Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Project Review, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To adopt as a framework for resource allocation, the solution set out in Figure I. Under that solution, projects that had been recommended for blanket approval at the Seventeenth Meeting would be submitted to the Executive Committee for its approval up to the limit of funds available (in the present case, applying the proportion agreed at the Sixteenth Meeting gave a total for investment projects of US $24,704,849). Any projects with blanket approval not funded at the Seventeenth Meeting would go to the Eighteenth Meeting without further review. In addition, projects listed in Annex I of the overview of issues identified during project review (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/17/3/Rev.1), together with projects listed in Annex II of the report of the Sub-Committee on Project Review if resubmitted by the implementing agencies, would be reviewed by the Secretariat and the Project Review Sub-Committee prior to the Eighteenth Meeting. Both those categories would be funded ahead of new projects received. Projects in these categories recommended for approval would form a consolidated list with the blanket approval projects remaining from the Seventeenth Meeting, and that list of projects would have priority for funding over any new projects submitted to the Eighteenth Meeting. Similarly, eligible projects not funded at the Eighteenth Meeting would be carried over to the Nineteenth Meeting and be funded ahead of any new projects received;
(b) To adopt a pro rata allocation of funds, based on the allocations established at the Sixteenth Meeting for: CFC recovery and halon banking; the Discretionary Fund; Low‑ODS‑consuming countries; MACs and compressors; Work programmes; and, Investment projects;
(c) To add to this allocation an additional sum of US $2.67 million which became available during the course of the Seventeenth Meeting as a result of receipt of additional contributions, so as to produce the following final allocation:
| Recommended amount (US $) | |
| CFC recovery and halon banking | 1,527,399 |
| Low-ODS-consuming countries | 1,725,666 |
| MACs and compressors | 1,890,243 |
| Work programmes | 2,738,373 |
| Investment projects | 24,704,849 |
| TOTAL |
Discretionary funds were divided between investment projects, work programme amendments, methyl bromide projects and low-ODS consuming countries;
(d) To note the need, even at a time when project proposals far exceed available funds, for sufficient funds to be provided for project preparation to ensure that there are always sufficient projects in the pipeline.