Following the presentation of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/18 and the discussion concerning reported progress in Argentina, Bangladesh and Kenya, and delays related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Executive Committee decided:
- To note 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/52/18);
- To note that 14 of the 39 annual tranches of MYAs due for submission had not been submitted on time to the 52nd Meeting, 10 had been withdrawn owing to low disbursement of funds, and one had been delayed because of a mutually agreed change in schedule;
- To note that letters should be sent for the annual tranches listed below due for submission to the 52nd Meeting, with the reasons indicated for the delay and encouraging implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 governments to submit those annual tranches to the 53rd Meeting:
| Country | Agency | Sector | Tranches | Reason for delay |
| Antigua and Barbuda | World Bank | CFC phase-out | 2006 | Grant agreement has not been signed. |
| Argentina | World Bank | Production CFCs | 2007 | Verification report for 2006was not ready. |
| Bangladesh | UNDP | ODS phase-out | 2005, 2006, 2007 | Late project document signature, the need for revision to the plan, and sufficient funds from the first tranche for 2007. |
| Bangladesh | UNEP | ODS phase-out | 2005, 2006, 2007 | Late project document signature, the need for revision to the plan, and sufficient funds from the first tranche for 2007. |
| Congo, DR | UNEP | CFC phase-out | 2007 | Political situation in the country. |
| Congo, DR | UNDP | CFC phase-out | 2007 | Project document has not been signed. |
| Kenya | France | CFC phase-out | 2005 | Regulations gazetted late. |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | UNIDO | CFC phase-out | 2006 | Verification report has not been completed. |
| Pakistan | UNIDO | CTC phase-out | 2005 | Verification report has not been completed. |
- Change the due date for tranches of the ODS phase-out project in Thailand to the last meeting of the year; and
- Urge Bangladesh, Kenya, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and Pakistan, for which compliance decisions had been taken and the related annual tranches had not been submitted to the 52nd Meeting, to facilitate the submission of the required reports to the 53rd Meeting, as well as ways of overcoming any outstanding problems of delay indicated in the table in subparagraph (c) above in time for that meeting to enable the Executive Committee to approve the annual tranches that could assist in future compliance.