Decision 48/9

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To endorse the 2006-2008 business plan of the World Bank, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/11 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/11/Corr.1, as amended below, while noting that endorsement denoted neither approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels:
   1. To maintain the methyl bromide project in Ecuador, conditional on a commitment by the Government of Ecuador to accelerate its methyl bromide phase-out;
   2. To move the study on phase-out of CTC in the chlor-alkali sector from the 2007 business plan to the 2006 business plan;
2. To note the decision of the Government of Ecuador to include a methyl chloroform (TCA) phase-out project in the World Bank’s 2007 business plan instead of the business plan for 2006;
3. To approve the submission of the pharmaceuticals project in China at the last meeting in 2006, should any funds become available;
4. To approve the performance indicators for the World Bank, as contained in Annex V to the present report, while setting a target of 23 for the number of annual programmes approved and a target of 20 for the number of milestone activities to be completed; and
5. To request the World Bank to work in coordination with the Secretariat to provide a target for policy and regulatory assistance to countries requesting it to reflect the efforts it planned to undertake in that regard within its approved projects and/or multi-year agreements as appropriate.