The Executive Committee, having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/5, paras. 11-13) on the status report (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/13), decided:
(a) That the report should be updated on an annual basis;
(b) That, to improve the usefulness of the document, further status reports should include information on both CFC production and consumption, CFC freeze level data on the basis of the 1995-1997 baseline, and information on halon production and consumption, as well as general information on overall economic growth;
(c) That Article 5 Parties should be strongly encouraged to provide their own assessment of whether they would be able to meet the 1999 freeze. The Secretariat, working with the Implementing Agencies, should develop and distribute a questionnaire seeking that assessment from Article 5 Parties;
(d) To request the Implementing Agencies to increase their focus on those Parties that had not yet received assistance from the Multilateral Fund, all of which were low‑volume‑consuming countries (LVCs).