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Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the 

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer at its 

tenth meeting and the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties to 

the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone 

Layer (Paris, 17–21 November 2014)1

I. Vienna Convention

The Conference of the Parties decides:

X/1: Status of ratification of the Vienna Convention, the Montreal Protocol 

and the London, Copenhagen, Montreal and Beijing amendments to the 

Montreal Protocol 

1. To note with satisfaction the universal ratification of the Vienna Convention for the 

Protection of the Ozone Layer, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 

and the London Amendment, the Copenhagen Amendment and the Montreal Amendment to the 

Montreal Protocol; 

2. To note that, as at 1 November 2014, 196 parties had ratified the Beijing Amendment 

to the Montreal Protocol; 

3. To urge Mauritania, which has not yet done so, to ratify, approve or accede to the 

Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, taking into account that universal participation is 

necessary to ensure the protection of the ozone layer;

X/2: Recommendations of the ninth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers

Recalling that, pursuant to the objectives defined in decision I/6 of the Conference of the 

Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the Ozone Research Managers 

review ongoing national and international research and monitoring programmes with a view to 

ensuring the proper coordination of those programmes and identifying gaps that need to be addressed,

Recognizing the importance of continuing and enhancing the monitoring of changes in the 

ozone layer, including its projected recovery in an atmosphere whose conditions are different from

pre-1980 conditions owing to changes in its composition,

Recognizing also that the latest assessment by the Scientific Assessment Panel suggests a 

potential influence of climate change on the ozone layer, especially in the tropics,

Recognizing further the need to increase knowledge and understanding of the atmosphere and 

its processes, with regard to which many uncertainties remain, including the intricate linkages between 

the ozone layer and climate and, therefore, the need to monitor and analyse the ozone layer and 

climate variables together whenever possible,

Noting the importance of capacity-building activities in parties operating under paragraph 1 of 

Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol that expand scientific expertise and have the added benefit of 

expanding the geographic area that can be measured and data archives in respect of the key variables 

related to the ozone layer and changing climate, 

1. To take note with appreciation of the report of the ninth meeting of the Ozone 

Research Managers, published in 2014 (World Meteorological Organization Global Ozone Research 

and Monitoring Project No. 54);

2. To encourage parties to adopt and implement as appropriate the recommendations of 

the Ozone Research Managers under the topics of research, systematic observations, data archiving 

and capacity-building;

3. To accord priority to capacity-building activities, in particular the specific projects 

identified for priority funding under the General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and 

 

1 Re-issued for technical reasons. References to future meetings of the Open-ended Working Group adjusted to 

take into account that the additional meeting agreed under decision XXVI/9 will be the thirty-fifth meeting of the 

Open-ended Working Group.
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Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention, related to the inter-calibration of 

instruments, the training of instrument operators and increasing the number of ozone observations, 

especially through the relocation of available Dobson instruments;

4. To encourage the Ozone Research Managers to review, at their tenth meeting, in 2017, 

the capacity-building activities that have been conducted, with a view to assessing their effectiveness, 

and to include further specific recommendations in their report to the Conference of the Parties;

5. To encourage the national ozone focal points, or other appropriate officials, to 

distribute information on, and coordinate where relevant, monitoring, research and scientific activities 

in their countries;

X/3: General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and 

Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention

Recalling decision VI/2, by which the Conference of the Parties established the General Trust 

Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna 

Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and noting that the current life of the Trust Fund 

will expire at the end of 2015,

Noting with appreciation the contributions to the Trust Fund by several parties and the joint 

efforts of the World Meteorological Organization and the Ozone Secretariat in the implementation of 

the activities funded by the Trust Fund since it became operational in 2003,

Noting that important activities, including calibrations, inter-comparisons and relevant 

training, have been implemented successfully under the Trust Fund to date, 

Noting with concern, however, that the resources available in the Trust Fund are not sufficient 

to enable substantial and sustainable improvements to be made to the global ozone observing system,

Noting that the coming decade is a crucial time during which the status of the recovery of the 

ozone layer will become clearer, but that such clarity will be dependent on continued high-quality 

observations,

Aware that improvements in ozone observations should take into account the existing strong 

and intricate linkages between ozone and climate, and carry out relevant observations and analyses for 

both ozone and climate wherever possible, 

Noting that the Ozone Research Managers, at their ninth meeting, in 2014, reviewed the status 

and activities of the Trust Fund, considered options for the way forward for the Fund and provided 

specific recommendations on the matter,

1. To request the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to 

extend the life of the General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic 

Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention up to 31 December 2020;

2. To request the Ozone Secretariat to coordinate with the World Meteorological 

Organization to establish a small advisory committee for the Trust Fund, which would convene 

electronically or in the margins of other relevant meetings, consisting of not more than 10 members, 

including two co-chairs of the Scientific Assessment Panel, the two co-chairs of the Ozone Research 

Managers, one representative of the Ozone Secretariat, up to five scientists and experts in ozone 

observations and one representative of the World Meteorological Organization as an observer, striving 

for equitable geographical and gender representation, with a mandate:

(a) To develop a long-term strategy and implementation objectives and priorities in the 

light of the four overarching goals identified by the ozone research managers at their ninth meeting;

(b) To develop a short-term action plan that takes into account the most urgent needs of 

the global ozone observing system and which will make the best possible use of the resources 

available in the Trust Fund; 

(c) To ensure quality control of the individual project proposals developed under the Trust 

Fund, striving for regional balance in the projects supported by the Fund and identifying possibilities 

for complementary funding to maximize its resources;

3. To request the Ozone Secretariat to continue inviting parties, and relevant international 

organizations as appropriate, to make financial and/or in-kind contributions towards well-defined and 

well-budgeted project proposals developed under the Trust Fund;
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4. To request the Ozone Secretariat to report to the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh 

meeting on the operation of, contributions to and expenditures from the Trust Fund and on the 

activities funded by the Trust Fund since its inception, as well as on the activities of the advisory 

committee;

X/4: Financial reports and budgets for the Vienna Convention 

Recalling decision IX/3 on financial matters,

Taking note of the financial report on the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the 

Protection of the Ozone Layer for the biennium 2012–2013, ended 31 December 2013,

Recognizing that voluntary contributions are an essential complement for the effective 

implementation of the Vienna Convention,

Welcoming the continued efficient management by the Secretariat of the finances of the Trust 

Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer,

1. To take note with appreciation of the financial statement of the Trust Fund for the 

biennium 2012–2013, ended 31 December 2013, and the report on the actual expenditures for 2012 

and 2013 as compared with the approvals for those years;

2. To approve the establishment of a working capital reserve equivalent to 15 per cent of 

the proposed budget for 2015 to be used to meet the final expenditures under the Trust Fund, noting 

that the working capital reserve shall be set aside from the existing fund balance;

3. To approve the revised 2014 budget for the Trust Fund in the amount of $1,280,309, 

the budget for 2015 in the amount of $800,937, the budget for 2016 in the amount of $773,578 and the 

budget for 2017 in the amount of $1,363,368, as set out in annex I to the report on the tenth meeting of 

the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties to 

the Montreal Protocol;2

4. To authorize the Secretariat to draw down the amounts of$197,937 in 2015, $170,578 

in 2016 and $760,368 in 2017 from the Fund balance;

5. To approve, as a consequence of the drawdowns referred to in paragraph 4 of the 

present decision, the payment of contributions by the parties amounting to $603,000 for each of the 

years 2015, 2016 and 2017, as set out in annex II to the report of the tenth meeting of the Conference 

of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal 

Protocol;

6. To request the Secretariat to indicate in future financial reports of the Trust Fund for 

the Vienna Convention, the amounts of cash in hand in the section entitled “Total reserves and fund 

balances”, in addition to contributions that have not yet been received;

7. To urge all parties to pay their outstanding contributions as well as their future 

contributions promptly and in full;

8. To request the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to 

extend the Trust Fund until 31 December 2025;

X/5: Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna 

Convention 

To convene the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention 

back to back with the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.

II. Montreal Protocol decisions

The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties decides:

XXVI/1: Status of ratification of the Vienna Convention, the Montreal 

Protocol and the London, Copenhagen, Montreal and Beijing amendments to 

the Montreal Protocol 

 

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1. To note with satisfaction the universal ratification of the Vienna Convention for the 

Protection of the Ozone Layer, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 

and the London Amendment, the Copenhagen Amendment, and the Montreal Amendment to the 

Montreal Protocol; 

2. To note that, as at 1 November 2014, 196 parties had ratified the Beijing Amendment 

to the Montreal Protocol; 

3. To urge Mauritania, which has not yet done so, to ratify, approve or accede to the 

Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, taking into account that universal participation is 

necessary to ensure the protection of the ozone layer;

XXVI/2: Essential-use nominations for controlled substances for 2015

Noting with appreciation the work done by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 

and its Medical Technical Options Committee,

Mindful that, according to decision IV/25, the use of chlorofluorocarbons for metered-dose 

inhalers does not qualify as an essential use if technically and economically feasible alternatives or 

substitutes are available that are acceptable from the standpoint of environment and health,

Noting the Panel’s conclusion that technically satisfactory alternatives to 

chlorofluorocarbon-based metered-dose inhalers are available for some therapeutic formulations for 

treating asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,

Taking into account the Panel’s analysis and recommendations for essential-use exemptions 

for controlled substances for the manufacture of metered-dose inhalers used for asthma and chronic 

obstructive pulmonary disease,

Welcoming the continued progress of several parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 

in reducing their reliance on chlorofluorocarbon-based metered-dose inhalers as alternatives are 

developed, receive regulatory approval and are marketed for sale,

1. To authorize the levels of production and consumption for 2015 necessary to satisfy 

essential uses of chlorofluorocarbons for metered-dose inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease, as specified in the annex to the present decision;

2. To request nominating parties to provide the Medical Technical Options Committee 

with information to enable the assessment of essential-use nominations, in accordance with the criteria 

contained in decision IV/25 and subsequent relevant decisions, as set out in the handbook on 

essential-use nominations;

3. To encourage parties with essential-use exemptions in 2015 to consider initially 

sourcing required pharmaceutical-grade chlorofluorocarbons from stockpiles where they are available 

and accessible, provided that such stockpiles are used subject to the conditions established by the 

Meeting of the Parties in paragraph 2 of its decision VII/28;

4. To encourage parties with stockpiles of pharmaceutical-grade chlorofluorocarbons 

potentially available for export to parties with essential-use exemptions in 2015 to notify the Ozone 

Secretariat of those quantities and to provide it with the details of a contact point by 31 December 

2014;

5. To request the Secretariat to post on its website details of the potentially available 

stocks referred to in paragraph 4 of the present decision;

6. That the party listed in the annex to the present decision shall have full flexibility in 

sourcing the quantity of pharmaceutical-grade chlorofluorocarbons to the extent required for 

manufacturing metered-dose inhalers, as authorized in paragraph 1 of the present decision, from 

imports, from domestic producers or from existing stockpiles; 

7. To request that parties consider domestic regulations to ban the launch or sale of new 

chlorofluorocarbon-based metered-dose inhaler products, even if such products have been approved;

8. To encourage parties to fast-track their administrative processes for the registration of 

metered-dose inhaler products in order to speed up the transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free 

alternatives;
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Annex

Essential-use authorizations for 2015 of chlorofluorocarbons for 

metered-dose inhalers 

(Metric tonnes)

Party 2015

China 182.61

XXVI/3: Essential-use exemption for chlorofluorocarbon-113 for aerospace 

applications in the Russian Federation 

Noting the evaluation and recommendation of the Technology and Economic Assessment 

Panel and its Chemicals Technical Options Committee on the essential-use nomination for 

chlorofluorocarbon-113 for aerospace applications in the Russian Federation,

Noting also that the Russian Federation is successfully continuing efforts to introduce 

alternative solvents in its aerospace industry,

Noting further that the Russian Federation has been successful in reducing use and emissions 

in line with the technical adaptation timetable developed in collaboration with the Chemicals 

Technical Options Committee,

1. To authorize the production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbon-113 in the 

Russian Federation for essential uses in its aerospace industry in the amount of 75 metric tonnes in 

2015;

2. To request the Russian Federation to explore further the possibility of importing 

chlorofluorocarbon-113 for its aerospace industry needs from available global stocks;

3. To encourage the Russian Federation to continue its efforts to introduce alternative 

solvents, adopt newly designed equipment and complete the phase-out of chlorofluorocarbon-113 by 

2016;

XXVI/4: Essential-use exemption for laboratory and analytical uses for 2015 

in China

Noting with appreciation the work done by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 

and its Chemicals Technical Options Committee,

Recalling decision XI/15, by which the parties, among other things, eliminated the use of 

ozone-depleting substances for the testing of oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water 

from the global exemption for laboratory and analytical uses,

Recalling also decision XXIII/6, by which parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of 

the Montreal Protocol were allowed until 31 December 2014 to deviate from the existing ban on the 

use of carbon tetrachloride for the testing of oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water in 

individual cases where such parties considered doing so to be justified and in which it was clarified 

that any deviation beyond that should take place only in accordance with an essential-use exemption in 

respect of the use of carbon tetrachloride for the testing of oil, grease and total petroleum 

hydrocarbons in water beyond 2014, 

Noting that a party has reported difficulty in implementing existing alternatives to the use of 

carbon tetrachloride for the testing of oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water and claims

to need more time for the revision and promotion of national standards,

1. To encourage that party, which has applied for an exemption, to complete the revision 

of its relevant national standard and to ensure that a revised national standard is brought into force as 

soon as possible, with a view to ensuring a smooth transition to a method that does not use 

ozone-depleting substances;

2. To authorize the level of consumption for 2015 necessary to satisfy essential uses of 

carbon tetrachloride for the testing of oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water, as 

specified in the annex to the present decision;
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Annex

Essential-use authorizations for 2015 for carbon tetrachloride for testing of 

oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water

(Metric tonnes)

Party 2015

China 80

XXVI/5: Global laboratory and analytical-use exemption

Recalling decisions VII/11 and XXI/6, in which the Meeting of the Parties requested all parties 

to urge their national standards-setting organizations to identify and review their standards for 

laboratory and analytical procedures that mandate the use of Montreal Protocol controlled substances 

with a view to adopting, where possible, laboratory and analytical products and processes that do not 

use controlled substances,

Recalling also decisions VII/11, XI/15, XVIII/15 and XIX/18, by which the Meeting of the 

Parties eliminated specific uses from the global exemption for laboratory and analytical uses,

1. To extend the global laboratory and analytical-use exemption until 31 December 2021, 

under the conditions set out in annex II to the report of the Sixth Meeting of the Parties and decisions 

XV/8, XVI/16 and XVIII/15, for the controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol in all annexes 

and groups except Annex C, group 1;

2. To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to report no later than 

2018 on the development and availability of laboratory and analytical procedures that can be 

performed without using controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol;

3. To encourage parties to continue to investigate domestically the possibility of 

replacing ozone-depleting substances in laboratory and analytical uses and to share the resulting 

information;

XXVI/6: Critical-use exemptions for methyl bromide for 2015 and 2016

Noting with appreciation the work of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and its 

Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee, 

Recognizing the significant reductions made in critical-use nominations for methyl bromide in 

many parties,

Recalling paragraph 10 of decision XVII/9,

Recalling also that all parties that have nominated critical-use exemptions are to report data on 

stocks using the accounting framework agreed to by the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties,

Recalling further paragraphs 1 and 2 of decision XV/4, in which the Meeting of the Parties 

requested that, by the thirty-sixth3 meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, Australia submit the 

available results of its research programme and Canada submit the available results of its assessment 

of the impact of chloropicrin on groundwater to the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for 

its consideration,

Recognizing that the production and consumption of methyl bromide for critical uses should be 

permitted only if methyl bromide is not available in sufficient quantity and quality from existing

stocks of banked or recycled methyl bromide,

Recognizing also that parties operating under critical-use exemptions should take into account 

the extent to which methyl bromide is available in sufficient quantity and quality from existing stocks 

of banked or recycled methyl bromide in licensing, permitting or authorizing the production and 

consumption of methyl bromide for critical uses,

 

3 This reference to the thirty-sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group should now be understood to imply 

that the submissions are required before the thirty-seventh meeting in order to take into account the additional 

meeting agreed under decision XXVI/9, which will be the thirty-fifth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group.
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Recognizing further that the additional information provided by Argentina at the Twenty-Sixth 

Meeting of the Parties allowed the co-chairs of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee to 

show how an amount of methyl bromide would be justified for critical use by Argentina in line with 

decision IX/6,

1. To permit, for the agreed critical-use categories for 2015 and 2016 set forth in table A 

of the annex to the present decision for each party, subject to the conditions set forth in the present 

decision and in decision Ex.I/4 to the extent that those conditions are applicable, the levels of 

production and consumption for 2015 and 2016 set forth in table B of the annex to the present 

decision, which are necessary to satisfy critical uses, with the understanding that additional levels of 

production and consumption and categories of use may be approved by the Meeting of the Parties in 

accordance with decision IX/6;

2. That parties shall endeavour to license, permit, authorize or allocate quantities of 

methyl bromide for critical uses as listed in table A of the annex to the present decision;

3. That each party that has an agreed critical-use exemption shall renew its commitment 

to ensuring that the criteria in paragraph 1 of decision IX/6, in particular the criterion laid down in 

paragraph 1 (b) (ii) of decision IX/6, are applied in licensing, permitting or authorizing critical uses of 

methyl bromide, with each party requested to report on the implementation of the present provision to 

the Ozone Secretariat by 1 February for the years to which the present decision applies;

Annex

Table A

Agreed critical-use categories

(Metric tonnes)

2016

Australia Strawberry runners 29.760

Canada Strawberry runners (Prince Edward Island) 5.261

United States of America Strawberry field 231.54, cured pork 3.24

2015

Argentina Strawberry fruit 64.3, green pepper/tomato 70

China Ginger protected 24.0, ginger open field 90.0.

Mexico Strawberry nursery 43.539 , raspberry nursery 41.418

Table B 

Permitted levels of production and consumptiona

(Metric tonnes) 

2016

Australia 29.760

Canada 5.261

United States of America 234.78

2015

Argentina 134.3

China 114.0

Mexico 84.957

a Minus available stocks.

XXVI/7: Availability of recovered, recycled or reclaimed halons

Recognizing that the global production of halons for controlled uses was eliminated in 2009,

but that some remaining uses, in particular for civil aviation, continue to rely on stocks of recovered, 

recycled or reclaimed halons for fire safety,

Noting that, despite efforts to evaluate the extent of accessible stocks of recovered, recycled or 

reclaimed halons, there is still uncertainty about the quantity of recovered, recycled or reclaimed 

halons that is accessible for continuing uses, such as in civil aviation,

Recalling the 1992 International Maritime Organization ban on the use of halons in new ships 

and noting that ships containing halons are now being decommissioned,

Recalling also the adoption by the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization 

of resolutions A37-9 and A38-9, in which the Assembly expressed an urgent need to continue 

developing and implementing halon alternatives for civil aviation and called on manufacturers to use 

alternatives in lavatory fire extinguishing systems in newly designed and new production aircraft after 
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2011, in hand-held fire extinguishers in such aircraft after 2016, in engine and auxiliary power unit 

fire-extinguishing systems used in newly designed aircrafts after 2014 and in the cargo compartments 

of new aircraft by a date to be determined by the Assembly in 2016,

Noting that the import and export of recovered, recycled or reclaimed halons is allowed under 

the Montreal Protocol and that the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel has found that the 

current distribution of recovered, recycled or reclaimed halon stocks potentially may not align with 

anticipated needs for such stocks,

Recalling paragraph 3 of decision XXI/7, concerning the import and export of recovered, 

recycled or reclaimed halons,

Taking note of the progress report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 

provided to the parties before the thirty-fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, including 

information on alternatives, 

1. To encourage parties, on a voluntary basis, to liaise, through their national ozone 

officers, with their national civil aviation authorities to gain an understanding of how halons are being 

recovered, recycled or reclaimed to meet purity standards for aviation use and supplied to air carriers 

to meet ongoing civil aviation needs and on any national actions being taken to expedite the 

replacement of halons in civil aviation uses as called for by the Assembly of the International Civil 

Aviation Organization in its resolutions A37-9 and A38-9; 

2. To also encourage parties, on a voluntary basis, to submit information provided in 

accordance with paragraph 1 of the present decision to the Ozone Secretariat by 1 September 2015; 

3. To invite parties, on a voluntary basis, to reassess any national import and export 

restrictions other than licensing requirements with a view to facilitating the import and export of 

recovered, recycled or reclaimed halons and the management of stocks of such halons with the aim of 

enabling all parties to meet remaining needs in accordance with domestic regulations even as they 

transition to halon alternatives; 

4. To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, through its Halons 

Technical Options Committee:

(a) To continue to liaise with the International Civil Aviation Organization to facilitate the 

transition to halon alternatives, to approach the International Maritime Organization to estimate the 

amount and purity of halon 1211 and 1301 available from the breaking of ships and to report 

information on global stocks of recovered halons to the parties in its 2015 progress report;

(b) To report on existing and emerging alternatives for halons, including information on 

their characteristics and their rate of adoption, in particular for aviation uses;

5. To request the Ozone Secretariat to report to the parties, prior to the thirty-seventh

meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, any information provided by parties in accordance with 

paragraph 1 of the present decision;

XXVI/8: Measures to facilitate the monitoring of trade in 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons and substituting substances

Recalling decisions IX/22, X/18 and XI/26 concerning customs codes for ozone-depleting 

substances and collaboration between the Ozone Secretariat and the World Customs Organization in 

that regard,

Recalling also decisions of the Meeting of the Parties aimed at the prevention of illegal trade 

in ozone-depleting substances, in particular decisions XIV/7, XVI/33, XVII/16, XVIII/18 and XIX/12,

Noting that, despite limitations on hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) consumption resulting 

from the provisions of the Montreal Protocol, more than 1 million tonnes of HCFCs are still traded 

globally and the illegal trade in HCFCs may disturb the process of phasing out those substances,

Noting also that in international trade HCFCs are replaced by alternative substances, which 

include hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and that the quantity of HFCs traded globally is expected to 

grow,

Recognizing that the existing Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 

(Harmonized System) code for HFCs is not HFC-specific and covers other non-ozone-depleting 
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chemicals, which makes it difficult for customs authorities to recognize the illegal nature of the 

relevant import or export of HCFCs if declared as HFCs,

Mindful of the importance of a dedicated customs classification of goods for the prevention of 

illegal trade and of the positive impact in that regard of the new Harmonized System classification for 

HCFCs approved by the World Customs Organization, which entered into force in January 2012, and 

the new Harmonized System classification for mixtures containing, inter alia, HCFCs and HFCs or 

perfluorocarbons, which became effective at an earlier date,

Mindful also that World Customs Organization rules require that any application for amending 

a Harmonized System classification must be made several years in advance,

1. To request the Ozone Secretariat to liaise with the World Customs Organization to 

examine the possibility of designating individual Harmonized System codes for the most commonly 

traded fluorinated substitutes for HCFCs and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) classified under 

Harmonized System code 2903.39, explaining thereby the importance of a dedicated customs 

classification for those substances for the sole purpose of preventing the illegal trade in HCFCs and 

CFCs, and to communicate to the parties the results of those consultations as soon as possible, but not 

later than at the thirty-sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, to be held in 2015;

2. To encourage parties that are contracting parties to the International Convention on the 

Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System to undertake at their earliest convenience the 

necessary steps, following World Customs Organization procedures, to recommend the consideration 

of the customs classifications referred to in paragraph 1 of the present decision;

3. To encourage parties that are in a position to do so to consider establishing, on a 

voluntary basis, domestic customs codes for those substitutes referred to in paragraph 1;

XXVI/9: Response to the report by the Technology and Economic Assessment 

Panel on information on alternatives to ozone-depleting substances 

Noting with appreciation volume 2 of the 2012 task force progress report which responded to 

decision XXIII/9, volume 2 of the 2013 progress report of the Technology and Economic Assessment 

Panel which responded to decision XXIV/7 and volume 4 of the 2014 progress report which responded 

to decision XXV/5,

1. To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, if necessary in 

consultation with external experts, to prepare a report identifying the full range of alternatives, 

including not-in-kind technologies, and identifying applications where alternatives fulfilling the 

criteria identified in paragraph 1 (a) of the present decision are not available, and to make that report 

available for consideration by the Open-ended Working Group at its thirty-sixth-meeting and an 

updated report to be submitted to the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties that would:

(a) Update information on alternatives to ozone-depleting substances in various sectors 

and subsectors and differentiating between parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 and parties

not so operating, considering energy efficiency, regional differences and high ambient temperature 

conditions in particular, and assessing whether they are:

(i) Commercially available;

(ii) Technically proven;

(iii) Environmentally sound;

(iv) Economically viable and cost effective;

(v) Safe to use in areas with high urban densities considering flammability and 

toxicity issues, including, where possible, risk characterization;

(vi) Easy to service and maintain;

and describe the potential limitations of their use and their implications for the different sectors, in 

terms of, but not limited to, servicing and maintenance requirements, and international design and 

safety standards;

(b) Provide information on energy efficiency levels in the refrigeration and airconditioning sector referring to high-ambient temperature zones in international standards;
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(c) Taking into account the uptake of various existing technologies, revise the scenarios 

for current and future demand elaborated in the October 2014 final report on additional information on

alternatives to ozone-depleting substances of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel’s task 

force on decision XXV/5, and improve information related to costs and benefits with regard to the 

criteria set out in paragraph 1 (a) of the present decision, including reference to progress identified 

under stage I and stage II of HCFC phase-out management plans;

2. To convene a two-day workshop, back to back with an additional three-day meeting of 

the Open-Ended Working Group in 2015, to continue discussions on all issues in relation to 

hydrofluorocarbon management, including a focus on high-ambient temperature and safety 

requirements as well as energy efficiency, taking into account the information requested in the present 

decision and other relevant information;

3. To encourage parties to continue to provide to the Secretariat, on a voluntary basis, 

information on their implementation of paragraph 9 of decision XIX/6, including information on 

available data, policies and initiatives pertaining to the promotion of a transition from ozone-depleting 

substances that minimizes environmental impact wherever the required technologies are available, and 

to request the Secretariat to compile any such submissions received;

4. To request the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund to consider providing 

additional funding to conduct inventories or surveys on alternatives to ozone-depleting substances in 

interested parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 upon their request;

XXVI/10: 2015–2017 Replenishment of the Multilateral Fund 

1. To adopt a budget for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal 

Protocol for 2015–2017 of $507,500,000 on the understanding that $64,000,000 of that budget will be 

provided from anticipated contributions due to the Multilateral Fund and other sources for the 

2012˗2014 triennium, and that $6,000,000 will be provided from interest accruing to the Fund during 

the 2015–2017 triennium. The parties note that outstanding contributions from some parties with 

economies in transition in the period 2012–2014 stands at $8,237,606;

2. To adopt the scale of contributions for the Multilateral Fund based on a replenishment 

of $145,833,333 for 2015, $145,833,333 for 2016, and $145,833,333 for 2017 as it appears in annex 

III to the report of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the 

Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol;

3. That the Executive Committee should take action to ensure, as far as possible, that the 

whole of the budget for 2015–2017 is committed by the end of 2017, and that parties not operating 

under paragraph 1 of Article 5 should make timely payments in accordance with paragraph 7 of 

decision XI/6;

XXVI/11: Extension of the fixed-exchange-rate mechanism to the 2015–2017 

replenishment of the Multilateral Fund

1. To direct the Treasurer to extend the fixed-exchange-rate mechanism to the period 

2015–2017;

2. That parties choosing to pay their contributions to the Multilateral Fund for the 

Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in national currencies will calculate their contributions based 

on the average United Nations exchange rate for the six-month period commencing 1 January 2014;

3. That, subject to paragraph 4 below, parties not choosing to pay in national currencies 

pursuant to the fixed-exchange-rate mechanism will continue to pay in United States dollars;

4. That no party should change the currency selected for its contribution in the course of 

the triennium 2015–2017;

5. That only parties with inflation rate fluctuations of less than 10 per cent, pursuant to 

published figures of the International Monetary Fund, for the preceding triennium will be eligible to 

use the fixed-exchange-rate mechanism;

6. To urge parties to pay their contributions to the Multilateral Fund in full and as early as 

possible in accordance with paragraph 7 of decision XI/6;

7. To agree that if the fixed-exchange-rate mechanism is to be used for the replenishment 

period 2018–2020, parties choosing to pay their contributions in national currencies will calculate their 

contributions based on the average United Nations exchange rate for the six-month period 

commencing 1 January 2017;
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XXVI/12: Data and information provided by the parties in accordance with 

Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol

Noting with appreciation that 196 parties of the 197 that should have reported data for 2013 

have done so and that 72 of those parties reported their data by 30 June 2014 in accordance with 

decision XV/15,

Noting that 158 of those parties reported their data by 30 September 2014 as required under 

paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol,

Noting with concern, however, that the Central African Republic has not reported 2013 data, 

Noting that its failure to report its 2013 data in accordance with Article 7 places the party in 

non-compliance with its data-reporting obligations under the Montreal Protocol until such time as the 

Secretariat receives the outstanding data,

Noting also that a lack of timely data reporting by parties impedes effective monitoring and 

assessment of parties’ compliance with their obligations under the Montreal Protocol,

Noting further that reporting by 30 June each year greatly facilitates the work of the Executive 

Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in assisting 

parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol to comply with the Protocol’s control 

measures,

1. To urge the Central African Republic, where appropriate, to work closely with the 

implementing agencies to report the required data to the Secretariat as a matter of urgency;

2. To request the Implementation Committee to review the situation of the Central 

African Republic at its fifty-fourth meeting;

3. To encourage parties to continue to report consumption and production data as soon as 

figures are available, and preferably by 30 June each year, as agreed in decision XV/15;

XXVI/13: Non-compliance with the Montreal Protocol by Kazakhstan

Noting that Kazakhstan ratified the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone 

Layer on 26 August 1998, the London Amendment to the Protocol on 26 July 2001, the Copenhagen 

and Montreal amendments on 28 June 2011 and the Beijing Amendment on 19 September 2014, and is 

classified as a party not operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol,

Noting also that the Global Environment Facility has previously approved funding in the 

amount of $6,024,696 to enable Kazakhstan to achieve compliance with control measures of the 

Protocol other than those applicable to hydrochlorofluorocarbons and methyl bromide,

Noting with concern that a methyl bromide project submitted to the Global Environment 

Facility was rejected and that the Facility’s consideration of a hydrochlorofluorocarbon project 

proposal was still at an early stage,

1. That Kazakhstan’s annual consumption of the controlled substances in Annex C, group 

I (hydrochlorofluorocarbons), of 90.75 ODP-tonnes for 2011, 21.36 ODP-tonnes for 2012 and 

83.32 ODP-tonnes for 2013 exceeds the party’s maximum allowable consumption of 9.9 ODP-tonnes 

for those controlled substances for those years and that the party was therefore in non-compliance with 

the consumption control measures under the Protocol for hydrochlorofluorocarbons;

2. That Kazakhstan’s annual consumption of the controlled substance in Annex E 

(methyl bromide) of 6.0 ODP-tonnes in 2011 and 19.0 ODP-tonnes in 2013 exceeds the party’s 

maximum allowable consumption of zero ODP-tonnes for that controlled substance for those years 

and that the party was therefore in non-compliance with the consumption control measures under the 

Protocol for methyl bromide;

3. To note with appreciation the submission by Kazakhstan of a plan of action to ensure 

its return to compliance with the Protocol’s hydrochlorofluorocarbon and methyl bromide control 

measures under which, without prejudice to the operation of the financial mechanism of the Protocol, 

Kazakhstan specifically commits itself:

(a) To reducing its consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons from 83.32 ODP-tonnes in 

2013 to no greater than:

(i) 40 ODP-tonnes in 2014;

(ii) 9.9 ODP-tonnes in 2015;
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(iii) 3.95 ODP-tonnes in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019;

(iv) Zero ODP-tonnes by 1 January 2020, save for consumption restricted to the 

servicing of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment between the period 

2020 and 2030 as prescribed in the Protocol;

(b) To reducing its consumption of methyl bromide from 19.0 ODP-tonnes in 2013 to no 

greater than:

(i) 6.0 ODP-tonnes in 2014;

(ii) Zero ODP-tonnes by 1 January 2015, save for critical uses that may be 

authorized by the parties;

(c) To monitoring its system for licensing imports and exports of ozone-depleting 

substances;

4. To invite the relevant implementing agencies to work with Kazakhstan to secure the 

reconsideration of the party’s proposed methyl bromide project and consideration of the party’s 

proposed hydrochlorofluorocarbon project by the Global Environment Facility;

5. To urge Kazakhstan to work with the relevant implementing agencies to implement its 

plan of action to phase out consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons and methyl bromide; 

6. To monitor closely the progress of Kazakhstan with regard to the implementation of its 

plan of action and the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons and methyl bromide. To the degree that 

the party is working towards and meeting the specific Protocol control measures it should continue to 

be treated in the same manner as a Party in good standing. In that regard, Kazakhstan should continue 

to receive international assistance to enable it to meet those commitments in accordance with item A 

of the indicative list of measures that may be taken by the Meeting of the Parties in respect of 

non-compliance; 

7. To caution Kazakhstan, in accordance with item B of the indicative list of measures 

that may be taken by the Meeting of the Parties in respect of non-compliance, that, in the event that 

Kazakhstan fails to return to compliance, the parties will consider measures consistent with item C of 

the indicative list of measures. Those measures may include the possibility of actions available under 

Article 4, such as ensuring that the supply of hydrochlochlorofluorocarbons and methyl bromide that 

are the subject of non-compliance is ceased so that exporting parties are not contributing to a 

continuing situation of non-compliance;

XXVI/14: Requests for the revision of baseline data by Libya and 

Mozambique

Noting that, in accordance with decision XIII/15, by which the Thirteenth Meeting of the 

Parties decided that parties requesting the revision of reported baseline data should present such 

requests to the Implementation Committee under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal 

Protocol, which in turn would work with the Secretariat and the Executive Committee of the 

Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol to confirm the justification for the 

changes and present them to the Meeting of the Parties for approval,

Noting also that decision XV/19 sets out the methodology for the submission of such requests,

1. That Libya and Mozambique have presented sufficient information, in accordance with 

decision XV/19, to justify their requests for the revision of their consumption data for 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons for 2010 and 2009, respectively, which are part of the baseline for parties 

operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5;
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2. To approve the requests of the parties listed in the preceding paragraph and to revise 

their baseline hydrochlorofluorocarbon consumption data for the respective years as indicated in the 

following table:

Party

Previous hydrochlorofluorocarbon data 

(ODP-tonnes)

New hydrochlorofluorocarbon data 

(ODP-tonnes)

2009 2010 2009 2010

1. Libya – 131.91 – 139.26

2. Mozambique 4.3 – 8.68 –

XXVI/15: Non-compliance with the Montreal Protocol by the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea

Noting that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ratified the Montreal Protocol on 

Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on 24 January 1995, the London and Copenhagen 

amendments to the Protocol on 17 June 1999, and the Montreal and Beijing Amendments on 13 

December 2001, and is classified as a party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol,

Noting also that the Executive Committee has approved $22,905,529 from the Multilateral 

Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in accordance with Article 10 of the Protocol to 

enable the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to achieve compliance with the Protocol,

1. That annual consumption by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of the 

controlled substances in Annex C, group I (hydrochlorofluorocarbons), of 90.6 ODP-tonnes for 2013 

exceeds the party’s maximum allowable consumption of 78.0 ODP-tonnes for those controlled 

substances for that year and that the party was therefore in non-compliance with the consumption 

control measures under the Protocol for hydrochlorofluorocarbons;

2. That the annual production by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons of 31.8 ODP-tonnes in 2013 exceeds the party’s maximum allowable 

production of 27.6 ODP-tonnes for those controlled substances for that year and that the party was 

therefore in non-compliance with the production control measures under the Protocol for 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons;

3. To note with appreciation the submission by the Democratic People’s Republic of 

Korea of a plan of action to ensure its return to compliance with the Protocol’s 

hydrochlorofluorocarbon consumption control measures in 2015 and production control measures in 

2016;

4. To note that under that plan of action, without prejudice to the operation of the 

financial mechanism of the Protocol, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea specifically commits 

itself:

(a) To reducing its consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons from 90.6 ODP-tonnes in 

2013 to no greater than:

(i) 80.0 ODP-tonnes in 2014;

(ii) 70.16 ODP-tonnes in 2015, 2016 and 2017;

(iii) Levels allowed under the Montreal Protocol in 2018 and subsequent years; 

(b) To reducing its production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons from 31.8 ODP-tonnes in 

2013 to no greater than:

(i) 29.0 ODP-tonnes in 2014;

(ii) 27.6 ODP-tonnes in 2015;

(iii) 24.84 ODP-tonnes in 2016 and 2017;

(iv) Levels allowed under the Montreal Protocol in 2018 and subsequent years; 

(c) To monitoring its system for licensing imports and exports of ozone-depleting 

substances;

5. To urge the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to work with the relevant 

implementing agencies to implement its plan of action to phase out consumption and production of 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons; 
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6. To closely monitor the progress of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with 

regard to the implementation of its plan of action and the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons. To 

the degree that the party is working towards and meeting the specific Protocol control measures it 

should continue to be treated in the same manner as a party in good standing. In that regard, the 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea should continue to receive international assistance to enable it 

to meet those commitments in accordance with item A of the indicative list of measures that may be 

taken by the Meeting of the Parties in respect of non-compliance; 

7. To caution the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in accordance with item B of 

the indicative list of measures that may be taken by the Meeting of the Parties in respect of 

non-compliance, that, in the event that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fails to return to 

compliance, the parties will consider measures consistent with item C of the indicative list of 

measures. Those measures may include the possibility of actions available under Article 4, such as 

ensuring that the supply of hydrochlochlorofluorocarbons that are the subject of non-compliance is 

ceased so that exporting parties are not contributing to a continuing situation of non-compliance;

XXVI/16: Non-compliance with the Montreal Protocol by Guatemala

Noting that Guatemala ratified the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone 

Layer on 7 November 1989 and the London, Copenhagen, Montreal and Beijing amendments to the 

Protocol on 21 January 2002, and is classified as a party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of 

the Protocol,

Noting also that the Executive Committee has approved $9,608,694 from the Multilateral Fund 

for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in accordance with Article 10 of the Protocol to 

enable Guatemala to achieve compliance with the Protocol,

1. That Guatemala’s annual consumption of the controlled substances in Annex C, 

group I (hydrochlorofluorocarbons), of 11.3 ODP-tonnes for 2013 exceeds the party’s maximum 

allowable consumption of 8.3 ODP-tonnes for those controlled substances for that year and that the 

party was therefore in non-compliance with the consumption control measures under the Protocol for 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons;

2. To note with appreciation the submission by Guatemala of a plan of action to ensure 

its return to compliance with the Protocol’s hydrochlorofluorocarbon control measures and its decision 

to reduce its hydrochlorofluorocarbon consumption in 2014 below its allowable consumption by the 

excess amount consumed in 2013;

3. To note that under that plan of action, without prejudice to the operation of the 

financial mechanism of the Protocol, Guatemala specifically commits itself:

(a) To reducing its consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons from 11.3 ODP-tonnes in 

2013 to no greater than:

(i) 4.35 ODP-tonnes in 2014;

(ii) Levels allowed under the Montreal Protocol in 2015 and subsequent years; 

(b) To monitoring its system for licensing imports and exports of ozone-depleting 

substances;

4. To urge Guatemala to continue to work with the relevant implementing agencies to 

implement its plan of action to phase out consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons; 

5. To monitor closely the progress of Guatemala with regard to the implementation of its 

plan of action and the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons. To the degree that the party is working 

towards and meeting the specific Protocol control measures it should continue to be treated in the 

same manner as a party in good standing. In that regard, Guatemala should continue to receive 

international assistance to enable it to meet those commitments in accordance with item A of the 

indicative list of measures that may be taken by the Meeting of the Parties in respect of 

non-compliance; 
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6. To caution Guatemala, in accordance with item B of the indicative list of measures that 

may be taken by the Meeting of the Parties in respect of non-compliance, that, in the event that 

Guatemala fails to return to compliance, the parties will consider measures consistent with item C of 

the indicative list of measures. Those measures may include the possibility of actions available under 

Article 4, such as ensuring that the supply of hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are the subject of 

non-compliance is ceased so that exporting parties are not contributing to a continuing situation of 

non-compliance;

XXVI/17: Membership changes in the Technology and Economic Assessment 

Panel

1. To thank Mr. Lambert J. M. Kuijpers (Netherlands) for his long and outstanding 

service as Co-Chair of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel;

2. To endorse the reappointment of Mr. Kuijpers as a Co-Chair of the Refrigeration, Air 

Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technology Options Committee for a transitional term of one year and 

to endorse the appointment of Mr. Kuijpers as a Senior Expert of the Technology and Economic 

Assessment Panel for a subsequent period of one year in accordance with paragraph 2.3 of the terms of 

reference of the Panel;

3. To endorse the appointment of Mr. Ashley Woodcock (United Kingdom of Great 

Britain and Northern Ireland) as Co-Chair of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for a 

term of four years in accordance with paragraph 2.3 of the terms of reference of the Panel;

4. To endorse the re-appointment of Ms. Marta Pizano (Colombia) as Co-Chair of the 

Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for a term of four years in accordance with paragraph 

2.3 of the terms of reference of the Panel;

5. To endorse the appointment of Mr. Fabio Polonara (Italy) to the Technology and 

Economic Assessment Panel and as a new Co-Chair of the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat 

Pumps Technical Options Committee for a term of four years in accordance with paragraph 2.3 of the 

terms of reference of the Panel;

XXVI/18: Membership of the Implementation Committee 

1. To note with appreciation the work carried out by the Implementation Committee 

under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol in 2014; 

2. To confirm the positions of Canada, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Lebanon and 

Poland as members of the Committee for one further year and to select Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

Cuba, Mali, Italy and Pakistan as members of the Committee for a two-year period beginning on 

1 January 2015;

3. To note the selection of Ms. Elisabetta Scialanca (Italy) to serve as President and 

Mr. Mazen Hussein (Lebanon) to serve as Vice-President and Rapporteur of the Committee for one 

year beginning on 1 January 2015;

XXVI/19: Membership of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund 

1. To note with appreciation the work carried out by the Executive Committee of the 

Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol with the assistance of the Fund 

secretariat in 2014; 

2. To endorse the selection of Bahrain, Brazil, the Comoros, Egypt, Grenada, India and 

the United Republic of Tanzania as members of the Executive Committee representing parties 

operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol and the selection of Australia, Belgium, Italy, 

Japan, Sweden, the Russian Federation and the United States of America as members representing 

parties not so operating, for one year beginning on 1 January 2015; 

3. To note the selection of Mr. John Thompson (United States of America) to serve as 

Chair and Mr. Leslie Smith (Grenada) to serve as Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee for one year 

beginning on 1 January 2015;

XXVI/20: Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the 

Montreal Protocol

To endorse the selection of Mr. Paul Krajnik (Austria) and Ms. Emma Rachmawaty

(Indonesia) as Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 

2015;
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XXVI/21: Financial reports and budgets for the Montreal Protocol

Recalling decision XXV/20 on financial reports of the trust funds and budgets for the Montreal 

Protocol,

Taking note of the financial report on the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances 

that Deplete the Ozone Layer for the biennium 2012–2013, ended 31 December 2013,

Recognizing that voluntary contributions are an essential complement for the effective 

implementation of the Montreal Protocol,

Welcoming the continued efficient management by the Secretariat of the finances of the Trust 

Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer,

1. To take note with appreciation of the financial statement of the Trust Fund for the 

biennium 2012–2013, ended 31 December 2013, and the report on the actual expenditures for 2012 

and 2013 as compared with the approvals for those years; 

2. To approve the revised budget for 2014 in the amount of $5,065,460 and the budget for 

2015 in the amount of $5,922,857, and to note the budget for 2016 in the amount of $5,033,230, as set 

out in annex IV to the report of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna 

Convention and the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol;4

3. To authorize the Secretariat to draw down the amounts of $788,527 in 2014 and 

$1,645,924 in 2015, and to note the proposed drawdown of $756,297 in 2016;

4. To approve, as a consequence of the drawdowns referred to in paragraph 3 of the 

present decision, that the contributions to be paid by the parties amount to $4,276,933 for 2014 and 

2015, and to note the contributions of $4,276,933 for 2016, as set out in annex V to the report of the 

tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Twenty-Sixth 

Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol;

5. That no funds shall be spent to cover the travel costs to meetings of members of the 

Assessment Panels from parties not operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol;

6. To reaffirm a working capital reserve at a level of 15 per cent of the annual budget to 

be used to meet the final expenditures under the Trust Fund, noting that the working capital reserve 

shall be set aside from the existing fund balance; 

7. To request the Secretariat to indicate in future financial reports of the Trust Fund for 

the Montreal Protocol, the amounts of cash in hand in the section entitled “Total reserves and fund 

balances”, in addition to contributions that have not yet been received; 

8. To encourage parties, non-parties and other stakeholders to contribute financially and 

by other means to assist members of the three assessment panels and their subsidiary bodies with a 

view to ensuring their continued participation in the assessment activities under the Protocol;

9. To note with concern that a number of parties have not paid their contribution for 2014 

and prior years, and to urge those parties to pay both their outstanding contributions and future 

contributions promptly and in full;

10. To request the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to 

extend the Trust Fund until 31 December 2025;

XXVI/22: Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Eighth Meetings of the Parties to 

the Montreal Protocol

1. To convene the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in November 2015;

2. To convene the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 

Kigali, Rwanda, in November 2016.

 

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Annex I

Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Approved budgets for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017

(United States dollars)

Work months 2014 2015 2016 2017 

10 Personnel and conference services component

1100 Professional Staff

1101 Executive Secretary (D-2) (shared 

with MP) 6 143 800 143 800 143 800 143 800

1104 Senior Scientific Affairs Officer (P-5) 

(shared with MP) 6 107 000 107 000 107 000 107 000 

1107 Programme Officer (Communication 

and Information) (P-3) 12 114 125 152 274 155 776 159 359 

1199 Subtotal 364 925 403 074 406 576 410 159 

1300 Administrative support

1301 Administrative Assistant (G-7) (shared 

with MP) 6 26 000 26 000 26 000 26 000 

1303 Programme Assistant (G-6) 12 37 000 38 110 39 253 40 431 

1304 Programme Assistant (Data)(G-6) 

(shared with MP) 6 22 000 22 000 22 000 22 000 

1305 Research Assistant (G-6) (shared with 

MP) 6 21 000 21 000 21 000 21 000 

1310 Meetings Services Assistant (G-6) 12 15 592 38 110 39 253 40 431 

Subtotal 121 592 145 220 147 507 149 862 

1322 Conference servicing cost of the 

preparatory meetings and meetings of 

the parties (shared with MP every 

three years)

252 000 252 000 

1324 Conference servicing cost of the 

Bureau Meeting 20 000 20 000 

1327

Conference servicing cost of the 

Meeting of the Ozone Research 

Managers

24 000 24 000 

1328 Promotion activities for the protection 

of the ozone layer 10 000 10 000 10 000 10 000 
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Work months 2014 2015 2016 2017 

1399 Subtotal 306 000 10 000 10 000 306 000 

1600 Travel on official business

1601 Staff travel on official business 30 000 30 000 30 000 30 000 

1699 Subtotal 30 000 30 000 30 000 30 000 

1999 Component total 822 517 588 294 594 082 896 020 

30 Meeting participation component

3300 Support for participation

3304 Travel cost of A5 members to the 

Bureau meeting 20 000 20 000 

3307

Travel costs of A5 members to the 

meeting of the Ozone Research 

Managers

175 000 175 000 

3399 Subtotal 195 000 0 0 195 000 

3999 Component total 195 000 0 0 195 000 

40 Equipment and premises component

4100 Expendable equipment (items 

under $1,500)

4101 Miscellaneous expendables (shared 

with MP) 8 000 8 000 8 000 8 000 

4199 Subtotal 8 000 8 000 8 000 8 000 

4200 Non-expendable equipment

4203 Other office equipment (server, fax,

scanner, furniture, etc.,) 5 000 5 000 5 000 5 000 

4205 Equipment and peripherals for 

paperless conferences 5 000 5 000 5 000 5 000 

4299 Subtotal 10 000 10 000 10 000 10 000 

4300 Premises 

4301 Rental of office premises (shared with 

MP) 17 500 17 500 17 500 17 500 

4399 Subtotal 17 500 17 500 17 500 17 500 
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Work months 2014 2015 2016 2017 

4999 Component total 35 500 35 500 35 500 35 500 

50 Miscellaneous component

5100 Operation and maintenance 

of equipment

5101 Maintenance of equipment and others 

(shared with MP) 7 500 7 500 7 500 7 500 

5199 Subtotal 7 500 7 500 7 500 7 500 

5200 Reporting costs

5201 Reporting 7 500 7 500 7 500 7 500 

5202 Reporting (Ozone Research Managers) 15 000 10 000 

5299 Subtotal 22 500 7 500 7 500 17 500 

5300 Sundry

5301 Communications 20 000 20 000 20 000 20 000 

5302 Freight charges 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 000 

5304 Others (Ozone layer protection public 

awareness campaign) 5 000 5 000 5 000 5 000 

5305 30th anniversary celebrations 30 000 

5399 Subtotal 40 000 70 000 40 000 40 000 

5400 Hospitality

5401 Hospitality 10 000 15 000 

5499 Subtotal 10 000 0 0 15 000 

5999 Component total 80 000 85 000 55 000 80 000 

99 Total direct cost 1 133 017 708 794 684 582 1 206 520

Total budget 1 133 017 708 794 684 582 1 206 520

Programme

support costs (13 

per cent)

147 292 92 143 88 996 156 848 

Grand total 

(inclusive of 

programme 

support costs)

 1 280 309 800 937 773 578 1 363 368 

Drawdown 677 309 197 937 170 578 760 368 

Contribution 

from the parties 603 000 603 000 603 000 603 000 

Working capital 

reserve 106 319 107 067 107 067 
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Explanatory notes for the revision to the approved budget for 

2014 and the approved budgets for 2015, 2016 and 2017 for the 

Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the 

Ozone Layer

Budget line Comment

Personnel component

1101–1107

Indicative Professional-level salary costs applicable to the Nairobi duty station have been used for 

the budget proposals. Salary costs for staff at the Professional level are made up of: (a) the basic 

salaries; (b) post adjustment as determined and reviewed throughout the year by the International 

Civil Service Commission based on the cost of living index of the duty station where the staff are 

assigned; and (c) entitlements such as home leave travel and education grant. However, where 

information on actual staff costs is available, the figures have been adjusted accordingly. The 

inflation rate used for 2015–2017 is 2.3 per cent to take into account annual salary step increments as 

well as revisions decided by the International Civil Service Commission. For the posts whose costs 

are shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol (1101 and 1104), the increase in costs is 

reflected in the budget of that Trust Fund, as the budget is approved on an annual basis. 

1107 The 2014 budget is decreased to reflect installation costs and 8 months’ salary and emoluments of 

the Communication and Information Officer who joined the Secretariat at the end of May 2014.

The 2015 and 2016 budgets reflect salary and emoluments only. 

Administrative 

support/personnel

1301–1310

The 2015–2017 budget proposals reflect trends in actual costs and a 3 per cent inflationary rate. 

However, for the posts whose costs are shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol (1301, 

1304 and 1305), the increase is reflected in the budget of that Trust Fund, as the budget is approved 

on an annual basis. 

1303 The budget line for the Programme Assistant on line 1303 was previously inadvertently budgeted at 

70 per cent. The line is increased to reflect 100 per cent annual salary. 

1310 The post of the Meeting Services Assistant was filled in August 2014. The 2014 budget reflects five

months’ salary cost. The budget was previously inadvertently budgeted at 70 per cent. The line is 

increased in 2015–2017 to reflect 100 per cent annual salary. 

Conference services 

1322–1328

Necessary funds may be transferred from the conference servicing budget lines should such services 

be required to be rendered either by individual consultancies or under corporate contracts. 

The current conference servicing costs are based on the following background and assumptions: 

1322 The conferencing costs of the tenth and eleventh meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the 

Vienna Convention are shared with the Twenty-Sixth and Twenty-Ninth Meetings of the Parties to 

the Montreal Protocol since they will be held jointly in 2014 and 2017.

The budget is increased in 2014 to reflect the cost increase of holding the tenth meeting of the 

Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention in Paris and the 2017 meeting cost is maintained 

at the 2014 level. 

1324 Two Bureau meetings are scheduled for 2014 and 2017. The first meeting in the year is held back to 

back with the Ozone Research Managers’ meeting and the second one takes place back to back with 

the meeting of the Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The meetings have 

provision for interpretation and document translation into the appropriate languages based on the 

membership of the Bureau.

1327 Based on the actual cost for the ninth Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers in May 2014, the 

budget is decreased for 2014 and 2017. 

1328 A minimum amount is proposed for each year to cover activities in connection with the celebration 

of the International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.

Travel on official business 

1601

The budgets include travel of Secretariat officers in connection with the organization of the Ozone 

Research Managers’ meetings and the meetings of the Conference of the Parties, in addition to travel 

related to provision of support to network and capacity-building meetings.

Meeting participation 

3304 and 3307 

The participation of representatives of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 in the various 

Convention meetings is assumed at $5,000 per representative per meeting taking into account not 

more than one person’s travel costs per country, using the most appropriate and advantageous 

economy-class fare and United Nations daily subsistence allowances.

Considering that the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention is normally 

held jointly with the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, the participation costs are borne 

by the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol. 
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Budget line Comment

3304 The participation costs are based on two Bureau meetings respectively in 2014 and 2017 for four 

participants from developing countries or countries with economies in transition, being held back to 

back with the Ozone Research Managers’ meeting and the meeting of the Conference of the Parties 

to the Vienna Convention. 

3307 One Ozone Research Managers’ meeting was held in May 2014. The next meeting will be held in 

2017. Funding has been reserved for participation by 35 experts from qualifying developing 

countries that submit national reports. 

Equipment and premises 

component

4101–4301

The budgets for non-expendable equipment (4203–4205) have been maintained at the approved 2014 

levels. 

The Secretariat is maintaining its electronic data processing systems to make the documentation of 

the Protocol and the Convention available electronically to the parties. This requires periodic 

procurement of necessary peripherals and software licences, and also updating of the existing 

computer servers.

A minimum provision has been made to enable the Secretariat to replace some equipment each year. 

4301 The rental cost is shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol. The reduction in rent due to 

smaller office space occupied by the Secretariat from June 2014 is reflected in the Trust Fund for the 

Montreal Protocol budget, as the budget is approved on an annual basis. The Nairobi rental rates are 

determined by the United Nations Controller. 

Miscellaneous component 

5101–5401

Provisions under these budget lines are generally steady at the approved 2014 levels. 

5202 Based on the preliminary costings for the report of the ninth Meeting of the Ozone Research 

Managers, the cost is decreased for the ninth and tenth meetings. 

5401 This budget line provides for the hospitality cost of the joint meeting of the Conference of the Parties 

and the Meeting of the Parties held back to back in 2014 and 2017 and is slightly increased to reflect 

trends in increased costs. 
22

Annex II

Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Scale of contributions by the parties for 2015, 2016 and 2017 based on the United Nations scale of assessments

(General Assembly resolution 67/238 of 24 December 2012 with a maximum assessment rate of 22 per cent)

(in United States dollars)

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

1 Afghanistan 0.005 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

2 Albania 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

3 Algeria 0.137 0.137 0.137 823 823 823 

4 Andorra 0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

5 Angola 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

6

Antigua and 

Barbuda 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

7 Argentina 0.432 0.432 0.431 2 596 2 596 2 596 

8 Armenia 0.007 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

9 Australia 2.074 2.074 2.067 12 465 12 465 12 465 

10 Austria 0.798 0.798 0.795 4 796 4 796 4 796 

11 Azerbaijan 0.040 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

12 Bahamas 0.017 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

13 Bahrain 0.039 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

14 Bangladesh 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

15 Barbados 0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

16 Belarus 0.056 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

17 Belgium 0.998 0.998 0.995 5 998 5 998 5 998 

18 Belize 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

19 Benin 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

20 Bhutan 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

21

Bolivia 

(Plurinational 0.009 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 
23

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

State of)

22

Bosnia and 

Herzegovina 0.017 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

23 Botswana 0.017 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

24 Brazil 2.934 2.934 2.924 17 634 17 634 17 634 

25 Brunei Darussalam 0.026 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

26 Bulgaria 0.047 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

27 Burkina Faso 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

28 Burundi 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

29 Cabo Verde 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

30 Cambodia 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

31 Cameroon 0.012 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

32 Canada 2.984 2.984 2.974 17 934 17 934 17 934 

33

Central African 

Republic 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

34 Chad 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

35 Chile 0.334 0.334 0.333 2 007 2 007 2 007 

36 China 5.148 5.148 5.131 30 940 30 940 30 940 

37 Colombia 0.259 0.259 0.258 1 557 1 557 1 557 

38 Comoros 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

39 Congo 0.005 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

40 Cook Islands - 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

41 Costa Rica 0.038 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

42 Côte d’Ivoire 0.011 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

43 Croatia 0.126 0.126 0.126 757 757 757 

44 Cuba 0.069 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

45 Cyprus 0.047 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 
24

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

46 Czech Republic 0.386 0.386 0.385 2 320 2 320 2 320 

47

Democratic 

People’s Republic 

of Korea 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

48

Democratic 

Republic of the

Congo 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

49 Denmark 0.675 0.675 0.673 4 057 4 057 4 057 

50 Djibouti 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

51 Dominica 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

52

Dominican 

Republic 0.045 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

53 Ecuador 0.044 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

54 Egypt 0.134 0.134 0.134 805 805 805 

55 El Salvador 0.016 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

56 Equatorial Guinea 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

57 Eritrea 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

58 Estonia 0.040 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

59 Ethiopia 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

60 European Union 2.500 2.500 2.492 15 025 15 025 15 025 

61 Fiji 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

62 Finland 0.519 0.519 0.517 3 119 3 119 3 119 

63 France 5.593 5.593 5.575 33 615 33 615 33 615 

64 Gabon 0.020 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

65 Gambia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

66 Georgia 0.007 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

67 Germany 7.141 7.141 7.118 42 919 42 919 42 919 

68 Ghana 0.014 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

69 Greece 0.638 0.638 0.636 3 834 3 834 3 834 
25

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

70 Grenada 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

71 Guatemala 0.027 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

72 Guinea 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

73 Guinea-Bissau 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

74 Guyana 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

75 Haiti 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

76 Holy See 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

77 Honduras 0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

78 Hungary 0.266 0.266 0.265 1 599 1 599 1 599 

79 Iceland 0.027 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

80 India 0.666 0.666 0.664 4 003 4 003 4 003 

81 Indonesia 0.346 0.346 0.345 2 080 2 080 2 080 

82

Iran (Islamic 

Republic of) 0.356 0.356 0.355 2 140 2 140 2 140 

83 Iraq 0.068 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

84 Ireland 0.418 0.418 0.417 2 512 2 512 2 512 

85 Israel 0.396 0.396 0.395 2 380 2 380 2 380 

86 Italy 4.448 4.448 4.433 26 733 26 733 26 733 

87 Jamaica 0.011 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

88 Japan 10.833 10.833 10.797 65 108 65 108 65 108 

89 Jordan 0.022 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

90 Kazakhstan 0.121 0.121 0.121 727 727 727 

91 Kenya 0.013 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

92 Kiribati 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

93 Kuwait 0.273 0.273 0.272 1 641 1 641 1 641 

94 Kyrgyzstan 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

95 Lao People’s 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 
26

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

Democratic 

Republic

96 Latvia 0.047 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

97 Lebanon 0.042 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

98 Lesotho 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

99 Liberia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

100 Libya 0.142 0.142 0.142 853 853 853 

101 Liechtenstein 0.009 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

102 Lithuania 0.073 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

103 Luxembourg 0.081 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

104 Madagascar 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

105 Malawi 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

106 Malaysia 0.281 0.281 0.280 1 689 1 689 1 689 

107 Maldives 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

108 Mali 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

109 Malta 0.016 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

110 Marshall Islands 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

111 Mauritania 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

112 Mauritius 0.013 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

113 Mexico 1.842 1.842 1.836 11 071 11 071 11 071 

114

Micronesia 

(Federated 

States of) 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

115 Monaco 0.012 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

116 Mongolia 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

117 Montenegro 0.005 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

118 Morocco 0.062 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

119 Mozambique 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 
27

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

120 Myanmar 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

121 Namibia 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

122 Nauru 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

123 Nepal 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

124 Netherlands 1.654 1.654 1.649 9 941 9 941 9 941 

125 New Zealand 0.253 0.253 0.252 1 521 1 521 1 521 

126 Nicaragua 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

127 Niger 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

128 Nigeria 0.090 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

129 Niue - 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

130 Norway 0.851 0.851 0.848 5 115 5 115 5 115 

131 Oman 0.102 0.102 0.102 613 613 613 

132 Pakistan 0.085 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

133 Palau 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

134 Panama 0.026 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

135 Papua New Guinea 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

136 Paraguay 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

137 Peru 0.117 0.117 0.117 703 703 703 

138 Philippines 0.154 0.154 0.153 926 926 926 

139 Poland 0.921 0.921 0.918 5 535 5 535 5 535 

140 Portugal 0.474 0.474 0.472 2 849 2 849 2 849 

141 Qatar 0.209 0.209 0.208 1 256 1 256 1 256 

142 Republic of Korea 1.994 1.994 1.987 11 984 11 984 11 984 

143

Republic of 

Moldova 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

144 Romania 0.226 0.226 0.225 1 358 1 358 1 358 

145 Russian Federation 2.438 2.438 2.430 14 653 14 653 14 653 
28

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

146 Rwanda 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

147

Saint Kitts and 

Nevis 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

148 Saint Lucia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

149

Saint Vincent and 

the Grenadines 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

150 Samoa 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

151 San Marino 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

152

Sao Tome and 

Principe 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

153 Saudi Arabia 0.864 0.864 0.861 5 193 5 193 5 193 

154 Senegal 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

155 Serbia 0.040 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

156 Seychelles 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

157 Sierra Leone 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

158 Singapore 0.384 0.384 0.383 2 308 2 308 2 308 

159 Slovakia 0.171 0.171 0.170 1 028 1 028 1 028 

160 Slovenia 0.100 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

161 Solomon Islands 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

162 Somalia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

163 South Africa 0.372 0.372 0.371 2 236 2 236 2 236 

164 South Sudan 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

165 Spain 2.973 2.973 2.963 17 868 17 868 17 868 

166 Sri Lanka 0.025 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

167 Sudan 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

168 Suriname 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

169 Swaziland 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

170 Sweden 0.960 0.960 0.957 5 770 5 770 5 770 
29

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

171 Switzerland 1.047 1.047 1.044 6 293 6 293 6 293

172

Syrian Arab 

Republic 0.036 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

173 Tajikistan 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

174 Thailand 0.239 0.239 0.238 1 436 1 436 1 436 

175

The former

Yugoslav Republic 

of Macedonia 0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

176 Timor-Leste 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

177 Togo 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

178 Tonga 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

179

Trinidad and 

Tobago 0.044 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

180 Tunisia 0.036 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

181 Turkey 1.328 1.328 1.324 7 982 7 982 7 982 

182 Turkmenistan 0.019 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

183 Tuvalu 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

184 Uganda 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

185 Ukraine 0.099 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

186

United Arab 

Emirates 0.595 0.595 0.593 3 576 3 576 3 576 

187

United Kingdom of 

Great Britain and 

Northern Ireland 5.179 5.179 5.162 31 127 31 127 31 127 

188

United Republic of 

Tanzania 0.009 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

189

United States of 

America 22.000 22.000 21.928 132 224 132 224 132 224 

190 Uruguay 0.052 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

191 Uzbekistan 0.015 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

192 Vanuatu 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 
30

Party

United Nations scale 

of assessment for

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to exclude 

non-contributors

Adjusted 

United Nations scale 

with 22 per cent 

maximum assessment 

rate considered

2015 contributions by 

parties

2016 contributions by 

parties

2017 contributions by 

parties

193

Venezuela 

(Bolivarian 

Republic of) 0.627 0.627 0.625 3 768 3 768 3 768 

194 Viet Nam 0.042 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

195 Yemen 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

196 Zambia 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

197 Zimbabwe 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 

Total 102.501 100.330 100.000 603 000 603 000 603 000 
31

Annex III

Contributions by parties to the ninth replenishment of the Multilateral Fund (2015, 2016 and 2017) 

(Replenishment totals $507.5 million, of which $437.5 million is from new contributions)

. Country

United Nations 

scale of 

assessment for 

the period 

2013–2015

Adjusted United 

Nations scale of 

assessment with 

no party 

contributing 

more than 22 

per cent

Annual 

contributions for 

years 2015, 2016 

and 2017

(in millions of 

United States 

dollars)

Average 

inflation rate 

for the period 

2012–2014

(per cent)

Qualifying 

fixedexchangerate 

mechanism 

use: yes=1, 

no=0

Fixed-exchangerate mechanism 

users’ 

currencies rates 

of exchange a

Fixed-exchange-rate 

mechanism users’ 

national currencies

Fixedexchange-rate 

mechanism 

users’ payments 

in national 

currencies 

(in millions of 

United States 

dollars ) 

1 Andorra 0.008 0.011086 16 168 0.72967 Euro

2 Australia 2.074 2.874158 4 191 481 2.31 1 1.10283 Australian dollar 4 622 505 

3 Austria 0.798 1.105872 1 612 730 2.14 1 0.72967 Euro 1 176 755 

4 Azerbaijan 0.040 0.055432 80 839 2.09 1 0.78390 Azerbaijani Manat 63 369 

5 Belarus 0.056 0.077605 113 174 32.03 0 9 776.66667 Belarusian ruble

6 Belgium 0.998 1.383033 2 016 923 1.52 1 0.72967 Euro 1 471 681 

7 Bulgaria 0.047 0.065133 94 985 0.54 1 1.42700 Bulgarian Lev 135 544 

8 Canada 2.984 4.135240 6 030 559 1.47 1 1.09750 Canadian dollar 6 618 538 

9 Croatia 0.126 0.174611 254 642 1.76 1 5.57017 Croatian kuna 1 418 396 

10 Cyprus 0.047 0.065133 94 985 1.16 1 0.72967 Euro 69 308 

11 Czech Republic 0.386 0.534920 780 092 1.77 1 20.02833 Czech Koruna 15 623 950 

12 Denmark 0.675 0.935418 1 364 151 1.26 1 5.44550 Danish Krone 7 428 485 

13 Estonia 0.040 0.055432 80 839 2.75 1 0.72967 Euro 58 985 

14 Finland 0.519 0.719232 1 048 881 2.20 1 0.72967 Euro 765 333 

15 France 5.593 7.750804 11 303 256 1.30 1 0.72967 Euro 8 247 609 

16 Germany 7.141 9.896029 14 431 709 1.54 1 0.72967 Euro 10 530 337 

17 Greece 0.638 0.884143 1 289 376 -0.07 1 0.72967 Euro 940 814 

18 Holy See 0.001 0.001386 2 021 0.72967 Euro

19 Hungary 0.266 0.368624 537 577 2.58 1 223.38333 Hungarian Forint 120 085 657 

20 Iceland 0.027 0.037417 54 566 3.86 1 113.79833 Icelandic Krona 6 209 525 

21 Ireland 0.418 0.579266 844 763 1.01 1 0.72967 Euro 616 396 

22 Israel 0.396 0.548779 800 302 1.35 1 3.48817 Israeli Sheqel 2 791 587 

23 Italy 4.448 6.164058 8 989 251 1.56 1 0.72967 Euro 6 559 157 

24 Japan 10.833 15.012419 21 893 111 0.99 1 102.77000 Japanese Yen 2 249 955 013 

25 Kazakhstan 0.121 0.167682 244 537 5.96 1 173.58667 Kazakhstani Tenge 42 448 316 
32

26 Latvia 0.047 0.065133 94 985 1.01 1 0.72970 Euro 69 311 

27 Liechtenstein 0.009 0.012472 18 189 0.89100 Swiss Franc

28 Lithuania 0.073 0.101164 147 530 1.53 1 2.51950 Lithuanian Litas 371 703 

29 Luxembourg 0.081 0.112250 163 698 1.89 1 0.72967 Euro 119 445 

30 Malta 0.016 0.022173 32 335 1.74 1 0.72967 Euro 23 594 

31 Monaco 0.012 0.016630 24 252 0.72967 Euro

32 Netherlands 1.654 2.292120 3 342 676 1.97 1 0.72967 Euro 2 439 039 

33 New Zealand 0.253 0.350609 511 304 1.25 1 1.19133 New Zealand Dollar 609 134 

34 Norway 0.851 1.179320 1 719 841 1.61 1 6.06033 Norwegian Krone 10 422 810 

35 Poland 0.921 1.276326 1 861 309 1.57 1 3.04867 Polish Zloty 5 674 509 

36 Portugal 0.474 0.656871 957 937 1.08 1 0.72967 Euro 698 975 

37 Romania 0.226 0.313192 456 738 2.93 1 3.25683 Romanian Leu 1 487 520 

38 Russian Federation 2.438 3.378591 4 927 112 6.42 1 34.93833 Russian Roubles 172 145 082 

39 San Marino 0.003 0.004157 6 063 1.71 1 0.72967 Euro 4 424 

40 Slovakia 0.171 0.236973 345 585 1.77 1 0.72967 Euro 252 162 

41 Slovenia 0.100 0.138580 202 096 1.62 1 0.72967 Euro 147 463 

42 Spain 2.973 4.119996 6 008 328 1.31 1 0.72967 Euro 4 384 077 

43 Sweden 0.960 1.330372 1 940 126 0.32 1 6.53700 Swedish Krona 12 682 605 

44 Switzerland 1.047 1.450937 2 115 950 -0.29 1 0.89100 Swiss Franc 1 885 312 

45 Tajikistan 0.003 0.004157 6 063 5.81 1 4.86833 Tajikistani Somoni 29 516 

46 Ukraine 0.099 0.137195 200 076 3.91 1 10.33117 Ukrainian Hryvnia 2 067 013 

47

United Kingdom of Great 

Britain and Northern 

Ireland

 5.179 7.177081 10 466 576 2.34 1 0.60083 British Pound 

Sterling 6 288 668 

48 United States of America 22.000 22.000000 32 083 333 1.84 1 1.00000 United States Dollar 32 083 333 

49 Uzbekistan 0.015 0.020787 30 314 11.10 0 2 241.08333 Uzbekistani Som

Total 78.285 100.00 145 833 333

a

 As per the World Economic Outlook database, International Monetary Fund website.

b Average United Nations operational rate of exchange from January to June 2014.
33

Annex IV

Trust fund for the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer

Approved 2014 and 2015 and proposed 2016 budgets 

(United States dollars)

Work months 2014 2015 2016 

10 Personnel and conference services component

1100 Professional Staff

1101 Executive Secretary (D-2) (shared with the 

Vienna Convention (VC)) 6 163 000 173 215 175 391 

1102 Deputy Executive Secretary (D-1) 12 117 000 312 000 319 176 

1103 Senior Legal Officer (P-5) 12 215 000 214 801 224 742 

1104 Senior Scientific Affairs Officer (P-5) 

(shared with VC) 6 100 000 103 738 108 585 

1105 Senior Administrative Officer (P-5) (paid by 

UNEP) - 

1106 Programme Officer (P-4) (Data and 

Information Systems) 12 178 000 182 094 186 282 

1107 Programme Officer (P-3) (Communication 

and Information) (paid from VC) - 

1108 Programme Officer (P-4) (Monitoring and 

Compliance)

 12 236 000 256 428 248 671 

1199 Subtotal 1 009 000 1 242 276 1 262 847 

1200 Consultants

1201 Assistance in data-reporting, data analysis 

and promotion of the implementation of the 

Protocol

 60 000 75 000 75 000 

1299 Subtotal 60 000 75 000 75 000 

1300 Administrative 

support

1301 Administrative Assistant (G-7) (shared with 

VC) 6 25 838 26 530 28 106 

1302 Administrative Assistant (G-6) 12 37 000 38 110 39 253 
34

Work months 2014 2015 2016 

1303 Programme Assistant (G-6) (paid from VC) 0

1304 Programme Assistant (Data) (G

-6) (shared 

with VC) 6 20 000 20 230 20 497 

1305 Research Assistant (G-6) (shared with VC) 6 22 000 22 260 23 558 

1306 Information Management Assistant (G-6) 12 30 000 30 900 31 827 

1307 Data Assistant (G

-7) (Computer Information 

Systems Assistant) 12 53 000 54 590 56 228 

1308 Administrative Assistant - Fund (G-7) (paid 

by UNEP- approved for upgrade to P-2,

Associate Administrative Officer) 

0

1309 Team Assistant/Logistics Assistant (G

-4) 

(paid by UNEP) 

0

1310 Meetings Services Assistant (G

-6) (paid 

from VC) 

0

1320 Temporary assistance 22 000 22 000 22 000 

Subtotal 209 838 214 620 221 469 

1321 Conference servicing costs of the 

Open-ended Working Group meetings 588 000 524 700 529 700 

1322 Conference servicing costs of the preparatory meetings and meetings of the parties (shared with VC every three years, 

applies to the Twenty-Sixth and Twenty-

Ninth Meetings of the Parties to the 

Montreal Protocol and tenth and eleventh 

meetings of the Conference of the Parties to 

the Vienna Convention in 2014 and 2017)

 420 000 464 700 469 700 

1323

Communications of A5 assessment panel 

members and organization costs of 

assessment panel meetings

 79 000 70 000 70 000 

1324 Conference 

servicing cost of the Bureau 

meetings

 20 000 20 000 20 000 

1325 Conference servicing costs of the 

Implementation Committee meetings 115 600 115 600 115 600 
35

Work months 2014 2015 2016 

1326 MP informal consultation meetings 10 000 10 000 10 000 

1329 Conference servicing costs of the workshop 

back to back with OEWG meeting 182 400 

1330

Conference servicing costs of the two-day 

workshop on HFC management back to back 

with three-day OEWG meeting

524 700

1399 Subtotal 1 415 000 1 729 700 1 215 000 

1600 Travel on official 

business

1601 Staff travel on official business 210 000 210 000 210 000 

1602 Conference Services staff travel on official 

business

 15 000 15 000 15 000 

1699 Subtotal 225 000 225 000 225 000 

1999 Component total 2 918 838 2 961 896 2 999 316 

30 Meeting participation component

3300 Support for 

participation

3301 Travel of A5 countries to assessment panel 

meetings 450 000 450 000 450 000 

3302 Travel of A5 countries to the preparatory 

meetings and meetings of the parties 350 000 350 000 350 000 

3303 Travel of A5 countries to the OEWG

meetings 300 000 300 000 300 000 

3304 Travel of A5 countries to the Bureau 

meetings

 20 000 20 000 20 000 

3305 Travel of A5 countries to the 

Implementation Committee meetings 125 000 125 000 125 000 

3306 Consultations in an informal meeting 10 000 10 000 10 000 

3308 Travel of A5 countries to the workshop back 

to back with OEWG meeting 85 000 
36

Work months 2014 2015 2016 

3309

Travel of A5 countries to the two-day 

workshop on HFC management back to back 

with three-day OEWG meeting

300 000

3399 Subtotal 1 340 000 1 555 000 1 255 000 

3999 Component total 1 340 000 1 555 000 1 255 000 

40 Equipment and premises component

4100

Expendable 

equipment (items 

under $1,500)

4101 Miscellaneous expendables (shared with 

VC) 20 000 18 000 18 000 

4199 Subtotal 20 000 18 000 18 000 

4200 Non-expendable 

equipment

4201 Personal computers and accessories 5 000 5 000 5 000 

4202 Portable computers 5 000 5 000 5 000 

4203 Other office equipment (server, fax, scanner, 

furniture, etc.,)

 5 000 5 000 5 000 

4204 Photocopiers (for external use) 5 000 5 000 5 000 

4205 Equipment and peripherals for paperless 

conferences 5 000 5 000 5 000 

4299 Subtotal 25 000 25 000 25 000 

4300 Premises 

4301 Rental of office premises (shared with VC) 51 870 41 870 41 870 

4399 Subtotal 51 870 41 870 41 870 

4999 Component total 96 870 84 870 84 870 

50 Miscellaneous component

5100

Operation and 

maintenance of 

equipment

5101 Maintenance of equipment and others 

(shared with VC) 20 000 20 000 20 000 

5199 Subtotal 20 000 20 000 20 000 

5200 Reporting costs
37

Work months 2014 2015 2016 

5201 Reporting 22 000 20 000 20 000 

5202 Reporting (assessment panels) 10 000 5 000 5 000 

5203 Reporting (Protocol awareness) 5 000 5 000 5 000 

5299 Subtotal 37 000 30 000 30 000 

5300 Sundry

5301 Communications 10 000 10 000 10 000 

5302 Freight charges 18 000 10 000 10 000 

5303 Training 12 000 10 000 10 000 

5304 Others (International Ozone Day) 10 000 10 000 10 000 

5399 Subtotal 50 000 40 000 40 000 

5400 Hospitality

5401 Hospitality 20 000 25 000 25 000 

5499 Subtotal 20 000 25 000 25 000 

5999 Component total 127 000 115 000 115 000 

99 Total direct cost 4 482 708 5 241 466 4 454 186 

Total budget 4 482 708 5 241 466 4 454 186 

Programme support 

costs (13 per cent)) 582 752 681 391 579 044 

Grand total 

(inclusive of

programme support 

costs)

 5 065 460 5 922 857 5 033 230 

Draw down 788 527 1 645 924 756 297 

contribution from the 

parties 4 276 933 4 276 933 4 276 933

Working capital 

reserve 677 974 677 974 677 974 
38

Explanatory notes for the revision to the approved budget for 

2014 and the approve budget for 2015 and proposed budget for 

2016 of the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances 

that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Budget line Comment

Personnel component

1101–1108

Indicative Professional-level salary costs applicable to the Nairobi duty station have been 

used for the budget proposals. Salary costs for staff at the Professional level are made up 

of: (a) the basic salaries; (b) post adjustment as determined and reviewed by the 

International Civil Service Commission throughout the year based on the cost of living 

index of the duty station where the staff are assigned; and (c) entitlements such as home 

leave travel and education grant. However, where information on actual staff costs is 

available, the figures have been adjusted accordingly. The inflation rate used for 2015–

2016 is 2.3 per cent to take into account annual salary step increments as well as revisions 

decided by the International Civil Service Commission. 

1101 The revised 2014 budget is reduced to reflect only salary and emoluments of the Executive 

Secretary. The approved budget was based on 2013 costs, which included repatriation 

costs for the former Executive Secretary and installation costs of the new Executive 

Secretary. 

1102 The post of the Deputy Executive Secretary is expected to be filled by November 2014. 

The anticipated expenditure in 2014 will cover the salary and emoluments of the officer 

for two months as well as installation costs. The proposed budgets for 2015 and 2016 

represent full years’ salary and emoluments. 

1105 The post of Senior Administrative Officer continues to be paid by the United Nations 

Environment Programme (UNEP) from the programme support costs based on actual 

expenditures.

1107 The post of the Programme Officer (Communication and Information) is paid from the 

Vienna Convention Trust Fund.

1106 and 1108 The budgets are increased to reflect the costs associated with the upgrades to the P-4 level. 

Although the upgrades took effect in 2012, the budgets were inadvertently maintained at 

the P-3 level. 

Consultants 

1201

Assistance in data reporting, updating of publications, translation of essential features of 

the Ozone Secretariat website and the maintenance of a fully interlinked digital system at 

the Secretariat will continue to be required. The 2014 amount has been decreased slightly 

in line with actual needs. However, the 2015 and 2016 levels have been kept at the 

originally approved 2014 level. Funds under this line may be transferred to line 1100 to 

create or support short-term Professional posts if necessary. 

Administrative 

support/personnel 1301–

1310

The 2015–2016 budget proposals reflect trends in actual costs and a 3 per cent inflationary 

rate. 

1303 and 1310 The posts of Programme Assistant and Meeting Services Assistant are funded from the 

Vienna Convention Trust Fund.

Administrative 

support/conference services

1321–1326

Necessary funds may be transferred from the conference servicing budget lines 

(1321–1326) should such services be required either through individual consultancies or 

corporate contracts. 

The current conference servicing costs are based on the following assumptions: 

1321 The revised 2014 budget provides for one meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, 

held in Paris. 

The proposed budgets for 2015 and 2016 provide for one meeting each year to be held in 

Nairobi or at another United Nations venue in the six official United Nations languages; 

any additional costs arising from holding the meetings at any other locations will be 

reflected in revised budgets that will be presented to parties for approval.

1322 The revised Montreal Protocol budget for 2014 is shared with the Vienna Convention 

budget for the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention.

The revised 2014 budgeted amount is based on the cost of holding the Meeting of the 

Parties in Paris in 2014 in the six official United Nations languages. 

The proposed budgets for 2015 and 2016 are based on estimated costs of holding the 

Meeting of the Parties in Nairobi or at another United Nations venue. Any additional costs 

arising from holding the meetings in any other locations will be borne by the Governments 

hosting the meetings. In the event that the meetings are not hosted by Governments, the 

additional costs will be reflected in revised budgets that will be presented to parties for 
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Budget line Comment

approval.

1323 The revised 2014 budget is reduced to reflect projected costs of meetings of the 

assessment panels and the technical options committees of the Technology and Economic 

Assessment Panel and communication and other sundry costs related to the work of panel 

members. The proposed budget for each year in 2015 and 2016 is a reduction from the 

2014 budget as 2014 was an assessment year and more meetings were expected to be

convened in 2014.

1324 One Bureau meeting is scheduled for each of the years 2015 and 2016 with provision for 

interpretation and document translation into the appropriate languages based on the 

membership of the Bureau.

1325 The proposed revised 2014 budget reflects increased meeting costs related to convening 

two meetings of the Implementation Committee in Paris. 

The proposed budget for 2015 and 2016 are maintained steady at the revised 2014 level to 

accommodate generally increased costs of interpretation and document translation. 

1326 At least one informal consultation meeting per year expected to take place in Nairobi is 

envisaged for 2015 and 2016 to facilitate the work of assisting the parties and promoting 

ratification of and compliance with the Montreal Protocol and its amendments.

1329 The proposed revised 2014 budget reflects increased cost of convening the 

hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) workshop in Paris. There is no provision for a workshop in 

2015 and 2016. 

1330 The 2015 budget reflects the conference services cost for holding a two-day workshop on 

HFC management back to back with a three-day OEWG meeting in Nairobi or at another 

United Nations venue.

Travel on official business

1601–1602

Travel on official business for 2015 and 2016 is maintained at the 2014 level. 

Meetings/participation 

component

3301–3308

Participation of representatives of developing countries

The participation of representatives of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 in 

the various Protocol meetings is budgeted at $5,000 per representative per meeting taking 

into account no more than the travel costs for one person per country using the most 

appropriate and advantageous economy-class fare and United Nations daily subsistence 

allowances. 

3301 The budget provision requested in 2015 and 2016 for travel of members and experts of the 

assessment panels and the technical options committees attending assessment panel 

meetings has been maintained at the 2014 approved level to ensure completion of the work 

of the panels (see UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/34/INF/2, sect. III.B).

3302 The budget provision is based on an average of 70 participants attending the Meeting of 

the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 2015 and 2016. 

3303 Participation costs are based on some 60 participants attending the Open-ended Working 

Group meetings in both 2015 and 2016.

3304 Participation costs are based on one Bureau meeting per year for four Bureau members 

from developing countries or countries with economies in transition at each meeting.

3305 The participation costs for the two Implementation Committee meetings per year are based 

on eight members from developing countries and countries with economies in transition at 

each meeting and one representative each from three or four countries invited by the 

Implementation Committee at each meeting. Provision has also been made for travel by the 

Implementation Committee President or Vice-President from a country operating under 

paragraph 1 of Article 5 to attend two Executive Committee meetings a year.

3306 Funds have been allocated to finance the participation of two participants from developing 

countries and countries with economies in transition in informal consultations in 2015 and 

2016 on critical issues relating to the Montreal Protocol. It is expected that these 

consultations will be held in Nairobi.

3308 The budget reflects the additional cost of daily subsistence allowances for participants 

from developing countries and countries with economies in transition attending the HFC 

workshop held back to back with the Open-ended Working Group meeting in Paris in 

2014. There is no provision for a workshop in 2015 and 2016.

Equipment and premises 

component 4101–4301

4101 The slightly reduced budget reflects costs associated with the expendable equipment for 
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Budget line Comment

the operation of the secretariat.

4205 A small amount has been allocated to provide for increased server capacity as required to 

respond to the demands of paperless meetings and to enable the Secretariat to replace 

equipment as required.

4301 The allocation for rental of premises in 2015 and 2016 reflects reduced rental costs as the

Secretariat has moved into smaller office space as of June 2014. The reduction in rent will 

be reflected in the 2015 costs. The Nairobi rental rates are determined by the United 

Nations Controller. 

Miscellaneous component

5101– 5401

5201–5203 General reporting costs, including editing, translation, and duplication, publishing and 

printing, are provided for under lines 5201 to 5203. 

5201 The revised 2014 budget is slightly increased to cover increased reporting costs associated 

with the meetings in 2014. However, in 2015 and 2016, the line reverts to the original 2014 

amount owing to the anticipated slightly reduced printing costs. 

5202 This budget is reserved for reporting by assessment panels. The proposed budgets for 2015 

and 2016 are reduced since these are not assessment years and less reporting is required.

5203 A small amount is allocated for editing, translation, duplication, publication and printing 

related to Protocol awareness campaigns.

5301 Careful monitoring of telecommunications resources and the use of electronic mail instead 

of facsimile communications has enabled the Secretariat to maintain a relatively low 

budget provision under this line. The use of free communications technology also enables 

the Secretariat to reduce expenditure against this budget line.

5302 Of the 197 parties to the Montreal Protocol, only 11 countries still require that paper 

documents be mailed to them, which means that the cost of dispatching correspondence 

and meeting documentation has been further reduced. This budget is further reduced to 

reflect the associated savings.

5303 The provision for training will be maintained to meet evolving training needs and to cater 

for training schemes introduced by the United Nations as a result of its continuing human 

resources reform programme and guidelines for continuous training to encourage high 

performance delivery by staff. The budget is slightly reduced to reflect trends in actual 

expenditure.

5304 The Ozone Secretariat will continue to provide assistance to specific countries during 2015 

and 2016 to assist in their preparations for the celebration of the International Day for the 

Preservation of the Ozone Layer. 

5401 This budget line provides for the hospitality cost of the Open-ended Working Group 

meeting and the Meeting of the Parties and is slightly increased to reflect trends in 

increased costs. 
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Annex V

Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Scale of contributions by the parties for 2015 based on the United Nations scale of assessments

(General Assembly resolution 67/238 of 24 December 2012 with a maximum assessment rate of 

22 per cent)

(United States dollars)

Party

United Nations 

scale of 

assessments for 

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to 

exclude noncontributors

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale with 22 

per cent 

maximum 

assessment rate 

considered 

2015 

contributions by 

parties

Indicative 2016 

contributions by 

parties

1 Afghanistan 0.005 0.000 0.000 0 0 

2 Albania 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

3 Algeria 0.137 0.137 0.137 5 840 5 840 

4 Andorra 0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 

5 Angola 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

6 Antigua and Barbuda 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

7 Argentina 0.432 0.432 0.431 18 416 18 416 

8 Armenia 0.007 0.000 0.000 0 0 

9 Australia 2.074 2.074 2.067 88 412 88 412 

10 Austria 0.798 0.798 0.795 34 018 34 018 

11 Azerbaijan 0.040 0.000 0.000 0 0 

12 Bahamas 0.017 0.000 0.000 0 0 

13 Bahrain 0.039 0.000 0.000 0 0 

14 Bangladesh 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

15 Barbados 0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 

16 Belarus 0.056 0.000 0.000 0 0 

17 Belgium 0.998 0.998 0.995 42 543 42 543 

18 Belize 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

19 Benin 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

20 Bhutan 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

21

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of) 0.009 0.000 0.000 0 0 

22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.017 0.000 0.000 0 0 

23 Botswana 0.017 0.000 0.000 0 0 

24 Brazil 2.934 2.934 2.924 125 072 125 072 

25 Brunei Darussalam 0.026 0.000 0.000 0 0 

26 Bulgaria 0.047 0.000 0.000 0 0 

27 Burkina Faso 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

28 Burundi 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

29 Cabo Verde 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

30 Cambodia 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 

31 Cameroon 0.012 0.000 0.000 0 0 

32 Canada 2.984 2.984 2.974 127 204 127 204 

33 Central African Republic 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

34 Chad 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

35 Chile 0.334 0.334 0.333 14 238 14 238 

36 China 5.148 5.148 5.131 219 452 219 452 

37 Colombia 0.259 0.259 0.258 11 041 11 041 
42

Party

United Nations 

scale of 

assessments for 

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to 

exclude noncontributors

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale with 22 

per cent 

maximum 

assessment rate 

considered 

2015 

contributions by 

parties

Indicative 2016 

contributions by 

parties

38 Comoros 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

39 Congo 0.005 0.000 0.000 0 0 

40 Cook Islands - 0.000 0.000 0 0 

41 Costa Rica 0.038 0.000 0.000 0 0 

42 Côte d’Ivoire 0.011 0.000 0.000 0 0 

43 Croatia 0.126 0.126 0.126 5 371 5 371 

44 Cuba 0.069 0.000 0.000 0 0 

45 Cyprus 0.047 0.000 0.000 0 0 

46 Czech Republic 0.386 0.386 0.385 16 455 16 455 

47

Democratic People’s Republic

of Korea

0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 

48

Democratic Republic of the 

Congo 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

49 Denmark 0.675 0.675 0.673 28 774 28 774 

50 Djibouti 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

51 Dominica 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

52 Dominican Republic 0.045 0.000 0.000 0 0 

53 Ecuador 0.044 0.000 0.000 0 0 

54 Egypt 0.134 0.134 0.134 5 712 5 712 

55 El Salvador 0.016 0.000 0.000 0 0 

56 Equatorial Guinea 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

57 Eritrea 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

58 Estonia 0.040 0.000 0.000 0 0 

59 Ethiopia 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

60 European Union 2.500 2.500 2.492 106 572 106 572 

61 Fiji 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

62 Finland 0.519 0.519 0.517 22 124 22 124 

63 France 5.593 5.593 5.575 238 422 238 422 

64 Gabon 0.020 0.000 0.000 0 0 

65 Gambia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

66 Georgia 0.007 0.000 0.000 0 0 

67 Germany 7.141 7.141 7.118 304 411 304 411 

68 Ghana 0.014 0.000 0.000 0 0 

69 Greece 0.638 0.638 0.636 27 197 27 197 

70 Grenada 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

71 Guatemala 0.027 0.000 0.000 0 0 

72 Guinea 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

73 Guinea-Bissau 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

74 Guyana 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

75 Haiti 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

76 Holy See 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

77 Honduras 0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 

78 Hungary 0.266 0.266 0.265 11 339 11 339 

79 Iceland 0.027 0.000 0.000 0 0 

80 India 0.666 0.666 0.664 28 391 28 391 
43

Party

United Nations 

scale of 

assessments for 

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to 

exclude noncontributors

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale with 22 

per cent 

maximum 

assessment rate 

considered 

2015 

contributions by 

parties

Indicative 2016 

contributions by 

parties

81 Indonesia 0.346 0.346 0.345 14 750 14 750 

82 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.356 0.356 0.355 15 176 15 176 

83 Iraq 0.068 0.000 0.000 0 0 

84 Ireland 0.418 0.418 0.417 17 819 17 819 

85 Israel 0.396 0.396 0.395 16 881 16 881 

86 Italy 4.448 4.448 4.433 189 612 189 612 

87 Jamaica 0.011 0.000 0.000 0 0 

88 Japan 10.833 10.833 10.797 461 796 461 796 

89 Jordan 0.022 0.000 0.000 0 0 

90 Kazakhstan 0.121 0.121 0.121 5 158 5 158 

91 Kenya 0.013 0.000 0.000 0 0 

92 Kiribati 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

93 Kuwait 0.273 0.273 0.272 11 638 11 638 

94 Kyrgyzstan 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

95

Lao People’s Democratic 

Republic 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

96 Latvia 0.047 0.000 0.000 0 0 

97 Lebanon 0.042 0.000 0.000 0 0 

98 Lesotho 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

99 Liberia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

100 Libya 0.142 0.142 0.142 6 053 6 053 

101 Liechtenstein 0.009 0.000 0.000 0 0 

102 Lithuania 0.073 0.000 0.000 0 0 

103 Luxembourg 0.081 0.000 0.000 0 0 

104 Madagascar 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

105 Malawi 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

106 Malaysia 0.281 0.281 0.280 11 979 11 979 

107 Maldives 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

108 Mali 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 

109 Malta 0.016 0.000 0.000 0 0 

110 Marshall Islands 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

111 Mauritania 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

112 Mauritius 0.013 0.000 0.000 0 0 

113 Mexico 1.842 1.842 1.836 78 522 78 522 

114

Micronesia (Federated States 

of) 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

115 Monaco 0.012 0.000 0.000 0 0 

116 Mongolia 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

117 Montenegro 0.005 0.000 0.000 0 0 

118 Morocco 0.062 0.000 0.000 0 0 

119 Mozambique 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

120 Myanmar 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

121 Namibia 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

122 Nauru 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

123 Nepal 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 
44

Party

United Nations 

scale of 

assessments for 

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to 

exclude noncontributors

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale with 22 

per cent 

maximum 

assessment rate 

considered 

2015 

contributions by 

parties

Indicative 2016 

contributions by 

parties

124 Netherlands 1.654 1.654 1.649 70 508 70 508 

125 New Zealand 0.253 0.253 0.252 10 785 10 785 

126 Nicaragua 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

127 Niger 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

128 Nigeria 0.090 0.000 0.000 0 0 

129 Niue - 0.000 0.000 0 0 

130 Norway 0.851 0.851 0.848 36 277 36 277 

131 Oman 0.102 0.102 0.102 4 348 4 348 

132 Pakistan 0.085 0.000 0.000 0 0 

133 Palau 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

134 Panama 0.026 0.000 0.000 0 0 

135 Papua New Guinea 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 

136 Paraguay 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

137 Peru 0.117 0.117 0.117 4 988 4 988 

138 Philippines 0.154 0.154 0.153 6 565 6 565 

139 Poland 0.921 0.921 0.918 39 261 39 261 

140 Portugal 0.474 0.474 0.472 20 206 20 206 

141 Qatar 0.209 0.209 0.208 8 909 8 909 

142 Republic of Korea 1.994 1.994 1.987 85 002 85 002 

143 Republic of Moldova 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

144 Romania 0.226 0.226 0.225 9 634 9 634 

145 Russian Federation 2.438 2.438 2.430 103 929 103 929 

146 Rwanda 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

147 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

148 Saint Lucia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

149

Saint Vincent and the 

Grenadines 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

150 Samoa 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

151 San Marino 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

152 Sao Tome and Principe 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

153 Saudi Arabia 0.864 0.864 0.861 36 831 36 831 

154 Senegal 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 

155 Serbia 0.040 0.000 0.000 0 0 

156 Seychelles 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

157 Sierra Leone 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

158 Singapore 0.384 0.384 0.383 16 369 16 369 

159 Slovakia 0.171 0.171 0.170 7 290 7 290 

160 Slovenia 0.100 0.000 0.000 0 0 

161 Solomon Islands 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

162 Somalia 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

163 South Africa 0.372 0.372 0.371 15 858 15 858 

164 South Sudan 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 

165 Spain 2.973 2.973 2.963 126 735 126 735 

166 Sri Lanka 0.025 0.000 0.000 0 0 
45

Party

United Nations 

scale of 

assessments for 

2013–2015

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale to 

exclude noncontributors

Adjusted 

United Nations 

scale with 22 

per cent 

maximum 

assessment rate 

considered 

2015 

contributions by 

parties

Indicative 2016 

contributions by 

parties

167 Sudan 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

168 Suriname 0.004 0.000 0.000 0 0 

169 Swaziland 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

170 Sweden 0.960 0.960 0.957 40 924 40 924 

171 Switzerland 1.047 1.047 1.044 44 632 44 632 

172 Syrian Arab Republic 0.036 0.000 0.000 0 0 

173 Tajikistan 0.003 0.000 0.000 0 0 

174 Thailand 0.239 0.239 0.238 10 188 10 188 

175

The former Yugoslav Republic 

of Macedonia

0.008 0.000 0.000 0 0 

176 Timor-Leste 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

177 Togo 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

178 Tonga 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

179 Trinidad and Tobago 0.044 0.000 0.000 0 0 

180 Tunisia 0.036 0.000 0.000 0 0 

181 Turkey 1.328 1.328 1.324 56 611 56 611 

182 Turkmenistan 0.019 0.000 0.000 0 0 

183 Tuvalu 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

184 Uganda 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 

185 Ukraine 0.099 0.000 0.000 0 0 

186 United Arab Emirates 0.595 0.595 0.593 25 364 25 364 

187

United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland

5.179 5.179 5.162 220 774 220 774 

188 United Republic of Tanzania 0.009 0.000 0.000 0 0 

189 United States of America 22.000 22.000 21.928 937 830 937 830 

190 Uruguay 0.052 0.000 0.000 0 0 

191 Uzbekistan 0.015 0.000 0.000 0 0 

192 Vanuatu 0.001 0.000 0.000 0 0 

193

Venezuela (Bolivarian 

Republic of) 0.627 0.627 0.625 26 728 26 728 

194 Viet Nam 0.042 0.000 0.000 0 0 

195 Yemen 0.010 0.000 0.000 0 0 

196 Zambia 0.006 0.000 0.000 0 0 

197 Zimbabwe 0.002 0.000 0.000 0 0 

Total 102.501 100.330 100.000 4 276 933 4 276 933