The Executive Committee noted the report of the Subgroup on the Production Sector and, with a view to expediting the conclusion of the work for the production sector decided:
(a) To expand the Subgroup’s mandate to include discussions on actual project proposals and the formulation of recommendations on projects relating to the closure of ODS production‑sector facilities, in order to enable the Subgroup to bring its recommendations on projects directly to the Executive Committee for its consideration;
(b) To request the Secretariat to retain the services of the technical audit consultant for an additional mandate to assist the Subgroup in its deliberations on projects during the first part of 1999 and to entrust the Subgroup with drafting the terms of reference for the services of the consultant, following the completion of the technical audit report.