Decision 49/12

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the World Bank’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/14;
2. To request that the World Bank define completion dates according to the completion of activities associated with annual tranches and submit them to the Executive Committee for approval at its 50^th Meeting for those annual tranches for which funds still had to be disbursed;
3. To request that additional status reports on the following projects be submitted to the 50^th Meeting:
   1. CFC phase-out plan in the Philippines (PHI/PHA/47/INV/79);
   2. CFC phase-out plan in Antigua and Barbuda (ANT/PHA/44/INV/10);
   3. CFC phase-out plan in Mexico (MEX/PHA/45/INV/124);
   4. Methyl bromide alternatives demonstration project in Argentina (ARG/FUM/29/DEM/93);
   5. Halon banking project in Argentina (ARG/HAL/26/TAS/80);
   6. Halon banking project in Turkey (TUR/HAL/38/TAS/80);
   7. Halon banking project in Indonesia (IDS/HAL/27/TAS/107);
4. To request the World Bank to indicate how it planned to address the savings identified for China’s CFC foam and halon phase-out plans (CPR/FOA/44/INV/424 and CPR/HAL/47/INV/433 respectively) in its request for funding for the next tranche of the agreements;
5. To note that the World Bank would report to the 50^th Meeting on a total of 16 projects with implementation delays, including nine projects that were classified as such in 2004;
6. To urge the World Bank to ensure that halon banking guidelines were implemented, notably the requirement that regulations facilitating bans on the production of halons and imports of newly-produced halons were established within six months after the reclamation centre had been set up and had become operational, as provided in decision 18/22(a)(v);
7. To request that in future progress reports the World Bank report on disbursement of funds for multi-year phase-out agreements, in particular in China, according to the definition of“funds disbursed” established in the progress report guidelines, which should also form the basis for reporting on all projects; and
8. To request the Secretariat, in cooperation with the implementing agencies, to prepare a paper for submission to the 50^th Meeting of the Executive Committee on the issues raised in subparagraphs (b) and (g) above.