Decision 48/15

April 2006

DEU | UNDP | UNEP | UNIDO | World Bank

Tranche submission delays

Annual tranche submission delays

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

Country	Agency	Sector	Tranche	Mtg. to be submitted	Planned submission date (Mtg.)	Proposed change (Mtg.)	Reason for change
Argentina	UNIDO	CFCs Phase‑ out	2006	1st	50th	3rd	The earliest date of completion of A7 consumption audit is April/May
Costa Rica	UNDP	Methyl bromide	2006	N/A	55th	2^nd (2008)	Request for change in timeline per decision ExMOP/1/2
Kenya	Germany	Methyl Bromide (Horticulture)	2006	No meeting specified	49th	2nd	Agreement not reached with UNDP & country on companion UNDP project
Korea, DPR	UNIDO	Production	2005	1st	49th	2nd	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year
Macedonia	UNIDO	CFCs Phase- out	2006	1st	49th	2nd	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year
Mexico	UNIDO	CFCs Phase‑ out	2006	1st	50th	3rd	The earliest date of completion of A7 consumption audit is April/May
Venezuela	UNIDO	CFCs Phase‑ out	2006	1st	50th	3rd	The earliest date of completion of A7 consumption audit is April/May

To note the information on annual tranches of multi-year agreements submitted to the Secretariat by Germany, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, and the World Bank as contained in the documents on annual tranche submission delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/17 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/17/Corr.1);
To agree to the changes in due dates for the following annual tranches:
To defer until the 49^th Meeting the agreement to change the due dates for the following projects for which letters regarding the change were pending:

Country	Agency	Sector	Tranche	Mtg. to be submitted	Planned submission date (Mtg.)	Proposed change (Mtg.)	Reason for change
Bangladesh	UNDP	ODS Phase-out	2007 due in 2007	N/A	N/A	2^nd (pending letter)	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year
Bangladesh	UNEP	ODS Phase-out	2007 due in 2007	N/A	N/A	2^nd (pending letter)	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year
Lebanon	UNDP	CFCs Phase-out	2007 due in 2007	1st	N/A	2^nd (pending letter)	To accommodate time required to complete performance verification of the previous year
Lesotho	Germany	CFCs Phase-out	2005	No meeting specified	50th	3^rd (pending letter from country & contingent approval of 2005 & 2006 work programme)	Slow disbursement of fund
Mauritius	Germany	ODS Phase-out	2005	No meeting specified	49th	2^nd (pending letter)	Slow disbursement of fund

To note that 20 out of the 34 annual tranches of multi-year agreements were submitted on time to the 48^th Meeting;
To note that letters should be sent for the following annual tranches that were due for submission to the 48^th Meeting, with the reasons indicated for the delay, encouraging implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 countries to resolve the reasons for the delay as soon as possible, where applicable, and to submit those annual tranches, as agreed, to the 49^th Meeting as a matter of urgency:

Country	Agency	Sector	Annual tranche	Reason for delay
Cuba	UNDP	ODS Phase-out	2006	Change of implementing agency composition
Ecuador	World Bank	CFCs Phase-out	2006	Delays regarding the management audit
Korea, DPR	UNIDO	Production	2005	Pending verification report
Macedonia	UNIDO	CFCs Phase-out	2006	Pending verification report.

To note that letters should be sent for the following annual tranches that were due for submission to the 48^th Meeting, with the reasons indicated for the delay, where applicable, encouraging implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 countries to submit those annual tranches, as agreed, to the 50^th Meeting without any further delays:

Country	Agency	Sector	Annual tranche	Reason for delay
Argentina	UNIDO	CFCs Phase-out	2006	Pending verification report
Bangladesh	UNDP	ODS Phase-out	2005	Government delayed in signature of project document
Bangladesh	UNEP	ODS Phase-out	2005	Government delayed in signature of project document
Bangladesh	UNDP	ODS Phase-out	2006	Government delayed in signature of project document
Bangladesh	UNEP	ODS Phase-out	2006	Government delayed in signature of project document
Mexico	UNIDO	CFCs Phase-out	2006	Pending verification report
Venezuela	UNIDO	CFCs Phase-out	2006	Pending verification report

To urge Article 5 countries and agencies to propose annual tranche submissions either to the first or second meetings of the year for new multi-year agreements.