Having considered the overview of the 1997 business plans of the implementing agencies, (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/7) as introduced by the Secretariat, as well as the 1997 business plans of UNDP (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/8), UNEP (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/9), UNIDO (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/10), and the World Bank (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/11), as introduced by the representatives of the respective agencies, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note of the 1997 business plans of the implementing agencies;
(b) To request the implementing agencies to revise their 1997 business plans in the light of Executive Committee decision 21/3, subparagraph (b), and in conformity with its decision 21/11, decision 21/12, decision 21/13 and decision 21/14, on the 1997 work programmes of the implementing agencies, and to submit them to the Executive Committee at its Twenty‑second Meeting;
(c) To request the implementing agencies, when implementing their 1997 business plans, to integrate the preparation of projects for national recovery and recycling in low volume consuming countries into refrigerant management plans;
(d) To request the Secretariat to work with the implementing agencies to develop more standardized criteria for evaluating their performance so that it would be possible to examine the relative performance of the agencies prior to consideration of their 1998 business plans;
(e) To request the Secretariat to work with the implementing agencies to produce a summary status report for each Article 5 country that would, using the latest available data, include information on the consumption of each country, the number of tonnes to be reduced through implementation of projects already approved by the Fund, the status of implementation of such projects, the amount of ODS that was expected to be reduced through planned approvals in 1997, and an indication of the relative difficulty that each country might face in meeting the 1999 freeze and, as far as practicable, subsequent control measures;
(f) To request the Secretariat to submit a report to the Executive Committee on the exercises referred to in subparagraphs (d) and (e) above. The Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance Sub-Committee established by decision 21/35 would consider this report and make recommendations to the Executive Committee.