Decision 79/24

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on tranche submission delays contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/79/18;
   2. The information on tranche submission delays under HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) submitted by the Governments of France, Germany and Japan, and UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank;
   3. That 24 out of 65 activities relating to tranches of HPMPs due for submission to the 79^th meeting had been submitted on time and that eight of those activities had been withdrawn following discussions with the Secretariat;
   4. That relevant implementing agencies had indicated that the late submission of the tranches of HPMPs due for submission at the second meeting of 2017, and the withdrawal of certain submissions, would have no impact or were unlikely to have an impact on compliance with the Montreal Protocol, and that there had been no indication that any of the countries concerned were in non-compliance with the Montreal Protocol control measures; and
2. To request the Secretariat to send letters to relevant governments on the decisions on tranche submission delays in Annex VII to the present report.