Decision 49/5

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the report on the status/prospects of Article 5 countries in achieving compliance with the initial and intermediate control measures of the Montreal Protocol as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/6;
2. To request bilateral and implementing agencies to include phase-out activities, where appropriate, for eligible consumption in their 2007-2009 business plans for the following countries:
   1. CFCs and halon: Somalia (if conditions permit);
   2. CTC: Bolivia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, within the framework of their terminal phase-out management plans;
   3. TCA: Croatia;
3. To request bilateral and multilateral implementing agencies to assist Article 5 countries to complete fully the data/information required in the new reporting format for country programme data; and
4. To request UNEP to include, where appropriate, as an agenda item in its network meetings taking place prior to May 2007, a discussion on completing the new reporting format for country programme data.