Decision 58/9

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note with appreciation the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States of America contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/58/11;
2. To note that since decision 17/22, no overruns had been allowed for Fund-supported activities;
3. To request that, in light of decision 17/22, the Governments of France and Japan address the rule of no overruns in their next progress reports to the Executive Committee and adjust their accounting accordingly;
4. To request the Governments of Israel and Portugal to provide their progress reports to the 59^th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
5. To request the Governments of Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, and Spain to provide reports on the projects with implementation delays contained in Table 1 of Annex V to the present report to the 59^th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
6. To request additional status reports on the following projects:
   1. The Pacific Island Countries (PIC) strategy for Tonga (TON/REF/36/TAS/01), implemented by Australia;
   2. The ODS phase-out plan in Cuba, (CUB/PHA/45/INV/32), implemented by Canada;
   3. The methyl bromide phase-out plan in Mexico (MEX/FUM/42/TAS/122), implemented by Canada;
   4. The CFC phase-out plan in Saint Lucia (STL/PHA/52/INV/12), implemented by Canada;
   5. The CFC phase-out plan in Kenya (KEN/PHA/44/INV/37), implemented by France;
   6. The CFC phase-out plan in Seychelles (SEY/PHA/51/INV/12), implemented by France;
   7. The refrigerant management plan (RMP) project in Ethiopia (ETH/REF/44/TAS/14), implemented by France;
   8. The RMP project in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT/REF/46/TAS/18), implemented by France;
   9. The ODS recycling network in Morocco (MOR/REF/23/TAS/17), implemented by France;
   10. CFC phase-out plan for the foam, mobile air-conditioning training and Management in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRA/PHA/51/INV/181 and IRA/PHA/54/INV/186), implemented by Germany;
   11. HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) preparation in Mauritius (MAR/PHA/55/PRP/20), implemented by Germany;
   12. HPMP preparation in India (IND/PHA/56/PRP/426), implemented by Germany;
   13. The RMP update in Swaziland (SWA/REF/41/TAS/08), implemented by Germany;
   14. The RMP update for the refrigeration and air conditioning sector in Zambia (ZAM/REF/42/TAS/13), implemented by Germany;
   15. The Eastern and Southern African countries regional halon bank (AFR/HAL/35/TAS/29) with respect to the status of halon decommissioning in Kenya, Ethiopia and the United Republic of Tanzania, implemented by Germany;
   16. The methyl bromide project in Mexico (MEX/FUM/54/INV/137), implemented by Italy;
   17. The methyl bromide project in Morocco (MOR/FUM/56/INV/62), implemented by Italy;
   18. CFC phase-out plan in the Philippines (PHI/PHA/44/TAS/77), implemented by Sweden;
   19. CFC phase-out plan in Serbia (YUG/PHA/43/TAS/22), implemented by Sweden; and
7. To request the Chair of the Executive Committee to write to the Government of Vanuatu urging the completion of legislation to enable the training of customs officers in order to facilitate compliance with the Montreal Protocol with respect to the PIC strategy in Vanuatu (VAN/REF/36/TAS/02).