Decision 51/15

March 2007
Antigua and Barbuda | Bangladesh | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Dominica | Grenada | Kenya | Libya | Pakistan | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
FRA | UNDP | UNEP | UNIDO | World Bank
Tranche submission delays

After Members of the Executive Committee had congratulated the Secretariat on the timeliness and the clarity of its documentation, the Executive Committee decided to note:

  1. The information on annual tranches of multi-year agreements (MYAs) submitted to the Secretariat by France, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank contained in the document on annual tranche submission delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/16);
  2. That 16 of the 38 annual tranches of MYAs due for submission had not been submitted on time to the 51st Meeting; andThat letters should be sent for the annual tranches listed below that were due for submission to the 51st Meeting with the reasons indicated for the delay, and encouraging implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 countries to submit those annual tranches to the 52nd Meeting:
AgencyCountrySectorTranchesAgencies’ comments
World BankAntigua and BarbudaCFC phase-out2006The grant agreement is not yet in place.

UNDP and

UNEP

BangladeshODS phase-out

2005 and

2006

Project document reported as having been

signed at the meeting.

UNIDO

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

ODS phase-out2005Lack of cooperation.
UNDP and UNEP

Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines

CFC phase-out2007UNEP and UNDP are developing administrative procedures to implement the 2007 tranches regionally for the four countries involved.
FranceKenyaCFC phase-out2005ODS regulations have not been gazetted.
UNIDOLibyan Arab JamahiriyaCFC phase-out2006The unclear status of the NOU.
UNIDOPakistanCTC phase-out2005

Awaiting incorporation of action plan recently

approved by the Meeting of the Parties.

World BankVenezuelaCFC production2007

Delay in the travel of the consultant to

undertake the verification audit.