Decision 71/4

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on the 2013-2015 business plans and tranche submission delays as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/71/5;
   2. The information on tranche submission delays under multi-year agreements (MYAs) submitted to the Secretariat by UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank;
   3. That 49 out of 66 tranches of MYAs due for submission had been submitted on time to the 71^st meeting and that five of them had been withdrawn after discussion with the Fund Secretariat;
   4. With concern, that the political situation in the Central African Republic might have a negative impact on compliance with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol;
   5. That the other tranches not submitted to the 71^st meeting as listed in Table 7 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/71/5 were not expected to have a negative impact on compliance owing to the fact that the latest consumption figures were below the baseline or import controls in place would ensure compliance;
2. To request:
   1. The bilateral and implementing agencies to address those activities not submitted in 2013 as planned, as contained in Annex II to the present report, in their 2014-2016 business plans;
   2. The Secretariat:
      1. To send letters to the Governments of the following countries to urge the submission of the next tranche of the MYA, indicating where applicable that the 71^st meeting was the second meeting to which the tranche could have been submitted but had not been: Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iraq, Jordan, Peru, and Suriname (for submission to the 72^nd meeting), and Qatar and Thailand (for submission to the 73^rd meeting), noting the reasons for delays indicated in Table 7 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/71/5;
      2. To send letters to the Governments of Cuba, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and Saudi Arabia to urge the submission of the next tranches of their MYAs to the 72^nd meeting, noting that the tranches had been withdrawn from consideration at the 71^st meeting after discussion with the Fund Secretariat owing to the countries’ inability to meet the 20 per cent disbursement threshold for funding and/or insufficient progress in implementation;
      3. To send a letter to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to revise the third tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) and to submit it to the 72^nd meeting, noting that the tranche had been withdrawn from consideration at the 71^st meeting after issuance of the documentation in order to resolve an issue related to the revised implementation plan submitted by UNIDO;
   3. The Government of Iraq to facilitate the establishment of the accounts and completion of the terms of reference required for the local administration of the HPMP to enable the submission of the next tranche; and
3. To urge the Government of Equatorial Guinea to facilitate the travel formalities for the UNEP team to meet with the National Ozone Unit as soon as possible in order to enable the submission of the next tranche of the HPMP.