Taking into account the unobligated balances held by UNEP, adjustments to the bilateral contributions of Canada, Germany and Japan, the transfer of Georgia’s institutional strengthening project from UNEP to UNDP and approval of agency fees for UNDP, and resources available for approvals at the 52nd Meeting, the Executive Committee decided:
- To note the report on balances and availability of resources contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/4 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/4/Add.1;
- To note the net level of funds being returned by the implementing agencies to the 52nd Meeting amounting to US $1,525,904 against project balances, including the return of US $531,442 from UNDP, US $215,766 from UNEP, US $62,064 from UNIDO, and US $716,632 from the World Bank;
- To note the net level of support costs being returned by the implementing agencies to the 52nd Meeting amounting to US $180,933 against project support cost balances, including the return of US $60,419 from UNDP, US $27,199 from UNEP, US $4,814 from UNIDO, and US $88,501 from the World Bank;
- To note that implementing agencies had balances totalling US $14,129,095 excluding support costs from projects completed over two years previously, including US $161,406 plus support costs from UNDP, US $862,627 plus support costs from UNEP, US $678,677 plus support costs from UNIDO, and US $12,426,385 plus support costs from the World Bank;
- To urge UNEP to resolve the US $1,680,292 in unobligated balances and report thereon to the 53rd Meeting;
- To note that US $750 should be deducted from the bilateral contribution of Canada as a result of funds being returned from project preparation for the terminal phase-out management plan in Burkina Faso (BKF/PHA/47/PRP/19);
- To note that US $3,686 should be deducted from the bilateral contribution of Germany as a result of funds being returned from the projects indicated below:
| Code | Project title | Project costs returned (US$) | Associated support costs (US$) |
| IND/FOA/36/INV/350 | Conversion from CFC-11 to water-based technology at Precision Engineering Tools and Components | 26 | 3 |
| IND/FOA/36/INV/351 | Conversion from CFC-11 to water-based technology at Pramukh Poly-Products | 9 | 1 |
| MAR/REF/28/TAS/12 | National CFC-12 recovery and recycling programme and demonstration of retrofit technology in commercial refrigeration | 3,647 | 0 |
| TOTAL | | 3,682 | 4 |
- To note that US $6,216 should be deducted from the bilateral contribution of Japan as a result of funds being returned from the projects indicated below:
| Code | Project title | Project costs returned (US$) | Associated support costs (US$) |
| CPR/REF/31/TAS/359 | Strategy for the refrigeration servicing sector in China | 1,376 | 179 |
| IDS/FOA/37/INV/145 | Phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to HCFC-141b in the manufacture of rigid polyurethane foam for insulating purposes at Aneka Citra Refrigeratama Co. | 377 | 49 |
| IDS/FOA/37/INV/146 | Phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to HCFC-141b in the manufacture of rigid polyurethane foam for insulating purposes at Bina Teknik Co. | 541 | 70 |
| NIR/FOA/32/INV/73 | Phasing out of CFC-11 in the manufacture of flexible slabstock foam at Eastern Wrought Iron Limited by conversion to methylene chloride | 3,207 | 417 |
| TOTAL | | 5,501 | 715 |
- To note the transfer of US $60,667 from UNEP to UNDP for the institutional strengthening project in Georgia (GEO/SEV/51/INS/23);
- To approve US $4,550 in agency fees for UNDP to implement the institutional strengthening project in Georgia (GEO/SEV/51/INS/23);
- To note that US $84.5 million was available to the Executive Committee for approvals at the 52nd Meeting; and
- To request the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to indicate whether it had any objection to the return of the remaining funds for the Electrical Household Appliance Manufacturing refrigeration project (LIB/REF/32/INV/03) by the 53rd Meeting, noting that without written objection the remaining funds from the project should be returned to the 53rd Meeting.
