Decision 61/3

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note with appreciation, the information on annual tranche submission delays under multi-year agreements (MYAs) submitted to the Secretariat by France, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/61/5;
2. Also to note that 18 of the 32 annual tranches of MYAs due for submission had been submitted on time to the 61^st Meeting, but that the remaining 14 had not been;
3. To request the Secretariat to send letters to the relevant Article 5 governments and implementing agencies regarding the annual tranches listed in Annex II to the present report, with the reason for non-submission to the 61^st Meeting, requesting them to take action to integrate the funding tranches of those national phase- out plans (NPPs) or terminal phase-out management plans (TPMPs) into the relevant HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs), pursuant to decision 60/11(b);
4. To request the Secretariat to send a letter with regard to:
   1. The 2009 annual tranche for the CFC phase-out plan in Suriname, noting that it had been withdrawn for consideration at the 61^st Meeting after discussion with the Fund Secretariat owing to low disbursement and slow implementation, and requesting the Government of Suriname and UNEP to take action to integrate the funding tranches of the TPMP into the relevant HPMP pursuant to decision 60/11(b);
   2. The 2009 tranche for the accelerated CFC production sector phase-out plan in India, noting that it had been withdrawn for consideration at the 61^st Meeting after discussion with the Fund Secretariat to enable the release of customs records to the World Bank auditors for review, as required by decision 59/18(a); and
5. Also to request the Secretariat to send letters for the annual tranches which had originally been due for submission after the 61^st Meeting, requesting the Governments of Bangladesh, Grenada and Turkey, and UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank, respectively, to take actions to integrate the funding tranches of those NPPs and TPMPs into the relevant HPMPs, pursuant to decision 60/11(b).