Decision 73/8

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The consolidated progress report of the Multilateral Fund as at 31 December 2013 contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/73/10 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/73/10/Corr.1;
   2. With appreciation, the efforts undertaken by implementing agencies in reporting the 2013 activities and submitting reporting formats, thus ensuring smooth implementation of decision 70/7(b)(i);
   3. That the implementing agencies would report to the 74^th meeting on 15 projects with implementation delays and 78 projects recommended for additional status reports, as contained in Annexes IV and V, respectively, to the present report;
2. That the implementing agencies should not be allowed to revise planned completion dates of CFC, carbon tetrachloride and halon projects beyond those dates decided by the Executive Committee, except when the Executive Committee had so decided, or where the Executive Committee had agreed that funds could be transferred to a HCFC phase-out management plan; and
3. To allow the extension of the approved completion dates of the national phase-out plans for Iraq, until December 2015, and for Yemen, until June 2015, owing to the political and security situation within those countries.