Decision 46/9

46th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2005
Algeria | Bahrain | Botswana | Ethiopia | India | Kenya | Lebanon | Lesotho | Namibia | Nigeria | Qatar | Syrian Arab Republic | United Republic of Tanzania | Yemen | Zimbabwe
AUS | CAN | CZE | FIN | FRA | DEU | HUN | ITA | JPN | SVK | ESP | SWE | CHE | UK | USA
Bilateral agencies progress reports

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note with appreciation the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland;
  2. To request the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States of America to provide their progress reports to the 47th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  3. To request the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden to provide reports on projects with implementation delays to the 47th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  4. To monitor the following projects as projects with implementation delays and to note their slow progress:
    1. Halon banking project in India implemented by Australia (IND/HAL/32/TAS/281) and Canada (IND/HAL/32/TAS/278);
    2. Regional halon bank for Eastern and Southern African countries (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe) (AFR/HAL/35/TAS/29) implemented by Germany;
    3. Regional halon bank for West Asian countries: Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar and Yemen (ASP/HAL/30/TAS/360) implemented by Germany;
    4. Halon banking project in Algeria (ALG/HAL/35/TAS/51) implemented by Germany;
    5. Halon banking project in Nigeria (NIR/HAL/37/TAS/103) implemented by Germany;
    6. Halon banking project in the Syrian Arab Republic (SYR/HAL/34/TAS/77) implemented by Germany; and
  5. To request Germany to submit data on recovery, recycling and reclamation from halon banking projects, as requested by the Fund Secretariat.