Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/28/4, para. 15), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note with appreciation of the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, and the United States of America;
(b) To approve the request by Canada to credit the value of the positive adjustments for the following projects against future bilateral assistance approvals:
• Centralized reclamation plan for recovery refrigerant in the commercial refrigeration and air-conditioning sector in Venezuela (VEN/REF/TAS/55) (US $6,685.00);
• Halon recycling and bank management in Brazil (BRA/HAL/19/TAS/47) (CDN $102,700.20);
• Halon recycling and bank management in Venezuela (VEN/HAL/19/TAS/47) (CDN $29,445.78);
(c) To request the Governments of Australia, France, and the United States of America to provide reports on projects with implementation delays to the Twenty ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee;
(d) To approve the request by France to credit US $8,965 (the remaining balance of the technical assistance on alternative technologies for cold storage project in Viet Nam (VIE/SEV/13/CPG/03)) against future bilateral assistance approvals;
(e) To request the Treasurer to remove US $25,000 from Germany's bilateral contributions as a result of the cancellation of the project preparation project in Zimbabwe (ZIM/REF/26/PRP/16);
(f) To note that the United States had elected to make a cash contribution in the amount of US $68,517 in lieu of the approved offset (decision 25/9) and that this contribution had already been reflected in the accounts of the Fund by the Treasurer;
(g) Also to note the cancellation by the United States of the refrigeration demonstration project in Viet Nam (VIE/REF/20/DEM/15);
(h) To approve the request by the Government of the United States to offset the remaining balance of the cancelled project in Viet Nam (US $159,091) against overruns for CPR/REF/19/DEM/163 (US $77,600) and CPR/REF/17/DEM/135 (US $26,400); and
(i) To note that the United States of America would make a cash contribution in the amount of US $55,691 for the balance from the project cancellation and project overruns.