The Executive Committee decided:
- To note:
- The report on HFC-related activities that required an extension of their completion date, submitted by the Governments of Canada, France, Germany and Italy and UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/87/9;
- With appreciation, the completion of 60 HFC-related projects and activities despite constraints imposed on project implementation by the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) pandemic; and
- To approve the extension of the HFC-related activities contained in Annex IX to the present report, to the date indicated in the last column of the table in that Annex, on an exceptional basis owing to the constraints caused by the COVID‑19 pandemic; and to encourage bilateral and implementing agencies to continue assisting Article 5 countries in completing the activities as soon as possible.