Decision 76/8

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The document on status reports and reports on projects with specific reporting requirements contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/76/10;
   2. That the Secretariat and the bilateral and implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessments on status reports and report on implementation delays, and notify governments and implementing agencies as required;
   3. That the Government of Germany would report on the possible transfer of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Afghanistan (stage I, first and second tranches) at the 77^th meeting;
2. To request:
   1. Submission, to the 77^th meeting, of implementation delay reports and additional status reports on the projects listed in Annex III to the present report as part of the 2015 annual and financial progress report of the bilateral and implementing agencies, taking into account the information requested in Table 3 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/76/10;
   2. The Secretariat to send letters of possible cancellation for the following projects if the project documents were not signed by the 77^th meeting:
      1. HPMP for Barbados (stage I) (BAR/PHA/69/INV/21);
      2. Institutional strengthening project in Qatar (phase III) (QAT/SEV/59/INS/15);
      3. Renewal of the institutional strengthening project in Morocco (phase IV) (MOR/SEV/59/INS/63);
   3. The Secretariat to send a letter of possible cancellation of the pilot demonstration project on ODS waste management and disposal in Algeria (ALG/DES/72/DEM/79) if confirmation of the establishment of a project management working group was not received by the 77^th meeting;
3. To extend the completion date for the following projects:
   1. Pilot demonstration project on ODS waste management and disposal in China (CPR/DES/67/DEM/521) to December 2017 to allow for the completion of the last component of the project;
   2. HPMP for Iraq (stage I) (IRQ/PHA/65/INV/16) to July 2016 to allow for completion of the training, as all funds had been disbursed; and
   3. National ODS phase-out plan for Iraq (IRQ/PHA/58/INV/09 and IRQ/PHA/63/INV/15) to December 2016 to allow the country to find a company to complete the conversion of ODS-based enterprises under the current internal difficulties.