Decision 72/4

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on tranche submission delays contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/72/6;
   2. The information on tranche submission delays under multi-year agreements (MYAs) submitted to the Secretariat by the Government of Germany, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank;
   3. That 48 out of 73 activities related to tranches of HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) due for submission had been submitted on time to the 72^nd meeting and that one of them had been withdrawn after discussion with the Secretariat;
   4. That relevant bilateral and implementing agencies had indicated no impact or unlikely impact on compliance resulting from the late submission of the tranches of HPMPs due for the first meeting of 2014 and that there had been no indication that any of those countries was in non-compliance with the 2013 freeze on HCFC consumption; and
2. To request the Secretariat to send letters on the decisions on tranche submission delays to the governments listed in Annex III to the present report.