The Fifth Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. V/13:

1. To note with appreciation the interim reports of the Co-Chairs of the Scientific and the Environmental Effects Assessment Panels and to request them to continue their work in accordance with the decisions of the Fourth and Fifth Meetings of the Parties to the Protocol;
2. To note with appreciation the reports of the Halons Technical Options Committee and of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel submitted in July 1993;
3. To note with satisfaction the progress in reducing the consumption of the controlled substances.