Decision 75/2

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on balances and availability of resources contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/75/4/Rev.1;
   2. That the net level of funds being returned to the 75^th meeting by the implementing agencies against completed projects was US $625,064 which included: a refund of US $4,804 and a return of agency support costs of US $89, from UNDP; US $166,513, plus agency support costs of US $18,687, from UNEP; US $21,864, plus agency support costs of US $256, from UNIDO and US $74,889, plus agency support costs of US $5,617, and US $341,953 in core unit costs, from the World Bank;
   3. That the net level of funds being returned in cash to the 75^th meeting by the bilateral agencies was US $221, plus agency support costs of US $29, from the Government of Spain, and that the Treasurer would follow up on that process;
   4. That UNEP had balances of US $97,790, excluding support costs, for six projects completed over two years previously;
   5. That the Government of France had balances for one project closed and four projects completed over two years previously, totaling US $378,985, excluding agency support costs, which would be offset against France’s future approved bilateral projects;
   6. That the Government of Germany had not-committed balances for one completed project totaling US $1,794, excluding agency support costs, which would be offset against Germany’s future approved bilateral projects;
   7. That the Government of Italy had balances for four completed projects totaling US $74,213, excluding agency support costs, which would be offset against Italy’s future approved bilateral projects;
2. To request:
   1. Bilateral and implementing agencies with projects completed over two years previously to return the balances to the 76^th meeting;
   2. Bilateral and implementing agencies to disburse or cancel commitments not needed for completed projects and project completed“by decision of the Executive Committee” in order to return balances to the 76^th meeting;
3. To approve the transfer of survey of ODS alternatives at the national level for the Republic of Moldova (MOL/SEV/74/TAS/32) from UNEP to UNDP, in the amount of US $20,000, plus agency support costs of US $1,800; and
4. To note that UNEP would return US $800 in agency support costs to the 75^th meeting, which represented the difference in agency support costs between UNEP and UNDP for the transfer of survey of ODS alternatives, as per sub-paragraph (c) above.