Decision 70/7

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the consolidated progress report of the Multilateral Fund as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/70/10;
2. To request implementing agencies:
   1. To confirm whether the activities reported for the review period represented all those planned for it, or systematically to provide for each project the list of activities planned but not implemented, the reasons for the delay in implementing the activities, the action plan for resolving the issues, and whether or not the delay in implementing specific activities would have an impact on the project completion date in the Remarks column of their annual progress and financial reports;
   2. Not to incur any new commitments and to return, by the end of 2013, the fund balances for the following projects approved before 2009, for substances with 1 January 2010 phase-out:
      1. For CFC and ODS phase-out, the projects indicated in Table 1 of Annex VII to the present report, with the exception of the return of balances as per the following dates for UNEP’s CFC phase-out plan in the Philippines (March 2014), UNDP’s CFC phase-out plan in Saint Kitts and Nevis (January 2014), and UNIDO’s ODS phase-out plan in Yemen (June 2014);
      2. For halon, the halon banking project in the Dominican Republic (DOM/HAL/51/TAS/39) and UNEP’s global halon banking project (GLO/HAL/52/TAS/281), with the exception of the return of balances as per the following date for UNDP’s halon banking project in Chile (CHI/HAL/51/TAS/164) (January 2014);
      3. For CTC, the CTC phase-out plan in India implemented by the World Bank; and
   3. Not to incur any new commitments and to return project preparation fund balances for approved HCFC phase-out management plans, as indicated in Table 2 of Annex VII to the present report, by the end of 2013.