Having considered the project proposals to be funded through bilateral cooperation, together with the comments and recommendations of the Secretariat thereon (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/14 and Add.1), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the requests from the Government of France to credit against its 1996 contribution the amount of US $16,500 and to credit against its 1997 contribution the amount of US $65,000 for the projects as indicated in Annex III to [document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/36];
(b) To take note of the bilateral cooperation project approved on a no objection basis intersessionally after the Twentieth Meeting (see Annex III [to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/36]).