Having considered the information from UNDP on the Sebha foam and Ben Ghazi foam projects in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and from the United Kingdom on milestones and deadlines for the CFC emission reduction project in the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as the issue of how to prevent project implementation delays, the Executive Committee decided:
- To note with appreciation the reports submitted to the Secretariat on projects with implementation delays by France, Germany and the four implementing agencies as contained in the document on project implementation delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/46/18);
- To note that the Secretariat and the implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e. progress, some progress, or no progress, and report and notify governments and implementing agencies as required;
- To note the completion of 17 of the 58 projects listed with implementation delays;
- To adopt the milestones and deadlines indicated in the following table:
| Agency | Code | Project Title | Milestones and Deadlines |
| France | SYR/REF/29/INV/56 | CFC emission reduction in central air conditioning in the Syrian Arab Republic | France and the Syrian Arab Republic to submit an action plan to the 47th Meeting of the Executive Committee |
| IBRD | PAK/FOA/29/INV/34 | Conversion from CFC-11 to water-based technology in the manufacture of rigid polyurethane shoe soles at Jaguar Industries in Pakistan | Equipment installation by July 2005. |
| UNIDO | IRA/FOA/28/INV/50 | Phasing out ODS in the manufacture of flexible PU slabstock foam through the use of liquid CO2 blowing technology at Bahman Plastic Co. in the Islamic Republic of Iran | National Ozone Unit will provide a decision on how the Government will proceed by the beginning of August 2005. |
- To note that letters of possible cancellation should be sent for the following project:
| Agency | Code | Project Title |
| France | MOR/FUM/29/INV/37 | Phase-out of methyl bromide use in cut flower and banana production in Morocco |
- To note that the milestone for the project on the phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to methylene chloride in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam at Ben Ghazi in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LIB/FOA/32/INV/08) had been met;
- To note the automatic cancellation of the project on the phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to methylene chloride in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam at Sebha in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LIB/FOA/32/INV/05), that the cancellation of the project might have an impact on compliance, and that 17 ODP tonnes had been assigned as phase-out pursuant to decision 39/13 (b);
- To cancel the country programme update in Argentina (ARG/SEV/39/CPG/134) by mutual agreement;
- To cancel the aerosol project preparation in Argentina (ARG/ARS/39/PRP/135) by mutual agreement as the activities had been covered in the approved national phase-out plan; and
- To take note of the report on how to avoid project implementation delays, and to encourage bilateral and implementing agencies to take the findings into account in future project design and implementation.