Decision 55/10

Following the presentation, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the World Bank’s progress report as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/55/14 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/55/14/Corr.1;
2. To urge the World Bank, for the second consecutive meeting, to expedite signature of its grant agreements with Antigua and Barbuda and Viet Nam and to report on the status to the 56^th Meeting;
3. To request that additional status reports on the following projects be submitted to the 56^th Meeting:
   1. National CFC phase-out plan relating to the chiller sector in Argentina (ARG/PHA/47/INV/148);
   2. Methyl bromide project in Thailand (THA/FUM/50/INV/147);
   3. National methyl bromide phase-out agreement in Viet Nam (VIE/FUM/50/INV/48);
   4. Terminal phase-out management plan in the Bahamas (BHA/PHA/44/INV/12);
   5. Foam sector plan in China;
   6. Halon sector plan in China;
   7. Foam sector plan in Indonesia;
   8. ODS phase-out plan in Thailand;
   9. Global chiller project (GLO/REF/47/DEM/268);
   10. Methyl bromide alternatives demonstration project in Argentina (ARG/FUM/29/DEM/93);
   11. Halon banking project in Argentina (ARG/HAL/26/TAS/80);
   12. Halon banking project in Thailand (THA/HAL/29/TAS/121);
4. To commend the Government of Thailand and to note, with appreciation, the repayment of the chiller concessional loan project for Thailand (THA/REF/26/INV/104) at the amount of US $1,198,947; and
5. To note that the World Bank would report to the 56^th Meeting on a total of four projects with implementation delays contained in Annex III to the present report, including three projects that had been classified as such in 2006.