Decision 49/15

49th Meeting of the Executive Committee

July 2006

Bangladesh | Kenya | Lebanon | Lesotho | Libya | Mauritius | North Macedonia

DEU | UNDP | UNEP | UNIDO | World Bank

Tranche submission delays

Following a discussion on the requests for changes in due dates, the Executive Committee decided:

To note the information on annual tranches of multi-year agreements (MYAs) submitted to the Secretariat by Germany, UNDP, UNIDO, and the World Bank as contained in the document on annual tranche submission delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/17);
To agree to the changes in due dates for specific annual tranches as indicated in the following table:

Country	Agency	Project Title	Tranches	Proposed Change	Reason for Change	49th Meeting Submission
Bangladesh	UNDP	National ODS phase-out plan	2007 due in 2007	Second Meeting	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year.	Request for the release of all tranches at the 52nd Meeting.
Bangladesh	UNEP	National ODS phase-out plan	2007 due in 2007	Second Meeting	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year.	Request for the release of all tranches at the 52nd Meeting.
Lebanon	UNDP	National phase-out management plan for Annex A– Group I substances (CFCs)	2007 due in 2007	Second Meeting	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year.	Letter received.
Mauritius	Germany	Implementation of an ODS terminal phase-out management plan	2005	Third Meeting	Lack of necessary funds for next tranche.	Germany indicated that the words in the letter from the Government, "later in 2006", meant the third meeting of the year.
Lesotho	Germany	Terminal CFC phase-out management plan	2005	Third Meeting	Lack of necessary funds for next tranche.	Germany indicated that the words in the letter from the Government, "later in 2006", meant the third meeting of the year.

To note that 13 of the 17 annual tranches of MYAs that were due for submission were submitted on time to the 49^th Meeting; and
To note that letters should be sent to implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 Governments for the following annual tranches due for submission to the 49^th Meeting but not submitted for the reasons indicated below and to encourage them to submit these annual tranches to the 50^th Meeting:

Country	Agency	Project Title	Annual Tranche	Reason for Delay
Kenya	Germany	Technology transfer leading to methyl bromide phase-out in soil fumigation in all other horticulture	2006	Need to submit along with the companion UNDP project.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	UNIDO	National phase-out plan	2006	Pending verification report.
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	UNIDO	Terminal phase-out management plan for CFCs	2006	Pending verification report.