Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:
- To take note of the progress report on the status of development of the methyl bromide phase-out plan by the Government of Chile;
- To request the World Bank to submit to the 45th Meeting a national plan for complete phase-out of controlled uses of methyl bromide in Chile, including the demonstration and phase-out project for methyl bromide soil fumigation for fruit tree production and replant currently being implemented by UNDP; and
- To agree that the non-submission of the project proposal for the phase-out of all the remaining uses of methyl bromide in soil applications should not be taken into consideration in assessing performance against the relevant World Bank business plan targets for 2004, and that the project could be submitted as a national plan for complete phase-out of controlled uses of methyl bromide in Chile as part of the World Bank’s 2005 business plan.