The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the country programmes of Congo, Dominican Republic, Malta, Peru, Romania, Saint Lucia, Togo and Venezuela, while noting that such approval did not denote approval of the projects contained therein or their funding levels, except in the case of those activities listed in Annex III of the present report;
(b) In the case of Congo, to defer the two training activities proposed in the country programme, pending the establishment and functioning of the proposed Ozone Bureau;
(c) In the case of Malta, that the Government of Malta should be urged, consistent with decision VI/5 (d) and (e) of the Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, not to seek support from the Multilateral Fund;
(d) In the case of Saint Lucia, to defer consideration of the request for institutional strengthening until the Executive Committee had received the paper on innovative approaches to phasing out ODS in very low-ODS-consuming countries, to be prepared by UNEP for submission to its Eighteenth Meeting;
(e) In the case of Togo,:
(i) To defer the two training activities (Projects 2 and 3 in the Annex to the Togo country programme) as follows:
a. Training of refrigeration technicians (US $15,600) until the National Ozone Office is established or alternative arrangements are made;
b. Training of Customs Officers (US $5,000) so that it can be undertaken as part of a similar activity planned by Congo;
(ii) To defer consideration of the request for institutional strengthening until the Executive Committee had received the paper on innovative approaches to phasing out ODS in very low-ODS-consuming countries, to be prepared by UNEP for submission to its Eighteenth Meeting;
(f) In the case of Venezuela:
(i) To defer approval of the workshop for identification and preparation of project proposals in the foam and solvent sectors since the identification must have taken place during the preparation of the country programme;
(ii) To defer approval of the request for the national workshop on the implementation of ODS replacement technologies;
(iii) To defer the proposal on the pilot project on recovery and recycling in central air conditioning systems, and to request UNDP to develop a full-scale project, with emphasis being placed on low pressure chillers, and taking into account activities already approved in the country.