1. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

2.  Refrigerants Management Plan (RMP) in Republic of Macedonia; Project implemented 1999-2002.  Terminal Phase-out Management Plan (TPMP) in Republic of Macedonia; Project implemented 2006-2008.  HCFC-Survey; on going Project

3.  Components :  Improvement of legislation.  Training of service technicians.  Training of Customs officers.  Recovery and Recycling scheme:  - Establishing of three recycling centers.  - Providing of R&R equipment for service-shops.  - Providing of refrigerant-identifying equipment for Customs authorities

4.  Two training centers where established at: -Mechanical faculty in Skopje, and -Technical faculty in Bitola  For the purposes of the training, Training Manual was prepared according UNEP- edition “Good practice in refrigeration”.  The training was organized as two-day course with theoretical and practical part.  The training courses took place in the period 2000-2001  268 participants passed the course. 

5.  Training Manual for Customs officers was prepared by National Experts.  Aims of the training were: -Introduction of the Customs officers in recognition of ODSs. -Introduction in obligations according MP and their Amendments. -stopping the illegal trade with ODSs.  The training was executed as one-day course.  The courses took place in Skopje and Bitola.

6. 297 Customs officers passed the Course.  Six sets of electronic refrigerant identifiers were distributed to the borders entry-points.  Additional training in practical using of identifiers was organized after delivery of equipment.

7.  Three Recycling Centers were established and equipped.  109 sets of R&R equipment were delivered to service shops  Result – recovered quantities (kg):  YearCFCsHCFC-22HFCsBlendsTotal 20021 5651 203512223 302 20031 1881 183173222 566 20041 9462 5982 5432387 325 20051 7762 7412 8632557 635 20061 8241 69977814005 701 Total8 2999 4246 8691 93726 529

8.  Components :  Improvement of legislation.  Training of trainers – professors from secondary vocational schools.  Training of service technicians.  Training of Customs officers.  Recovery and Recycling scheme: - Providing of R&R equipment for service-shops. - Providing of refrigerant-identifying equipment for Customs authorities.

9.  24 professors from 10 secondary vocational schools were trained at three-day course.  For the purposes of the training, Training Manual was prepared according UNEP-edition “Good practice in refrigeration”.  All schools were awarded with equipment for practical part of their educational process (5 educational refrigerant units, 10 R&R sets, tools…)

10.  The training was organized as two-day course with theoretical and practical part.  12 training courses took place in Skopje, Gostivar, Bitola, Ohrid, Stip, Kavadarci and Strumica.  216 service technicians attended the training.

11.  5 Training courses took place in Tabanovce(borders entry point), Bogorodica(borders entry point), Bitpla, Stip and Skopje.  103 Customs officers passed the training.  New 6 Refrigerant leek-detectors- identifiers are provided for Macedonian Customs.

12.  47 Sets of R&R equipment were provided.  39 Sets of R&R equipment are delivered (10 for secondary vocational schools and 29 for service shops).  Total quantity of recovered refrigerants in the year 2007 is 8 089 kg.

13.  Estimation of installed quantities of HCFCs in Republic of Macedonia -Collection data of installed quantities of HCFCs in the: industry, commercial sector, central air-conditioning, domestic appliances and home air-conditioning. - Source – direct contacts with: users, service – technicians, statistic annual publications. -Collection data of import of equipment containing HCFCs in the several last years. - Source – Customs Administration, importers of equipment, NOU- by the import permits system, started 01.01.2008.  Annual consumption of HCFCs in Republic of Macedonia -Collection data of import of HCFC-substances in the several last years. Source – Customs Administration, importers, service-shops.  Foreseen of annual consumption in the year 2010 (freezing)

14. SectorR-22 installed stock Leakage %R-22 ton% of the R22 Commercial refrigeration Display cases Cold rooms Cold stores 90201832% Chillers2.4250.61% Air- conditioning (unitary/split systems) 3781037.867% Transport refrigeration (– trucks ) 0.7300.210.4% Total56.61

15. Consumption Foreseen Year20032004200520062007 Consumption (MT) 10887344323 Year200820092010 Needs (MT) 485462