At the conclusion of its discussions on the agenda item, the Executive Committee decided to request the Treasurer to offset the costs of the bilateral projects approved at the 42nd Meeting, as follows:
- US $214,700 against the balance of Canada’s bilateral contributions for 2004;
- US $1,085,000 against the balance of France’s bilateral contributions for 2004;
- US $1,866,181 against the balance of Germany’s bilateral contributions for 2004, and US $918,527 against the balance for 2005 after taking into account net adjustments amounting to a total of US $15,339 to account for Decision 39/14 not previously accounted for and Decision 40/9 and Decision 40/24 that were accounted for twice;
- US $2,780,000 against the balance of Japan’s bilateral contributions for 2004;
- US $795,841 against the balance of Spain’s bilateral contributions for 2004;
- US $26,553 against the balance of Sweden’s bilateral contributions for 2004; and
- US $398,913 against the balance of Switzerland’s bilateral contributions for 2004.