 countries

Potential non-compliance with the freeze on CFC consumption in the control period 1999-2000

Offer of the Government of Canada

Host Government Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Multilateral Fund

Requests by the Parties

Review of the operation of the Multilateral Fund

Performance and reporting

Evaluation study on the managing and implementing bodies of the Financial Mechanism

Study by the Ozone Secretariat

Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in the light of the Kyoto Protocol

World Summit on Sustainable Development

Composition

Members

Functions

Requests for policy papers

Transmittal of reports to Article 5 Parties

Assistance from Implementing Agencies

Rules of procedures

Meetings of the Executive Committee in 1997 and future years

Organisation of Ozone Secretariat and Multilateral Fund meetings

Executive Committee's term of office

Agreements

Agreement with UNEP-Treasurer

Agreement with UNDP

Agreement with UNEP

Agreement with UNIDO

Agreement with World Bank

Sub-committees

Sub-committee on financial matters

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Finance Sub-Committee

Sub-committee on Project Review

Membership of the Sub-committees

Composition of the two Sub-Committees

Reports of the two Sub-Committees

Re-organization of the work within the Sub-Committees

Co-opted members of the Executive Committee

Sub-committee for the review of paragraph 8 of Article 5

Advisory groups

Group on production of substitutes

Technical group

Contact group on SME

Three-year plan and budget

Three-year (1997-1999) business plan of the Multilateral Fund

Functions

Reporting and documentation

Meeting overview paper

Information kit

Budget and costs

Revised 1996 budget

Revised 1997 budget

Revised budget of the Fund Secretariat and provisions for salary costs for 1999-2001

Proposed budget of the Fund Secretariat for the year 2000

Proposed budget of the Fund Secretariat for the year 2001

Proposed budget of the Fund Secretariat for the year 2001

Information strategy

Contract of the Chief Officer

Terms of reference

Assistance to Article 5 countries

UNDP

Functions

Agreement

UNEP

Functions

Agreement

Budget cycle

Levels of funding

Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP)

Global awareness campaign

UNIDO

Agreement

World Bank

Functions

Agreement

Inter-Agency agreement

Other Implementing Agencies

Administrative costs of the Implementing Agencies

Administrative costs for retroactive projects

Issue paper on support costs

Services provided by financial intermediaries

Administrative budget

Resource allocation among Implementing Agencies

Reallocation of agency shares

Work programmes

Content of work programmes

Approval of work programmes

Consolidated document

Supervision of projects

Employment of Executive Committee members by implementing agencies

Business plans/programmes

Review of business plans

Rolling business plan

Projects not in business plans

Business plans and work programmes for 1997

1998 business plans of UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank

1999 business plans of UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank

Consolidated 1999 business plan

Evaluation of the implementation of the 1999 business plans

Evaluation of the implementation of the 2000 business plans

Evaluation of the implementation of the 2001 business plans

Consolidated business plan of the Multilateral Fund for the year 2000

Business plans for the year 2000 of UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank

Consolidated business plan of the Multilateral Fund for the year 2001

Business plans for the year 2001 of UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank

Consolidated business plan of the Multilateral Fund for the year 2002

Business plans for the year 2002 of UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank

Addenda to 2002 business plans of UNDP, UNIDO and the World Bank

Performance indicators for the evaluation of business plans

Progress reports

Standard format for communicating progress

Annual progress reports

Consolidated progress report

Consolidated progress report as at 31 December 1999

Consolidated progress report as at 31 December 2000

Consolidated progress report as at 31 December 2001

ODS phaseout data in progress reports

Financial report

Closure of project preparation accounts

Contributions

Contribution modalities

Countries encountering temporary difficulties

Contributions in arrears

Outstanding contributions from Parties that had not ratified the London Amendment

1994-1996 replenishment

1997-1999 replenishment

2000-2002 replenishment

2003-2005 replenishment

Currency exchange rate mechanism for the 2000-2002 replenishment

Financial planning and projections of cash flow for the triennium 1997-1999

Recommendations to the Parties by the Executive Committee

Promissory notes

Encashment schedule

Exchange rate fluctuations

2001 accounts of the Multilateral Fund

Financial and technical assistance

Bilateral cooperation

In-kind contribution

Guidelines for cost assessment of bilateral and regional activities

Documentation for assessment

Rate of disbursement in bilateral projects

Intersessional approval of bilateral co-operation activities

Flexibility of timing for crediting bilateral co-operation funding

Focal point in bilateral projects

Business plans for bilateral co-operation for the year 1999

Business plans for bilateral co-operation for the year 2000

Business plans for bilateral co-operation for the year 2001

Business plans for bilateral co-operation for the year 2002

Verification of data against the Inventory of Approved Projects

Concessional loans

Study on concessional loan mechanism

Innovative funding

Open-ended contact group on concessional lending

Technical workshop on concessional lending

Needs for controlled substances

Supply of controlled substances

Transhipment of controlled substances

Exports of ODSs and products containing ODSs

Exports of controlled substances from non-Article 5 Parties to meet the basic domestic needs of Article 5 Parties

Export of products and equipment whose functioning relies on Annex A and Annex B substances

Countries that do not manufacture for domestic use and do not wish to import products and equipment

Continuing availability of CFCs

Essential uses of controlled substances

Nominations

Criteria and procedure

Transfer of essential-use authorisations for CFCs for MDIs

Transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free MDIs

MDI production

Draft guidelines for metered dose inhaler (MDI) projects

Further study of campaign production of CFCs for MDIs

Laboratory and analytical uses

Feedstock

Trade in previously used ODS

Oversupply and dumping of ODS

Legislative and administrative measures to regulate export and import

Availability of halons

Halon management strategies

Methyl bromide

Definitions

Control of trade in methyl bromide with non-Parties

Conditions for control measures on Annex E substance

Quarantine and pre-shipment exemption for methyl bromide

Reduction of methyl bromide emissions

Critical agricultural uses of methyl bromide

Critical-use exemptions for methyl bromide

Procedures for applying for a critical-use exemption for methyl bromide

Emergency methyl bromide use

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

Uses and possible applications of HCFCs

Analysis of projects using HCFC technologies

Policy on HCFC use as an interim technology

Supply of HCFCs to Article 5 Parties

Process agents

Implementation of decision X/14

Control of new substances with ozone-depleting potential

Assessment of new substances

Procedure for new substances

Procedures for assessing the ODP of new substances

Customs and licensing system

Customs codes

Customs training and licensing

Strategic framework for national, subregional and regional customs training

Monitoring of international trade and prevention of illegal trade in ODSs, mixtures and products containing ODSs

Destruction technologies

Task force on destruction technologies

Procedures

Country programme documentation

Country programme update

Informal subgroup to discuss the draft guidelines for preparation of country programme updates

Country programme update

ODS consumption data

Discrepancy between the data reported by a Party to the Ozone Secretariat and the data presented by the Party to the Executive Committee

Baseline year of the Montreal Protocol

Projects in country programmes

Monitoring progress in implementation of country programmes

Format to report progress

Project eligibility criteria

Guidelines for setting priorities

Projects with implementation times resulting in non-compliance

Guidelines for project presentation

Criteria for the submission of project preparation proposals

Submission of project proposals

Project-by-project, sectoral and national phase-out approaches

Date of submission

Project duration

Quality of project proposals

Confidentiality of project data

Guidelines for technical review

Legal and disbursement arrangements

ODS consumption data in projects

Sustained reductions in sectoral consumption

Calculation of ODS consumption

Country�s baseline data

Data and information provided by the Parties to the 13th Meeting of the Parties

1999 ODS consumption freeze goal

Data on imports of ODS

Obligation to cease using CFCs upon conversion

Enterprise consumption and country data

The impact of projects on the remaining consumption in a sector

Funding for equipment in enterprises that are no longer using CFCs

Indirect phaseout

Enterprises involved in the provision of services

Categories of incremental costs

Indicative List of Categories of Incremental Costs

Operational definitions

Recently erected plants

Projects to phase out CFC-based capacity installed after preparation and/or approval of projects to phase out CFC-based production in the same enterprise

Baseline equipment

Technology transfer

Funding for technology transfer and trials

Funding of technology that is not in the public domain

Technology upgrade

Change of technology after approval

Guidelines for proposals to change technology in approved projects

Research and development

Training strategy and guidelines

Report on the evaluation of training projects

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Transnational corporations

Enterprises owned by a non-Article 5 Party

Ownership by enterprises in countries reclassified as Article 5

Change of ownership

Taxes, duties or transfer of payments

Contingency costs

Export to non-Article 5 countries

Savings and benefits

Transition period for calculating incremental operating costs

Growth projections in determining operational costs and benefits

Prices of chemicals

Multi-phase projects

Umbrella projects

Terminal umbrella projects

Customs clearance and storage costs

Partial funding

Counterpart funding

The admissibility of using operating costs to fund non-incremental capital costs

Loss of profit

Recurrent costs

Cost overruns

Completed projects with balances

Guidelines for the return of unobligated balances from completed projects

High-cost projects

Retroactive funding

Administrative costs in retroactive projects

Bankruptcy

Agreed set of cost range

Completed projects with balances

Database of estimated costs of major equipment items

Equipment to be replaced by the projects

Safety issues and related costs of hydrocarbon technology

Executive Committee project review process

Deadline for written information to be submitted to the Committee

Documentation for project proposals

Methodology for consideration of project proposals

Comments on project evaluation case studies

Between meetings approval

Expedited process (SPAP)

Policy issues in project proposals

New policy issues

Delivery of targets requiring approval of policy guidelines

Assist policy communications

Framework for resource allocation

Project implementation delays

Mechanisms for releasing funds

Beneficiary delays

Priority for projects in countries with delays in commencing implementation

Procedures for cancellation of projects

Consequences of project cancellation

Implementation delays as a result of an inability to reallocate funds

Return agency fees associated with remaining funds from projects

Cost-effectiveness

Cost-effectiveness for refrigeration projects

Threshold values

Cost-effectiveness for rigid polyurethane foam projects

Cost-effectiveness for multinational corporations

Threshold values for low-ODS consuming countries

Sectoral priorities

Development of umbrella projects and sector approaches

Performance-based substance-wide agreements

Aerosol sector

Use of terminal umbrella projects for the remainder of the aerosol sector

Contract filler

Evaluation of aerosol projects

Foam sector

Importation of CFCs and unscheduled visits to importers and foam companies

Validation of CFC consumption

Technology transfer funds and use of international consultants for foam projects

Follow-up on the evaluation reports on foam projects

Evaporation losses

Foam density

Consumption arising from CFC-11 contained in pre-mixed foam chemicals

Low-pressure foaming machine

Fumigant sector

Halon sector

Production sector

Refrigeration sector

Tobacco sector

Solvent sector

Sterilant sector

Several sector

Objectives

Interim steps

Design of a monitoring and evaluation system

Modest strengthening of the Secretariat

Work programme and work plan for monitoring and evaluation

Evaluation guide

Indicators for the evaluation of the performance of the Implementing Agencies

Project completion reports

Foam sector phase out plan

Fumigant sector phase out plan

Halon sector phase out plan

Production sector phase out plan

Refrigeration sector phase out plan

Tobacco sector phase out plan

Solvent sector phase out plan

Terminal phase out plans

Actions to improve the Financial Mechanism for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol

Framework on the objective, priorities, problems and modalities for strategic planning of the Multilateral Fund in the compliance period

Adjusted funding policies of the Multilateral Fund

Remaining unfunded consumption

Compliance with the Montreal Protocol by Argentina, Belize, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Peru

Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the 1987 Montreal Protocol regulating matters resulting from the establishment in Canada of the Multilateral Fund and its Organs

Changes requested by the Executive Committee on the report in respect of the review referred to in Paragraph 8 of Article 5

(m) Section 3.4.3.5 should clarify that technology penetration included the amount of time to needed to implement the project on the shop floor.Members of the Executive Committee (1991 - 2001)

Rules of procedures for meetings of the Executive Committee

Calendar of meetings and work programme for the Executive Committee

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, Decision 23/56, para. 98).Agreement between the United Nations Environment Programme as the Treasurer of the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Montreal Protocol and the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Fund established by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

Agreement between the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Development Programme

Agreement between the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Environment Programme

Agreement between the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

Agreement between the Executive Committee of the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

Terms of reference of the Sub-committee on Financial Matters

Terms of reference of the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Finance Sub-committee

Terms of reference for the Sub-committee on Project Review

Terms of reference for the Expert Group on the Production of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances

Terms of reference of the Fund Secretariat

Proposal by China, Nigeria and the United States of America

Compliance Assistant Programme (CAP)

Procedural arrangements among the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("World Bank") the United Nations Environment Programme ("UNEP") and the United Nations Development Programme ("UNDP") for co-operation and assistance in protecting the ozone layer in the context of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Terms of reference of the consultancy on the administrative costs of the Implementing Agencies

Uniform format for reporting progress and financial information

Arrears to the Multilateral Fund from countries that had not ratified the London Amendment

(UNEP/OzL.Pro.9/12, Decision IX/38 Annex X).Categories and examples of laboratory uses

Process agent applications

Destruction technologies

Procedures for presentation of country programmes and project proposals to the Executive Committee

Format for country programme update

Format for presentation of information on progress of implementation of country programmes

Progress of implementation of country programmes

Guidelines for presentation of projects and criteria for project approval

Guidelines for technical review

Indicative List of Categories of Incremental Costs

Recommendations from training evaluation

Process for determining the prices of chemicals to be used in Multilateral Fund projects

Hydrocarbon safety (Summary)

Framework for resource allocation

Conclusions and recommendations of the World Bank OORG foam density report

Methodology for calculation of operational costs in methylene chloride projects

Terms of reference for a study on alternatives to CFC in rigid foam applications

Guidelines for liquid carbon dioxide projects

Revised strategy and guidelines for projects in the methyl bromide sector

Preliminary data on the production sector

Guidelines and standard format for verification of ods production phase-out

Guidelines for the preparation of refrigerant management plan

Annual CFC-11/12 quotas, production, sales and stocks since the baseline year*

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/52, 30/39 and 31/57).Guidelines for definition of the sub-sector for assembly, installation and charging of refrigeration equipment and the calculation of incremental operating costs

Draft prerequisites and guidelines for terminal phase-out in the refrigeration sector

Guidelines for calculation of incremental costs in tobacco expansion projects

Terminal report for institutional-strengthening projects

Extension of institutional strengthening projects: Revised Plan of Action

Work programme and work plan on monitoring and evaluation of the Multilateral Fund for a twelve-month period between 1997 - 1998

Evaluation guide

Standard components on monitoring and evaluation in project proposals

Non-investment project milestones

Format for project completion report (investment projects)

Format for project completion report (non-investment projects)

Schedules of submission of backlogged project completion reports

Criteria and rating scheme for overall assessment

Schedule for submission of outstanding project completion reports (PCRs) in 2001*

Agreement for CFC phase-out in the polyurethane foam sector in China

Agreement for phase-out of cfcs in the foam sector in India

Agreed conditions for funding methyl bromide phase-out project in Argentina

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Bolivia

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Chile

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Costa Rica

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Croatia

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Jordan

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Lebanon

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Macedonia

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Malawi

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Morocco

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Romania

Agreed conditions for the-phase-out of the use of methyl bromide in grain storage in Syria

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Turkey

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in cut flowers in Uganda

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in horticulture: tomatoes and cut flowers in Uruguay

Agreed conditions for phase-out of methyl bromide in Zimbabwe

Initial guidance to allow further development by China and the World Bank of the halon sector approach pilot programme under an umbrella agreement

Halon sector phase-out plan for China

Consensus agreement for the Indian halon production and consumption sector

Agreement for the China production sector

Consensus agreement for the Indian production sector (1 October 1999)

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/29/57).Amended agreement for the phase-out in the ODS production sector in Democratic People�s Republic of Korea

Agreement for phase-out of cfcs in the refrigeration (manufacturing) sector in Indonesia

Agreement between the Government of China and the Executive Committee on the phase-out strategy for the tobacco sector

Agreement for ODS phaseout in China�s solvent sector

Agreement for the terminal CFC phase-out management plan for the Bahamas

Agreement for the total phase-out of Annex A Group I substances (CFCs) in Brazil

Agreement for the CFC terminal phase-out management plan for Jamaica

Agreement for the national CFC phase-out plan for Malaysia

Agreement for the national CFC phase-out plan for Thailand

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/53 and 35/53/Add.1).Agreement for the total phase-out of CFCs in Turkey


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