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# D ecisions 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, 1 7

– 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 no te 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 Mont real 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 decis ion 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 coordinatio n 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 ozon e 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

expa nding the geographic area that can be measured and data archive s 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, publishe d 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 obs ervations, 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

.

### 2 Systematic Obs ervations 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 enc ourage 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 C onference 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 O bservations 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

- compariso ns 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 impro vements 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 Mana gers, 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 En vironment 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 Meteor ological

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

electronically or i n the margins of other relevant meeting s , 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 equit able 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) T o 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 p roject 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 pa rties, 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;

### 3 4. To request the Ozone Secretariat to report to the Confer ence 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 acti vities of the advisory

committee;



## X/4: Financ ial 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 Dece mber 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 Conv ention 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 a pprovals 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 s et 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 o f $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 t he

years 2015, 2016 a nd 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 i n 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 o utstanding 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 Tr ust Fund until 31 December 2025;



## X/5: Eleventh meeting of the Conference o f 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 Twent

y

- 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

2 UNEP/OzL.Conv.10/7

- UNEP/O zL.Pro.26/10

.

### 4 1. To note with satisfaction the universal ratif ication 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 t hat, 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 a re 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 diseas e,

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 sal e,

1. To authorize the levels of production and consumption for 201 5 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 decisio n;

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 201 5 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 201 5 to notify the Ozone

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

201 4 ;

5. To request the Secretariat to post on its website details of the pot entially 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 requ ired 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 n ew

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 transi tion to chlorofluorocarbon

- free

alternatives;

### 5 

## Annex

Essential

- use authorizations for 201 5 of chlorofluorocarbons for

metered

- dose inhalers

(Metric tonnes)

Party 2015

China 182.61



## XXVI / 3 : Essential

- use exemption for chlorofluorocarbon

- 113 for aerosp ace

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 a pplications 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 an d 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 t he 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 laborator y and analytical uses for 2015

in C hina

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 wh ich 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

,

No ting 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 natio nal 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 sm ooth 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 wate r, as

specified in the annex to the present decision;

### 6 

## 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 8 0



## XXVI/5 : Global labo ratory 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 d ecisions 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 anne x 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 Assessmen t 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 domes tically 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 Technolo gy 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 Parti es

requested that, by the thirty

- sixth 3 

### 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 o r 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 X XVI/9, which will be the thirty

- fifth meeting of the Open

- ended Working Group.

### 7 Recognizing further that the additional information provided by Argentina at the Twenty

- Sixth

Meeting of the Parties allow ed 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 s et 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 201 5 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 Part ies 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 u ses 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 ton nes)

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 protec ted 24.0, ginger open field 90.0.

Mexico Strawberry nursery 43.539 , raspberry nursery 41.418

Table B

Permitted levels of production and consumption a

(Metric tonnes)

2016

Australia 29.760

Canada 5.261

United States of America 234.78

2015

Argent ina 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 uncer tainty 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 conta ining 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 h alon alternatives for civil aviation and called on manufacturers to use

alternatives in lavatory fire extinguishing systems in newly designed and new production aircraft after

### 8 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 recla imed 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 stoc ks,

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 me eting 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 h alons 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 use s 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 Ass essment 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, inc luding 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 prov ided 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 oz one

- 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 pa rticular 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

glob ally 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

### 9 chemicals, which makes it difficult for customs autho rities 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 H armonized System classification for mixtures containing, inter alia, HCFCs and HFCs or

perfluorocarbons, w hich became effective at an earlier date,

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

a H armonized S ystem 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, b ut 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 a t 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 posit ion 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

- d epleting 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,

includi ng 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 th at report

available for consideration by the Open

- ended Working Grou p at its thirty

- sixth

- meeting and an

updated report to be submitted to the Twenty

- Seventh Meeting of the Parties that would:

(a) U pdate 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) Techn ically proven ;

(iii) E nvironmentally sound ;

(iv) E conomically viable and cost effective ;

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

toxicity issues

, including, where possible, risk characteri z ation ;

(vi) E asy 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 internatio nal design and

safety standards;

(b) P rovide info rmation on energy efficiency levels in the refrigeration and air

conditioning sector referring to high

- ambient temperature zones in international standards ;

### 10 (c) T aking into account the uptake of various existing technologies, revise the scenarios

for curr ent 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 d ecision XXV/5, and improve information related to cos ts and benefits with regard to the

criteria set out in paragraph 1 ( a ) of the present decision

, including referenc e to progress identified

under stage I and stage II of HCFC phase

- out management p lans ;

2. To convene a two

- day workshop, back to back with a n 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, t aking 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 XI X/6, including information on

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

- depleting

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

to request the Secr etariat 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 u nderstanding 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 M eeting 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 acco rdance 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 e ligible 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 mechani sm 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 2 017;

### 11 

## XX V I/ 12 : Data and information provided by the parties in accordance with

Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol

Noting with appreciation that 19 6 parties of the 197 that should have reported data for 2013

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

decision XV/15,

Noting that 15 8 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 failu re to report its 2013 data in accordance with Article 7 places th e 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

measu res,

1. To urge the Cent ral 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 t he 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;



## XX V I/ 13 : Non

- compli ance 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 a mendments o n 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 $6,0 24,696 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

Facili ty 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 con sumption 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 all owable 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. T o 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 spec ifically 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;

### 12 (iii) 3.95 ODP

- tonnes in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019;

(iv) Zero O DP

- 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

- to nnes 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 Facili ty;

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 implemen tation 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 p arties 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 t hat

are the subject of non

- compliance is ceased so that exporting p arties are not contributing to a

continuing situation of non

- compliance;



## XX V I / 14 : Requests for the revision of baseline data by Libya and

Mozambique

Noting that, in accordance with decisi on 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, whi ch 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;

### 13 2. To approve the requests of the parties listed in the preceding paragraph and to revise

their baseline hydroc hlorofluorocarbon 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. Mozambiq ue 4.3

– 8.68

–



## XX V I / 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

a mendments 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. Tha t 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 contro lled

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

hydrochlo rofluorocarbons 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 P rotocol for

hydrochlorofluorocarbons;

3. T o 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 i n 2015 and production control measures in

2016;

4. T o 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 201 8 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 p hase out consumption and production of

hydrochlorofluorocarbons;

### 14 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 receiv e 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 w ill 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

- c ompliance is

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

- compliance;



## XX V I / 16 : Non

- compliance with the Montreal Protocol by Guatemala

Noting that Guatemala ratified the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplet e the Ozone

Layer on 7 November 1989 and the London, Copenhagen, Montreal and Beijing a mendments 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 Commi ttee 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

- com pliance with the consumption control measures under the Protocol for

hydrochlorofluorocarbons;

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

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

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

excess amount consumed in 2013;

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

financial mec hanism 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 201 5 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 P rotocol 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;

### 15 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 n on

- 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, s uch 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 ;



## X XVI/17 : Membership changes in the Technology and Eco nomic 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

- C hair 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 acc ordance 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 ter ms 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 fou r 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 f or 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 be ginning 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 wit h 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 t he 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 o f 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;

### 16 

## 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 ac tual 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 o f $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 amount s 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 amoun t 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 M ontreal 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 E nvironment 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, Unit ed Arab Emirates

, in November 2015;

2. To convene the Twenty

- Eight h Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in

Kigali , Rwanda, in November 2016

.

4 UNEP/OzL.Conv.10/7

- UNEP/OzL.Pro.26/10.

### 17



# 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

p reparatory meetings and meetings of

the p arties (shared with MP every

three years) 252 000 252 000

1324 Conference ser vicing 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 1 0 000

### 18 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 0 00

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 cos ts 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 off ice premises (shared with

MP) 17 500 17 500 17 500 17 500

4399 Subtotal 17 500 17 500 17 500 17 500

### 19 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 equipmen t

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 Repo rting (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

### 20



# Explanatory notes for the revision to the approved budget for

2014 and the approved budgets for 201 5, 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 incr ease 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 Offic er 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 rat e.

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 servi cing 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

- N inth 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

provisio n 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 i n 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 an d 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.

### 21 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 cou ntries 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 me eting 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

dete rmined 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 assessme nts

(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 Adjus ted

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 0 023 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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

R epublic 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

4 0 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 0 024 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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 0.00 0 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 Germ any 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 83425 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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 0.00 1 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 Gu yana 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 0 026 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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 0 027 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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 0.2 53 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 N iue

- 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 Pa raguay 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 65328 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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 0.0 00 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 0.38 3 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 0.0 00 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 77029 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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 0 030 Party United Nations scale

of assessment for

2013

– 2015 Adjusted

United Nations

scale to exclude

non

- contributors Adjus ted

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 76 8 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 00031



# Annex III

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

(Replenishmen t 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

contributi ons for

years 2015, 2016

and 2017

(in millions of

United States

dollars) Average

inflation rate

for the period

2012

– 2014

(per cent) Qualifying

fixed

exchange

rate

mechanism

use: yes=1,

no=0 Fixed

- exchange

rate mechanism

users’

currencies rates

of exchange a Fixed

- exchange

- rate

mechanism users’

national currencies Fixed

exchange

- 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 0.07760 5 113 174 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 0.0 65133 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 0.00138 6 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 0.037 417 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 J apan 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 31632 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 6 98 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 0 08 328 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

T otal 78.285 100.00 145 833 333

a As per the World Economic Outlook database, Internat ional 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

s upport

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 25334 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 3 0 900 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

, A ssociate 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 a ssistance 22 000 22 0 00 22 000

Subtotal 209 838 214 620 221 469

1321 Conference servicing costs of the

Open

- ended Working Group m eetings 588 000 524 700 529 700

1322 Conference servicing costs of the

p reparato ry meetings and meetings of the

p arties (shared with VC every three years,

applies to the T wenty

- S ixth and T wenty

-

N inth Meetings of the Parties to the

Montreal Protocol and tenth and eleventh

meetings of the Conference of the Parties to

the Vienna Conventi on in 2014 and 2017) 420 000 464 700 469 700

1323 Communication s of A5 a ssessment p anel

m embers and o rganization costs of

a ssessment p anel meetings 79 000 70 000 70 000

1324 Confere nce s ervicing cost of the B ureau

m eeting s 20 000 20 000 20 000

1325 Conference servicing costs of the

Implementation Committee m eetings 115 600 115 600 115 60035 Work months 2014 2015 2016

1326 MP informal cons ultation meetings 10 000 10 000 10 000

1329 Conference s ervicing costs of the workshop

b ack to back with OEWG m eeting 182 400

1330 Conference s ervicing 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 o fficial

b usiness

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

p articipation

3301 Travel of A5 countries to a ssessment p anel

m eetings 450 000 450 000 450 000

3302 Tr avel of A5 countries to the p reparatory

meetings and meetings of the p arties 350 000 350 000 350 000

3303 Travel of A5 countries to the OEWG

m eetings 300 000 300 000 300 000

3304 Travel of A5 countries to the Bureau

m eeting s 20 000 20 000 20 000

3305 Travel of A5 countries to the

Implementation Committee m eetings 125 000 125 000 125 000

3306 Consultations in an inf ormal meeting 10 000 10 000 10 000

3308 Travel of A5 countries to the w orkshop back

to back with OEWG m eeting 85 00036 Work months 2014 2015 2016

3309 Travel of A5 countries to the two

- day

workshop on HFC management back to ba ck

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 E quipment and premises component

4100 E xpendable

e quipment (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

- e xpendabl e

e quipment

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

m aintenance of

e quipment

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 c osts37 Work months 2014 2015 2016

5201 Reporting 22 000 20 000 20 000

5202 Reporting ( a ssessment p anels) 10 000 5 000 5 000

5203 Reporting ( P rotocol a wareness) 5 000 5 000 5 000

5299 Su btotal 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 H ospitality

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

9 9 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

c ontribution from the

p arties 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 2 013 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 expenditur e 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 b e 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 T he 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 n eeds. 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

–

131 0 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/c onference 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 cost s 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 Montrea l 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 meeti ngs 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 for39

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

me mbers. 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 Implementatio n 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 e xpected 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 incr eased 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 repr esentatives 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 pane ls 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 Partici pation 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 base d

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 trave l 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 d eveloping

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 a dditional cost of daily subsistence allowance s 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 provis ion 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 for40 Budget line Comment

the operation of the secretariat.

4205 A small amount has been allocated to pro vide 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 cost s 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 Genera l 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 r esources 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 expendit ure 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 redu ced. 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 huma n

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.41



# 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 non

contributors 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 Al geria 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 Bulgar ia 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 2.9 84 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 04 1 11 04142 Party United Nations

scale of

assessments 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 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 C ô te 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 0.0 07 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 1 1 339 11 339

79 Iceland 0.027 0.000 0.000 0 0

80 India 0.666 0.666 0.664 28 391 28 39143 Party United Nations

scale of

assessments 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 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 Dem ocratic

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 Liecht enstein 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

10 7 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 Mexi co 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 0 044 Party United Nations

scale of

assessments 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 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 Re public 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 Tom e 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 0 045 Party United Nations

scale of

assessments 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 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 0.0 00 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

19 4 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