The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the study;
(b) to request the Secretariat to invite members of the Executive Committee and relevant Implementing Agencies to provide additional comments on the study, and to incorporate those in a working paper for consideration by the Executive Committee at a future meeting;
(c) also to request the Secretariat to pursue consultations with relevant international organizations dealing with intellectual property issues and to report thereon at a future meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Decision 36/52, para. 94).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/31).
The Thirty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note with appreciation of the report of the consultants prepared for the Secretariat (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/59);
(b) to request members of the Executive Committee to provide the Secretariat with their comments on the views expressed in the report and the comments received from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
(c) to request the Secretariat, in consultation with the Implementing Agencies, to draft guidelines for the financing of projects using such technology, including the protection as well as the use of the related confidential information for project review on a need-to-know basis, and submit them to the Committee for its approval;
(d) in doing so, to seek the advice of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel on their experience in dealing with commercially sensitive or confidential information, and other aspects of TRIPS;
(e) to request the Secretariat to report on the matter at its 40th Meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/71, Decision 37/62, para. 95).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/59).
The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the communication received from the World Intellectual Property Organization, pursuant to decision 37/62;
(b) to approve the guidelines for the financing of projects using technology that is not in the public domain (Annex IX.4).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/63, para. 100).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/54 and Add.1).