Decision 47/7

47th Meeting of the Executive Committee
November 2005
Argentina | Bangladesh | Kenya | Mexico | Montenegro | Oman | Serbia
AUS | CAN | FRA | DEU | ITA | JPN | SWE | UNDP | UNEP | UK | USA | World Bank
Implementation delays and status reports

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note:
    1. With appreciation the additional status reports and the reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the four implementing agencies as contained in the document on project implementation delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/9);
    2. The financial completion of the Mexican chiller project (MEX/REF/28/INV/95) implemented by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
    3. The 2004 progress report submitted by the Government of the United States of America on the acceleration of phase-out of CFCs and halons in China (CPR/PRO/44/INV/425);
    4. That the Secretariat and 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;
    5. The completion of 30 out of the 95 projects listed with implementation delays;
    6. That letters of possible cancellation should be sent for the following projects:
AgencyCodeProject Title
FranceSYR/REF/29/INV/48Conversion from CFC-11 to HCFC-141b and from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Sarkisian Refrigerators in the Syrian Arab Republic
FranceSYR/REF/29/INV/53Conversion from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Shou Kairi and Co. in the Syrian Arab Republic
UNDPIRA/REF/35/INV/133Conversion from CFC-11 to HCFC-141b technology and from CFC-12 to HFC‑134a technology in the manufacture of domestic and commercial refrigeration equipment at Ghost Jonoub Industrial Group in the Islamic Republic of Iran
  1. To continue to monitor the following projects, in addition to those identified in the document:
    1. Halon banking project in India (IND/HAL/32/TAS/278 and 281), implemented by Australia and Canada, to track the progress of the implementation of the action plan to reactivate the project;
    2. The manufacture of refrigerators at a plant in Argentina (ARG/REF/18/INV/39), implemented by the World Bank;
    3. The refrigeration project at Obed Elektroindustria in Serbia and Montenegro (YUG/REF/34/INV/13), implemented by Italy;
    4. The country programme update in Bangladesh (BGD/SEV/36/CPG/14) under UNDP implementation;
  2. That policy and technical assistance projects were not subject to the procedure for project cancellation;
  3. For policy and technical assistance projects suffering persistent delays, to request the Secretariat to write letters of concern to the relevant country or agency, requesting an update on the status of the project, an estimated date of completion, and an action plan for the future completion; and
  4. That such letters of concern about the delay in implementation be sent for the following policy and technical assistance projects:
UNEPKEN/SEV/37/TAS/29Policy and technical assistance in Kenya
UNEPOMA/SEV/37/TAS/07Policy and technical assistance in Oman