The Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note with appreciation of the business plans for bilateral co-operation submitted by Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and Sweden (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/6, annexes I to VIII);
(b) to request countries to submit their draft business plans for bilateral co-operation to the Executive Committee at its third meeting each year;
(c) to request the Secretariat to advise countries engaged in bilateral co-operation and Implementing Agencies on possible duplication of business plan activities;
(d) to include in the agenda of the next meeting of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance the subject of bilateral co-operation with regard to its impact on Implementing Agencies’ shares;
(e) to agree that, for the bilateral business plans to achieve their primary objectives, the beneficiary countries should be advised to avoid duplication by consulting with relevant agencies, including the ozone units.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/48, Decision 27/3, para. 22).