Decision 60/4

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. With appreciation, the status reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by the Governments of Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the four implementing agencies, addressed in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/60/6;
   2. That the request for projects submitted to the 60^th Meeting by Somalia was subject to the receipt of the 2008 country programme implementation data in accordance with decision 52/5 as a precondition for the approval and release of funding for projects;
   3. The completion of four of the 23 projects listed with implementation delays;
   4. That the Secretariat and the implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessments (progress or some progress); and
   5. The update by UNEP with respect to the global project“Development of guidelines to promote safety in aerosol conversions” (GLO/ARS/39/TAS/246);
2. To request:
   1. UNEP to hold a session on the revised format for country programme data reporting at its network meetings;
   2. UNEP and the Secretariat to identify problems associated with the low level of use of on-line reporting to determine how best to encourage the timely reporting of Article 5 country programme data using such systems;
   3. Additional status reports on the projects listed in Annex II to the present report; and
   4. The Secretariat to modify the country programme data reporting format to include information relevant to the HCFC phase-out, including whether HCFC control measures were included in licensing systems;
3. To consider cancellation of the following projects at the 61^st Meeting unless progress had been achieved as indicated:
   1. The refrigerant management plan (RMP) in Ethiopia (ETH/REF/44/TAS/14), implemented by France, if progress on implementing ODS regulations had not been reported;
   2. The halon banking project in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LIB/HAL/47/TAS/26), implemented by UNIDO, if a business plan for halon activities had not been submitted;
   3. The halon banking project in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHE/HAL/42/TAS/18), implemented by UNIDO, if progress in the delivery of the halon equipment had not been reported; and
   4. The halon banking project preparation in Kuwait (KUW/HAL/45/PRP/07), implemented by UNIDO, if a site had not been selected for the halon equipment; and
4. To urge:
   1. Signing of the project document for the institutional strengthening project in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHE/SEV/43/INS/19), implemented by UNIDO;
   2. Reporting as required for the IS project in Mauritius (MAR/SEV/53/INS/19), implemented by UNEP; and
   3. Initiation of the terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP) verification report in Kuwait (KUW/PHA/52/TAS/10), implemented by UNEP.