Following further discussion by the Subgroup and bearing in mind the earlier decision of the Executive Committee (19/36) requiring Article 5 countries to submit data on production capacity by 31 December 1996, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve US $600,000 to be used by the Secretariat for conducting technical audits;
(b) That the Secretariat arrange for technical audits to be carried out in accordance with Decision 19/36 in those countries that have submitted satisfactory data on the production sector according to the agreed format and subject to the views of any Subgroup member on these data;
(c) That funding requests for sectoral plans and project preparation can be submitted for consideration of the Executive Committee once data have been submitted, in accordance with subparagraph (b) above;
(d) To request the Subgroup to examine further the issues related to timing and funding of production sector related activities at its next meeting.