The Fortieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note with appreciation the 2003-2005 business plan letters submitted by the Governments of Spain, Switzerland and the United States of America and the amendments to the 2003-2005 business plans of Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary and Sweden as contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/11, Add.1 and Add.2/Rev.1, the business plan submitted by Japan immediately preceding the 40th Meeting of the Executive Committee and summarized orally by the representative of Japan at the Executive Committee Meeting, as well as the information that a business plan letter would shortly be received from Austria;
(b) to request contributing Parties that had indicated their interest in undertaking bilateral projects during the triennium but had not submitted specific information with regard to such projects to do so as soon as possible and at a minimum to submit business plans prior to the 42nd Meeting of the Executive Committee, indicating, to the extent practicable, the following information:
(i) the projects planned to be submitted during the triennium;
(ii) the estimated value of each planned project; and
(iii) the phase-out associated with each planned project, where applicable;
(c) to urge contributing Parties to prioritize, for inclusion in their three-year business plans, projects required for countries to comply with impending Montreal Protocol control measures, using as a basis the three-year phase-out plan of the Multilateral Fund.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/50, Decision 40/6, para. 36).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/11, Add.1 and Add.2/Rev.1).
The Forty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) a status report on the process undertaken up to the 41st Meeting in implementing the Fund’s three-year model phase-out plan; and
(b) guidance on the funding allocations for the remainder of the triennium, including total allocations for 2004 and 2005, allocations of the Implementing Agencies and the bilateral agencies, and a possible allocation for a funding window on accelerated phase-out and maintaining momentum.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/87, Decision 41/81, para. 120).
The Forty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note the report on financial planning as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/4 and Corrs.1 and 2;
(b) to adopt a resource allocation of US $237 million for 2004 and US $178 million for 2005, with any remaining funds from 2004 to be allocated to 2005;
(c) to note that all projects in the bilateral and Implementing Agencies’ 2004 business plans for accelerating phase-out and maintaining momentum could be considered for funding in 2004.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/54, Decision 42/3 (a, b, c), para. 32 (a-c)).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/4 and Corrs. 1 and 2).
The Forty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note that the draft model three-year phase-out plan 2004-2006 presented in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/5 had been used as the reference for the preparation of the 2004-2006 business plans of the Implementing Agencies;
(b) to adopt the model three-year phase-out plan 2004-2006 as a reference for resource planning for the corresponding triennium;
(c) to urge Article 5 countries with projects approved but not implemented and the cooperating implementing and bilateral agencies to accelerate the pace of implementation during the 2004-2006 triennium; and
(d) to request the Secretariat to present an updated model three-year rolling phase out plan for the years 2005-2007 to the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2005 in order to provide guidance, as appropriate, for the preparation of the 2005-2007 business plan of the Multilateral Fund.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/54, Decision 42/4, para. 37).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/5).