Decision 76/4

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on tranche submission delays contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/76/6;
   2. The information on tranche submission delays under multi-year agreements submitted by the Government of France, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank;
   3. That 52 out of 104 activities related to tranches of HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) due for submission to the 76^th meeting had not been submitted on time and that six activities from four tranches had been withdrawn following discussions with the Secretariat;
   4. That relevant bilateral and implementing agencies had indicated that the late submission of the tranches of HPMPs due for the first meeting of 2016 would have no impact, or was unlikely to have an impact, on compliance with the Montreal Protocol, apart from the case of one country, and that there had been no indication that any of the countries concerned had been in non-compliance in 2014 with the 2013 freeze on HCFC consumption; and
2. To request the Secretariat to send letters on the decisions on tranche submission delays to relevant Governments as indicated in Annex II to the present report.