The Executive Committee decided:
- To note the report on balances and availability of resources contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/57/4;
- To note the net level of funds being returned by the implementing agencies at the 57th Meeting amounting to US $449,113 against projects, which included the return of US $41,294 from UNDP, US $364,421 from UNEP, and US $43,398 from UNIDO;
- To note the net level of support costs being returned by the implementing agencies at the 57th Meeting amounting to US $34,800 against projects, which included the return of US $5,042 from UNDP, US $25,487 from UNEP and US $4,271 from UNIDO;
- To note the net level of funding and support costs being returned by the bilateral agencies to the 57th Meeting amounting to US $1,005,112 against projects;
- To request the Treasurer:
- To reduce bilateral funding by the amount of US $448,876 for France which includes a balance of US $25,000 resulting from the applicable project support cost rate for UNIDO; US $23,798 for Italy; and US $57,965 for Japan; as reflected in Annex II of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/57/4;
- To record US $432,849 in interest accrued and US $41,624 in exchange gain as miscellaneous income to the Fund on receipt of equivalent amounts in cash;
- To note that France had transferred the project on ODS phase-out in 50 existing centrifugal chiller units in Côte d’Ivoire (IVC/REF/37/INV/17) to UNIDO at the net level of funds of US $1,000,000 and support costs of US $75,000;
- To note that implementing agencies had balances totalling US $6,635,720 excluding support costs from projects completed over two years previously, which included US $481,669 from UNDP, US $2,158,709 from UNEP, US $857,335 from UNIDO, and US $3,138,007 from the World Bank; and
- To note that bilateral agencies had balances totalling US $289,465 excluding support costs from projects completed over two years previously, which included US $165,898 from France, US $43,947 from Denmark, US $80,225 from Finland, and minus US $605 from Italy.