The Forty-second Meeting of the
Executive Committee decided:
(a) to
note with appreciation the business plans and letters on bilateral cooperation
submitted by: Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Slovak
Republic, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America as addressed in
document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/7;
(b) also
to note the withdrawal by Hungary of its business plan, which included funding
for the European Network;
(c) to
note with appreciation the significant support for the European Network
provided by the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Slovak Republic;
(d) to
request the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to withdraw their business
plans, which included funding for the European Network, as UNEP had incorporated
the Network into its funding requests for its Compliance Assistance Programme
(CAP);
(e) further
to note the statement made by the representative of Japan with respect to the
activities proposed and to maintain them in the business plan of Japan; and
(f) in the case of multiyear
projects which would result in forward commitments into the next replenishment
period, to request bilateral agencies to establish arrangements such as
agreements with other implementing and bilateral agencies that were in a position
to do so, which would ensure that the project received the full funding
approved.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/54,
Decision 42/6, para. 45).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/7).