ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

of July 29, 2016 No. 419

About approval of the Program for the termination of use of ozone-depleting substances for 2016-2020 (the Phase 3)

For the purpose of accomplishment of obligations of the Kyrgyz Republic according to the Montreal protocol on the substances destroying ozone layer according to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "About protection of ozone layer" and articles 10 and 17 of the constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "About the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic" the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic decides:

1. Approve the Program for the termination of use of ozone-depleting substances for 2016-2020 (the Phase 3) (further - the Program) according to appendix.

2. To the state agency of environmental protection and forestry under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic:

- form the interdepartmental coordination commission on program implementation;

- annually, no later than April 1 to inform the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on the program implementation course.

3. Recognize invalid:

- the order of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic "About the State program on the termination of use of ozone-depleting substances" of April 29, 2002 No. 263;

- the order of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic "About the termination of use of ozone-depleting substances" of July 11, 2008 No. 374.

4. This resolution becomes effective after ten days from the date of official publication.

5. To impose control of execution of this resolution on department of agro-industrial complex and ecology of Government office of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Appendix

The program for the termination of use of ozone-depleting substances for 2016 - 2020 (the Phase 3)

1. General provisions

This Program for the termination of use of ozone-depleting substances for 2016 - 2020 (the Phase 3) (further - the Program) is directed to fulfillment of requirements of the Montreal protocol on the substances destroying ozone layer (further - the Montreal protocol) which party is the Kyrgyz Republic according to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "About ratification of the Vienna convention on protection of ozone layer and the Montreal protocol on the substances destroying ozone layer".

The program provides complete cessation of consumption (production, export and import) of all ozone-depleting substances (further - ORV) in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic by 2020.

2. Purposes and tasks of the Program

The purposes of the Program are:

- emission reduction of ORV and greenhouse gases;

- increase in energy efficiency of production cycles;

- increase in capacity of state bodies.

Tasks of the Program are:

- direct conclusion of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (further - GHFU), GHFU-22, GHFU-141b and GHFU-142b, from consumption in case of production of foam materials and in refrigeration equipment is preferential;

- transfer of innovative technologies within upgrade of the companies using GHFU in case of technological transactions and making polyurethane foam isolation (the preisolated pipes, sandwich panel), household, trading and industrial refrigeration equipment, and also performing repair and field service of the refrigerating and climatic equipment.

3. Analysis of the current situation

See 3. Analysis of the current situation (52Kb In original language)

5. Import of ozone-depleting substances

The Kyrgyz Republic did not make, does not make and does not plan production of ORV, the equipment and goods containing ORV which are controlled by the Montreal protocol, but imports them as in pure form, and in components.

Import of ORV, and also the equipment and goods containing ORV is licensed according to Regulations on state regulation of import and export of ozone-depleting substances and products containing them, No. 594 approved by the order of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of September 19, 2009.

Certain part of ORV can arrive as a result of their illegal import. According to the State Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, practically all ORV specified in appendix A In, C and E to the Montreal protocol, are imported from the Russian Federation, People's Republic of China United Arab, the Emirates, Republic of India and the State of Israel.

6. Program implementation

For program implementation fulfillment of requirements of the Montreal protocol on the termination of consumption of GHFU according to the following schedule is planned:

- reducing level of consumption of GHFU for 10% in comparison with basic level since 2015 (at ORS ton 3,69 level);

- reducing level of consumption of GHFU for 35% in comparison with basic level since 2016 (at ORS ton 2,665 level);

- reducing level of consumption of GHFU on 67, % in comparison with basic level since 2018 (at ORS ton 1,332 level);

- reducing level of consumption of GHFU on 97, % in comparison with basic level since 2020 (at ORS ton 0,102 level);

- complete cessation of consumption of GHFU since 2025.

In this regard it is necessary:

- support modern experience of servicing, retrofit and conclusion from operation of the cooling equipment, including extraction and recirculation;

- consider impact on interests of end users;

- minimize adverse effects due to creation of certain inventory of ORV;

- strengthen international cooperation for the prevention of illegal trade of ORV;

- continue actions for increase in public awareness in the field of preserving ozone layer;

- continue carrying out the training program of technicians on servicing of the cooling equipment and specialists in fumigation of grain inventories, and also personnel of customs and boundary services, financial police for prevention of cases of illegal trade when moving ORV from the territory of one state on the territory of other state of the Eurasian Economic Union (further - EEU);

- consider the possibility of implementation of economic incentives for support of use of alternatives to the applied ORV;

- support and strengthen the institutional potential for management and control of actions for accomplishment of the Program.

Control of consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (GFU - coolant with considerable potential of warming) and measures for reducing their consumption, and also complete cessation of consumption of methylbromide, including use for quarantine processing of products and its processing before transportation, will be considered as one of the subsequent activities which can be realized before entry into force of restrictions on international agreements.

Operations according to the Program will be performed in coordination with other international agreements (The Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their removal, the Rotterdam convention on the procedure of previously proved consent concerning separate dangerous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, the Stockholm convention on resistant organic pollutants, the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change) which party is the Kyrgyz Republic, in accordance with the established procedure.

7. The action plan on program implementation

The action plan consists of three main components:

- normative legal actions;

- strengthening of technical potential;

- investing activities.

Within this Program project development of necessary regulatory legal acts, industry programs and action plans is planned what promotes the solution of such questions as:

- licensing and quoting of import of GHFU, strengthening of customs control;

- introduction of import ban of the equipment containing GHFU;

- organization of control of use of GHFU;

- utilization of GHFU both on large, and on ordinary objects;

- stimulation of use of ozone-safe coolants, including ammonia and carbon dioxide;

- training and obligatory certification of the specialists working with coolants.

Considering that the Kyrgyz Republic borders on People's Republic of China which is the GHFU prime manufacturer and the equipment containing GHFU, increase in system effectiveness of import control is necessary action.

One of measures for enhancement of system is implementation of the procedure of prior reasonable consent of authorized state bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic and People's Republic of China before issue of import licenses and actual receipt of ORV to the republic.

Now import and delivery of GHFU are made in small containers of single application which import to the Kyrgyz Republic it is difficult to control. For the solution of this problem it is necessary according to requirements of the legislation of state members of EEU since 2016 to impose import ban of coolants in containers of single application.

Increase in efficiency of actions for reducing consumption of GHFU requires adoption of strict rules on management of coolants in the field of large-scale assembly using the modern practice accepted for the equipment containing GHFU and practice for the equipment using industrial greenhouse gases, in particular GFU that requires implementation of system of accounting of assembly, obligatory maintaining the register in which detailed history of servicing and qualification requirements imposed when carrying out maintenance of the equipment will be reflected.

Also it is necessary to consider question of expansion of control of import of GFU and the equipment containing GFU and application of rules of management of coolants in relation to the equipment containing GFU according to technological practice of the advanced countries.

Based on experience of accomplishment of the previous programs, ensuring integrity of the existing system of licensing and import control which was rather effective is necessary.

At the same time, special attention needs to be paid to question of support and strengthening of capacity of the State Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, State Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic on the sites of frontier which are not covered by customs control

The most important requirement is the possibility for support and servicing of the current bank GHFU-soderzhashchego of the equipment. The training system to modern methods of servicing of the cooling equipment will allow to reduce leakages when servicing and recovery of coolants.

Necessary element of implementation of the Action plan is monitoring of its accomplishment which consists in continuous observation and control of the course of its realization and achievements of results, periodic interaction with the interested organizations for mechanisms of accomplishment and regular carrying out the overview of efficiency of separate actions, data preparations on accounting and the reporting according to requirements of the Montreal protocol.

Control of consumption GFU and measures for reducing their consumption are considered as necessary action for further decrease in impact of the cooling sector on the environment and climate change.

The program provides implementation of measures for increase in ecological literacy of students in the educational organizations initial, average and higher education, and also in the general education organizations for protection of ozone layer and accomplishment of the international obligations for the Vienna convention on protection of ozone layer and the Montreal protocol.

Within program implementation rendering assistance to authorized state bodies in creation of system of obligatory certification of the specialists working with ORV, development of curricula, preparation of training programs and educational and methodical sets for ensuring educational process and creation of the industrial practice center equipped with the modern demonstration and training equipment is planned.

Availability of still considerable inventories of ORV keeps steady residual demand for coolants and thereof determines need of taking measures which can be broken into 2 main directions:

- strengthening of potential on extraction and recovery of coolants. Now about 50% of technicians are properly equipped and have access to the procedure of utilization, it is necessary to increase its quantity to 80%;

- creation of technical infrastructure of distribution of coolants, taking into account introduction of restrictions for amount of the imported containers with GHFU.

Within program implementation assistance to producers of refrigeration equipment and foam materials on transition to use of ozone-safe substances and technologies, rendering technical assistance to 1-2 pilot companies for development, adaptation and implementation of ozone-safe compoundings of components for production of foam materials is provided.

The program assumes GHFU conclusion from the address in the sector of production of foam materials (production sandwich panels and the preisolated pipes).

As an alternative GHFU-141b and GHFU-22 is supposed to use cyclopentane, and this option of technological conversion will be fulfilled on the example of 1-2 companies of the sector due to replacement or upgrade of the existing equipment.

Also, as an alternative GHFU-141b it is offered to use hydrocarbons, the liquefied carbon dioxide, water, methyl formiate, i.e. ecologically safe substances.

GHFU conclusion from the address in sectors of production and field service refrigerating (household, medical and trade) and the climatic equipment is performed in interaction with producers of refrigeration equipment, Republican public association Ekokholod and training centers under the State inspectorate for ecological and technical safety under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

So far in the Kyrgyz Republic all equipment containing ORV upon termination of service life or after failure uncontrolledly is placed in places of warehousing of household and industrial wastes. ORV from this equipment arrive afterwards in the atmosphere.

Within program implementation it is planned to develop and propose for implementation measures for stimulation of consumers for refusal of ORV, working off of logistic schemes for collection of ORV and to training in ecologically safe methods of utilization and regeneration of ORV.

Table 3

The action plan on program implementation

№	Actions	Completion dates	Executives in charge
1.	Enhancement of the legal and regulating providing on control of the address with ORV	2016-2020	GIETB, GAOOSLH
2.	Increase in knowledge of the population	Constantly	MAUN, MZ, GAOOSLH
3.	Monitoring of the address with ORV	2016-2020	GAOOSLKH
4.	Carrying out training of representatives of authorized state bodies (Customs and border services, financial police and ecotechnical inspection)	2016-2020	GAOOSLH, GPS, GSBEP, GETI
5.	Carrying out training and certification of technicians on servicing of the cooling equipment	2016-2020	GIETB, MAUN, GAOOSLKH
6.	11rovedeniye training of students of higher educational institutions and the educational organizations of secondary and primary professional education for training of specialists of the refrigerating and overworking industries	2016-2020	MAUN
7.	Extraction and recirculation of coolants	2016-2020	GIETB, GAOOSLH
8.	Support to the local industrial sector in reducing use of GHFU	2016-2020	GIETB, GAOOSLH
9.	Regular submission of the reporting under the address with ORV to the Secretariat of the Montreal protocol, Multilateral fund of the Montreal protocol, YuNEP, PROON	Annually	GAOOSLKH

 

8. Financing of the Action plan on program implementation

By the development program of the UN (further - PROON) it is submitted for consideration of the 74th meeting of Executive committee of Multilateral fund of the Montreal protocol (further - MFMP) stage 2 Plans of organizational activities for step-by-step refusal of GHFU (further - NRMR) for the total amount of 780560 US dollars including 400000 US dollars plus 28000 US dollars in the form of operating expenses of organizations for PROON and 312000 US dollars plus 40560 US dollars - in the form of operating expenses of organizations for the United Nations Environmental Program (further - YuNEP), according to initial representation.

Realization of stage 2 HPMP will allow to refuse 3,08 of ton of ORS GHFU and will promote complete refusal of GHFU by 2020.

Table 4

Project brief

№	Application industry	Name of the project	Beginning, termination	Project cost, US dollar	Financing sources
1	All involved industries	Institutional strengthening and increase in institutional capacity	2016-2020	347500	MFMP
2	GTS, GIETB, GSBEP	Increase in potential on prevention of illegal trade of ORV	2016-2020	111000	MFMP
3	All involved economy industries	Development of regulatory legal acts	2016-2017	96500	MFMP
4	Industries of chilling and conditioning	Increase in technical potential	2016-2020	104500	MFMP
5	Industries of chilling and conditioning	Creation of management system coolants	2016-2020	400000	MFMP
Total				1059500

 

Table 5

Total cost of the Program for step-by-step refusal of GHFU

Description	Organization	Cost, US dollar
Updating of GHFU control systems	YUNEP	96000
Strengthening of potential in the field of control/suppression of illegal trade	YUNEP	81000
Strengthening of potential in the sector of refrigeration equipment	YUNEP	106000
Equipment and tools for the service centers / individual entrepreneurs	PROON	80000
Equipment and tools for the educational organizations of primary professional education	PROON	120000
Non-automated system of distribution of GHFU	PROON	20000"
Component of knowledge and stimulation of final consumers	PROON	90000
Demonstration of alternative technologies within local assembly	PROON	90000
Project management group	YUNEP	29000
Total		712000

 

9. Program implementation mechanisms

In the period of 2016-2018 the corresponding projects of regulatory legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of protection of ozone layer will be developed.

In 2018-2019 import restrictions and use of GFU will be introduced.

As between state members of EEU there are no customs borders, the Kyrgyz Republic should change system of tracking of movement of loads, to make proper changes to the legislation, to enter the unified system of accounting of use of ORV and single form of the reporting.

Law enforcement agencies will be attracted for load tracking with GHFU and the equipment on the basis of GHFU.

It is planned to realize the following measures in the field of regulation:

- further strengthening of control of import due to development and deployment of electronic system, and also maintaining the general database of EEU;

- development and enforcement of regulatory legal acts on prohibition of import of the equipment using GHFU, and containers of single application with coolants the mass of less 13,6 of kg;

- obligatory conducting practice of servicing of the equipment by specialists of magazines (specifying of date of equipment maintenance, the amount of the used coolant this on its extraction and recirculation) and registration of the provided training;

- assistance to use of ozonosberegayushchy coolants, including ammonia and carbon dioxide.

Potential of staff of Customs Services and law enforcement agencies will be strengthened due to holding educational seminars and delivery of identifiers of coolants. Customs laboratories will be equipped with the equipment for possibility of tracking of potential illegal trade of ORV.

Besides, during program implementation the due attention will be paid to control of import of GFU, the equipment on the basis of GFU and their use.

10. Strengthening of potential in the sector of servicing

At stage of program implementation training of technical specialists in the advanced practice is provided, special attention will be paid to safe handling of flammable and toxic coolants.

On the basis of standards of the European Union on safe operation and servicing of refrigeration equipment, and also the treatment of flammable coolants, since 2015 the EEU introduces new rules which require additional training of specialists in maintenance.

The program it is planned to enter obligatory certification of the technical specialists working with coolants for safety.

The program also provides acquisition and distribution of tool kits for technical specialists, in particular, of installations on recuperation and recirculation in the service centers and among individual entrepreneurs; creation of the center for utilization; delivery of the educational equipment to the educational organizations of primary professional education.

The curriculum of training of technical specialists will include information on ways of increase in efficiency of energy consumption of systems; safe handling of flammable and/or toxic coolants; and also about implementation of standards of safety in case of development, production and installation of the equipment.

Will be begun development and deployment of the standards of safety covering different aspects of the equipment, the used coolant and servicing. Retraining of specialists and technicians on servicing, heads of the companies and designers of buildings and architects on studying of standards of safety will be carried out.

11. Strengthening of capacity of the educational organizations of primary professional education and regulation of GHFU

The program it is provided the educational organizations of primary professional education by multimedia means for training of specialists on maintenance of refrigeration equipment.

The program plans implementation of pilot system of distribution of GHFU-22 through the single center for support of import ban of containers of single application. Through the single center distribution/sale of GHFU at special charging stations where small containers of reusable application are used will be made.

The program plans the organization of system of distribution GHFU-22 in two centers which will get out of the list of the companies conforming to requirements importing GHFU.

Such system will improve monitoring of GHFU which since 2016 are supposed to be imported in containers of bigger reservoir, and will reduce potential opportunities of illegal trade of ORV.

12. Demonstration of alternative technologies

The existing market prices and availability of natural coolants do not create conditions for their implementation in the country.

The program it is planned to develop strategy of assistance to distribution of such ozonosberegayushchy coolants. There are also potential opportunities of technology transfer from the Russian Federation where now the program of the Global Environment Facility (further - GEF) and United Nations Industrial Development Organizations is implemented (further - YuNIDO) on prevention of use of GFU in the course of gradual refusal of GHFU.

13. Impact on climate change

The offered actions in the sector of servicing which include more effective isolation of coolants due to training and use of the special equipment, and two pilot programs for use of coolants with low PGP in the equipment of local assembly, among others will provide reducing amounts of GHFU-22, which are used for servicing of refrigeration equipment. Each kilogram of GHFU-22, excluded from emissions due to more optimum practice in the sector of refrigeration equipment in equivalent provides reducing approximately 1,8 of ton of carbon dioxide (CO2).

In spite of the fact that NRMR does not join calculation of impact on the climate change, actions planned in the Kyrgyz Republic, in particular, of measure for enhancement of practice of servicing, catching of coolant and its reuse show that the program implementation on step-by-step refusal of GHFU will provide emission reduction of coolants in the atmosphere that will have a positive impact on climate.

At the same time, now it is not possible to determine quantitative assessment of impact on climate change more precisely. Impact can be established within assessment of reports on the course of realization of NRMR, including due to comparison of levels of the coolants used annually since the beginning of realization of NRMR reflected in the reporting of amounts of the caught and reusable coolants, numbers of the trained technicians and upgrade of the equipment in which GHFU-22 is applied.

The special terms and reducings used in the Program:

GAOOSLKH	- The state agency of environmental protection and forestry under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic;
GIETB	- The state inspectorate for ecological and technical safety under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic;
GTS	- The State Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic;
GPS	- State Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic;
GSBEP	- Public service on fight against economic crimes under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic;
GFU	- hydrofluorocarbons;
GHFU	- hydrochlorofluorocarbons;
GEF	- Global Environment Facility;
MEGAPIXEL	- The Montreal protocol on the substances destroying ozone layer;
MAUN	- Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic;
MZ	- Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic;
UN	- United Nations Organization.

 

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