Decision 50/11

November 2006

Tranche submission delays

The Executive Committee decided:

To note the information on annual tranches of multi-year agreements submitted to the Secretariat by France, Germany, UNDP, UNIDO, and the World Bank as contained in the documents on annual tranche submission delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/13 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/13/Corr.1);
To note that 38 of the 49 annual tranches of multi-year agreements due for submission had been submitted to the 50^th Meeting on time, but that seven of them could not be considered for approval either because the submission was incomplete, a condition of approval had not been met, and/or the project document had not been signed;
That letters should be sent to the relevant countries and agencies for the following annual tranches due for submission to the 50^th Meeting but not submitted, with reasons given for the delay, encouraging the relevant Article 5 governments and implementing agencies to submit them to the 51^st Meeting:

Country	Agency	Sector	Tranches	Reason not submitted provided by the implementing agency
Antigua and Barbuda	World Bank	CFC phase-out	2006	The annual programme could not be completed and submitted until a grant agreement had been put in place.
Bahamas	World Bank	CFC phase-out	2005	There were inconsistencies in the verification audit and the draft annual plan provided to the Bank that need to be resolved. The tranche is being deferred until the 51^st Meeting.
Bangladesh	UNDP	ODS phase-out	2005	Signature of the project document is still delayed due to the related MDI issue.
Bangladesh	UNDP	ODS phase-out	2006	Signature of the project document is still delayed due to the related MDI issue.
Bangladesh	UNEP	ODS phase-out	2005	The related MDI issue.
Bangladesh	UNEP	ODS phase-out	2006	The related MDI issue.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UNIDO	ODS phase-out	2005	The verification audit of the 2005 consumption could not be completed on time.
Islamic Republic of Iran	UNIDO	CFC phase-out (refrigeration servicing/ assembly/solvents)	2007 due in 2006 (as per 2006 business plan)	Submitted to the 48th Meeting but withdrawn at the request of the Secretariat.
Islamic Republic of Iran	UNIDO	CFC phase-out (refrigeration servicing/ assembly/solvents)	2008 due in 2006 (as per 2006 business plan)	Submitted to the 48th Meeting but withdrawn at the request of the Secretariat.
Kenya	France	CFC phase-out	2005	Submitted to the 48th Meeting but withdrawn at the request of the Secretariat.

That letters should be sent to the relevant countries and agencies for the following annual tranches submitted to the 50^th Meeting but not considered for approval for the reasons indicated, encouraging the relevant Article 5 governments and implementing agencies to submit them as annual tranches to the 51^st Meeting:

Country	Agency	Sector	Tranches	Reason the Submission not Considered for Approval
China	World Bank	Foam	2007 due in 2006	Milestone not achieved. Approval will be considered at the 51^st Meeting.
China	UNIDO	Refrigeration servicing	2006	Verification report not submitted.
Cuba	UNDP	ODS phase-out	2006	Agreement not signed and submission agreed for the 51^st Meeting.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	UNIDO	CFC phase-out	Final tranche	Annual programme did not address all remaining consumption
Pakistan	UNIDO	CTC phase-out	2005	Verification was inadequate and there were compliance issues.
Philippines	World Bank	CFC phase-out	2006	Missing verification report.
Venezuela	UNIDO	CFC phase-out	2006	Previous tranche not released prior to the submission of the current request and verification report not received in time.