Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/4, para. 13), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note the reports on projects that had experienced implementation delays contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/8;
(b) To remove the projects contained in Annex II to the present report from the list of projects with implementation delays;
(c) To continue to monitor the projects that had experienced implementation delays listed in Annex III to the present report, as required by Decision 33/10(c);
(d) Also to continue to monitor, in future reports on implementation delays, those projects contained in Annex IV to the present report that had experienced some progress but had been approved over three years previously;
(e) To confirm that implementing agencies could identify, after consultation with Article 5 countries, and present for consideration of the Executive Committee the root causes of delays more clearly;
(f) Without prejudice to the existing policies and procedures for dealing with project implementation delays, to request the Secretariat to communicate to the implementing agencies and the governments of the Article 5 countries concerned that the projects listed in Annex V to the present report would be cancelled at the 35th meeting if the indicated milestones were not met;
(g) To request the Secretariat to send notices of deadlines for possible cancellation for the projects listed below and to request the relevant implementing agency to report on those projects to the 35th meeting:
(i)“Umbrella Aerosol Small and Medium Industries project in Malaysia” (MAL/ARS/19/INV/85) (UNDP): deadline of 1 September 2001 for endorsement from Government on fillers and recommendation on the local entity to conduct safety audits;
(ii)“Phasing out CFC-11 at Sonopol in Cameroon” (CMR/FOA/23/INV/11) (UNIDO): deadline of 1 September 2001 for completion otherwise automatic return of full balance in progress report;
(iii)“Phasing out CFC-11 at Sud Inter Mousse flexible polyurethane foam plant in Tunisia” (TUN/FOA/23/INV/23) (UNIDO): deadline of 1 September 2001 for completion otherwise automatic return of full balance in progress report;
(iv)“Maharaja International refrigeration project in India” (IND/REF/22/INV/125): deadline of third quarter 2001 for the procurement of equipment for the project;
(h) To cancel the following projects and to request the implementing agencies concerned to return the remaining balances:
(i)“Panamante refrigeration project in Brazil” (BRA/REF/25/INV/106) (UNIDO);
(ii)“Inaldes Multidimensionales foam project in Colombia” (COL/FOA/13/INV/10) (UNDP);
(iii) The Dahbour and Yajuz sub-projects of the“Third group of Jordanian commercial refrigerator manufactures project in Jordan” (JOR/REF/28/INV/52) and request UNIDO to return US $73,375 from the approved capital and operating costs for the two sub-projects and their shared costs plus agency fees to the 35th meeting;
(iv)“Epex foam project in Brazil” (BRA/FOA/28/INV/141) (UNIDO);
(v)“Project preparation in the fumigant sector in Jamaica” (JAM/FUM/26/DEM/10) (UNIDO);
(vi)“Project preparation in the refrigeration sector in Nicaragua” (NIC/REF/24/PRP/04) (UNIDO);
(vii)“Project preparation in the aerosol sector in Philippines” (PHI/ARS/27/PRP/58) (UNIDO);
(viii)“Project preparation in the refrigeration sector in Syria” (SYR/REF/18/PRP/12) (UNIDO);
(ix)“Project preparation in the foam sector in Turkey” (TUR/FOA/31/PRP/67) (UNIDO);
(x)“Elimination of CFCs in the Manufacture of Commercial Refrigeration Equipment at Amiral in Egypt” (EGY/REF/20/INV/59) (UNDP);
(xi)“Implementation of a National Programme for Recovery and Recycling of Refrigerant in Tanzania” (URT/REF/22/TAS/08) (UNDP);
(xii)“Implementation of a National Programme for Recovery and Recycling of Refrigerant in Central African Republic” (CAF/REF/20/TAS/05) (UNDP);
(xiii)“Phasing out of CFC-12 by HFC-134a and CFC-11 by cyclopentane in the production of commercial refrigeration equipment at Refrigeracao Rubra in Brazil” (BRA/REF/23/INV/83) (UNIDO);
(i) To request UNEP to complete the project“Training modules on management of ODS phase‑out in SMEs” (GLO/SEV/19/TAS/112), together with the project“Study on the Development of ODS Phase-out Strategy for SMEs”, noting that the training modules would be based on the results of the SME strategy and completed afterwards;
(j) Also to request all implementing agencies to ensure that future investment projects were not submitted until the Article 5 country’s government had verified that the ODS capacity of all recipient enterprises had been established before July 1995, consistent with the project eligibility criteria set out in Decision 17/7;
(k) Further to request the Secretariat to send a letter to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania regarding the project“Phasing out CFCs at Tanzania Domestic Appliance Manufacturers Ltd.” (URT/REF/18/INV/06) requesting guarantees that the company was in a position to make its counterpart contribution to the project and was ready to resume production of refrigerators before UNIDO sent the equipment for the project to the country.