Having considered the comments and recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/4, paras. 35 and 36), and keeping in mind the respective roles of the Executive Committee and the Implementation Committee, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note with appreciation the update report on the status of Article 5 countries in the new phase of the Executive Committee in achieving compliance with the initial control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/18 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/18/Corr.1, and request the Secretariat to continue to update this report at subsequent meetings, taking into account the comments received;
(b) To request the relevant Article 5 countries and implementing and bilateral agencies to use the information contained in this report (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/18 and Corr.1) as a basis for all future business planning;
(c) To request the Secretariat to write to the Government of the Bahamas for an explanation of the CFC data reported to the Fund Secretariat on the implementation of country programme that exceeds by more than 50 per cent the agreed maximum level of consumption for 2001 according to the Bahamas national phase out agreement;
(d) To urge Costa Rica, Georgia, Ghana, Lebanon, Malawi, Morocco, Peru, Turkey and Uruguay to expedite the implementation of their phase-out agreements and projects to achieve the freeze in methyl bromide consumption;
(e) To request Argentina, China, Croatia and Romania to reconsider their CTC data to ensure that CTC for feedstock is not included;
(f) To note that the negative data for Argentina’s halon consumption in 2001 reported to the Fund Secretariat on the implementation of country programme reflected the exportation of halon for that year when no halon was consumed or produced by Argentina;
(g) To note that there was an error in the Ozone Secretariat data concerning El Salvador’s consumption of methyl bromide, which was zero ODP tonnes; and
(h) To note that Syria reported that the Government of Jordan and the Secretariat were discussing Jordan’s ongoing consumption data.