Decision 53/10

November 2007

FRA | DEU | CHE | UNDP | UNEP | UNIDO | World Bank | CAN | ESP

Tranche submission delays

Following the discussion and the suggestion by the Chair that the updates provided by the representative of UNIDO be reflected, the Executive Committee decided:

To note:
1. The information on annual tranches of multi-year agreements 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/53/13);
2. That 14 of the 57 annual tranches of multi-year agreements due for submission had not been submitted on time to the 53^rd Meeting, and 10 had been withdrawn because of the low levels of disbursement of funds and/or slow implementation;
That letters should be sent to the implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 governments for the annual tranches listed below that had been due for submission to the 53^rd Meeting, together with the reasons indicated for the delay, and encouraging them to submit those annual tranches to the 54^th Meeting unless otherwise indicated:

Country	Agency	Sector	Tranches	Reason for delay
Albania	UNIDO	ODS Phase-out	2007	The activities under prior tranches are only expected to be completed by the end of 2007 or the beginning of 2008.
Antigua and Barbuda	World Bank	CFCs Phase-out	2006	Awaiting signature of the grant agreement.
Bangladesh	UNDP	ODS Phase-out	2007	Tranches for 2005 and 2006 were submitted without verification reports and the 2007 tranche was expected to be submitted with the 2008 tranche after approval of the 2005 and 2006 tranches.
Bangladesh	UNEP	ODS Phase-out	2007	Tranches for 2005 and 2006 were submitted without verification reports and the 2007 tranche was expected to be submitted with the 2008 tranche after approval of the 2005 and 2006 tranches.
Congo, DR	UNDP	CFCs Phase-out	2007	Slow progress in implementing current work plan.
Congo, DR	UNEP	CFCs Phase-out	2007	Slow progress in implementing current work plan.
Islamic Republic of Iran	UNIDO	CFCs Phase-out (Refrigeration Servicing /Assembly/ Solvents)	2008	Funds had to be reallocated from the MDI project.
Kenya	France	CFCs Phase-out	2005	Recent initiation of first tranche.
Kyrgyzstan	UNDP	CFCs Phase-out	2007	Slow progress in signing the project document and subsequently delay in the implementation of the 2007 annual plan.
Kyrgyzstan	UNEP	CFCs Phase-out	2007	Slow progress in signing the project document and subsequently delay in the implementation of the 2007 annual plan.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Spain	Methyl bromide	2007	Changes in the institutional arrangements at the NOU, but an Ozone Officer had been appointed.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	UNIDO	CFCs Phase-out	2006	No Article 7 data had been reported. At the 53^rd Meeting, UNIDO reported that Article 7 data had been reported the previous week.
Uruguay	Canada	CFCs Phase-out	2007	Late signature of the project document.
Uruguay	UNDP	CFCs Phase-out	2007	Late signature of the project document.

To urge Albania, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenya, and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, for which compliance decisions had been taken and for which the related annual tranches had not been submitted to the 53^rd Meeting, to facilitate the submission of the required reports to the 54^th Meeting; and
To note that letters should be sent for the following annual tranches submitted to the 53^rd Meeting but not considered for approval for the reasons indicated, and to encourage implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 governments to submit those annual tranches to the 54^th Meeting:

Country	Agency	Sector	Tranches	Reason the submission not considered for approval
Bangladesh	UNDP	ODS Phase-out	2005 and 2006	Verification report was not submitted.
Bangladesh	UNEP	ODS Phase-out	2005 and 2006	Verification report was not submitted.
Indonesia	World Bank	ODS Phase-out (Foam)	2007	Verification was inadequate.
Indonesia	UNDP	ODS Phase-out (Refrigeration Manufacturing)	2007	Verification was inadequate.
India	Germany	CFCs Phase-out (Refrigeration Servicing)	2008	Verification was inadequate.
India	Switzerland	CFCs Phase-out (Refrigeration Servicing)	2008	Verification was inadequate.
India	UNDP	CFCs Phase-out (Refrigeration Servicing)	2008	Verification was inadequate.
India	UNEP	CFCs Phase-out (Refrigeration Servicing)	2008	Verification was inadequate.
Nigeria	UNDP	CFC Phase-out	2005	Verification was inadequate.
Pakistan	UNIDO	CTC Phase-out	2005	Verification was inadequate.