The Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that:
(a) projects submitted for the consideration of the Executive Committee should follow the project format agreed between the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies (incorporating the requirements of the Executive Committee).
(b) projects which need major revision, after submission, to comply with the agreed project format will be deferred.
(c) there will be a cut-off date of 10-working days (two calendar weeks) prior to the commencement of a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Project Review, when discussions between the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies to resolve projects will conclude. After this date no new information is to be presented by the Secretariat to the Executive Committee in writing or otherwise.
(d) projects with policy issues will continue to be brought forward to the Executive Committee before the 10-day deadline.
(e) projects for which agreement cannot be reached on major technical eligibility issues before the 10-day period will be deferred. The Executive Committee will be informed of the issues arising from those projects. The issues will be taken up in a technical discussion immediately after the meeting of the Executive Committee with a view to reaching a technical agreement which will be applied to this and similar projects at the next meeting.
(f) technical agreements once reached should remain extant as a minimum for the remainder of the annual business planning cycle, as appropriate.
(g) emphasis should continue to be placed on the use of technical conferences involving the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies and technical experts to reach agreement on technical issues related to project design and the determination of incremental costs.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/68, Decision 25/15, para. 40).