Decision 58/3

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on the status of the 2009 business plans as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/58/5 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/58/5/Add.1;
   2. That US $47.5 million in activities required for compliance had not been submitted to the 58^th Meeting;
   3. That the value of forward commitments approved at the 58^th Meeting was below that in the 2009-2011 business plan of the Multilateral Fund by US $5,129,388;
   4. The information on annual tranches of multi-year agreements submitted to the Secretariat by Canada, Italy Spain, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, and the World Bank as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/58/5;
2. To request bilateral and implementing agencies to submit those activities required for compliance in the 2009 business plans to the 59^th Meeting;
3. To note that 23 of the 73 annual tranches of multi-year agreements due for submission had been submitted on time to the 58^th Meeting, but the remaining 50 had not been;
4. To note that letters should be sent for the annual tranches, as indicated in Table 1 of Annex II to the present report, that had been due for submission to the 57^th and 58^th Meetings, with the reasons indicated for the delay, and to encourage implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 Governments to take action to expedite the implementation of the approved tranches so that the overdue tranches could be submitted to the 59^th Meeting;
5. To note that letters should be sent for the annual tranches, as indicated in Table 2 of Annex II to the present report, that had been due for submission to the 58^th Meeting, with the reasons indicated for the delay, and to encourage implementing agencies and the relevant Article 5 Governments to submit those annual tranches to the 59^th Meeting;
6. To encourage the Government of Costa Rica to expedite completion of the existing tranche in order to submit the annual tranches for the methyl bromide project in Costa Rica;
7. To encourage the Government of India to complete the documentation necessary for the accelerated CFC production closure project in India, as soon as possible; and
8. To note that the level of annual tranches submitted for approval to the 58^th Meeting amounted to US $7,238,300 and, as a result, the total level of commitments for the period 2010 to 2014 would amount to US $108.7 million.