The Executive Committee, at its Fifteenth Meeting, approved the terms of reference for the Sub-Committee on Project Review.
The Sub-Committee on Project Review will:
(a) consider and review projects and activities submitted to the Executive Committee under bilateral co-operation; Implementing Agencies' work programmes; country programmes; and investment projects submitted by the Implementing Agencies;
(b) address issues arising from projects and activities submitted to the Executive Committee in accordance with established guidelines and criteria;
(c) identify and clarify outstanding policy issues arising from projects submitted to the Executive Committee;
(d) report and make recommendations on the above to the Executive Committee; and
(e) consider any other matter the Executive Committee deems appropriate.
The Sub-Committee shall consist of three Executive Committee members from Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol and three Executive Committee members from Parties not so operating. The Chairman of the Sub-Committee will be determined by the membership and will alternate among members between Article 5 and non-Article 5 Parties from one Meeting of the Parties to the next.
The Secretariat will assist the Sub-Committee in its work and participate in Sub-Committee meetings. Implementing agencies are required to participate. The Sub-Committee may invite representatives of the established Technical Advisory Group and the Group on Production of Substitutes or other experts to participate in the meetings.
The Sub-Committee will be a Standing Committee. It will be appointed for a period coinciding with the terms of the office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee.
The Sub-Committee will convene its meetings as determined by the Executive Committee.
The Sub-Committee will be a closed Committee. Executive Committee members may be admitted as observers with the express agreement of the Chairman. With the concurrence of all members of the Sub-Committee the Chairman could invite the observers to speak. Three representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) -one nominated by the environmental NGOs, one by industrial NGOs and one by NGOs from the academic community- may observe the meeting of the Sub-Committee but may not participate. Implementing agencies will explain details of projects before the Sub-Committee and provide information to assist the Sub-Committee in its deliberations.
The Sub-Committee will require final details of all projects it is to consider to be distributed to members no later than seven days before the meeting.
The working language of the meetings of the Sub-Committee will be English."
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/15/45, para. 173).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/20/72, Annex VII).