Decision 64/7

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note with appreciation the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain and Sweden contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/64/10;
2. To request the Governments of Israel and Switzerland to provide their progress reports to the 65^th meeting of the Executive Committee;
3. To request the Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Spain to provide reports to the 65^th meeting on the projects with implementation delays listed in table 2 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/64/10; and
4. To request the submission of additional status reports to the 65^th meeting on the following:
   1. The CFC phase-out plan in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LAO/PHA/61/INV/21), implemented by France, in order to monitor fund disbursement;
   2. The identification of co-financing options for each of the countries participating in the“strategic demonstration project for accelerated conversion of CFC chillers in five African countries (Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria and Sudan)” (AFR/REF/48/DEM/36), implemented by France;
   3. An agreement for a training institution for the project“African customs enforcement network in the African sub-regional trade organizations (CEMAC, COMESA, SACU and UEMOA)” (AFR/SEV/53/TAS/39), implemented by France;
   4. Completion of the demonstration project to validate the use of super‑critical CO2 in the manufacture of sprayed polyurethane rigid foam” in Colombia (COL/FOA/60/DEM/75), implemented by Japan, if it had not been completed by the 65^th meeting;
   5. The identification of co-financing options for each of the countries participating in the“strategic demonstration project for accelerated conversion of CFC chillers in five African countries (Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria and Sudan)” (AFR/REF/48/DEM/35), implemented by Japan; and
   6. Project preparation for a demonstration project on ODS disposal in the Asia and Pacific region (ASP/DES/54/PRP/53), implemented by Japan, if the request for funding was not submitted to the 65^th meeting.