Decision 82/44

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on tranche submission delays contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/24 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/24/Corr.1;
   2. The information on tranche submission delays under HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) submitted by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy and Japan, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank;
   3. That 40 out of 91 activities related to tranches of HPMPs due for submission at the 82^nd meeting had been submitted on time;
   4. That relevant bilateral and implementing agencies had indicated that the late submission of the tranches of HPMPs due for submission at the second meeting of 2018 would have no impact, or was unlikely to have an impact, on compliance with the Montreal Protocol, and that there was no indication that any of the countries concerned were in non-compliance with the Montreal Protocol control measures, apart from Saudi Arabia where non-compliance was possible; and
2. To request the Secretariat to send letters to the relevant governments regarding the decisions on tranche submission delays contained in Annex X to the present report.