Decision 62/58

Following informal consultations, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Nigeria for the period 2010-2015, at the amount of US $5,309,242, comprising of US $2,999,750 and agency support costs of US $224,981 for UNDP, and US $1,939,080, and agency support costs of US $145,431 for UNIDO, for the phase‑out of 90.15 ODP tonnes, with the main objective of ensuring that Nigeria could comply with the 2013 and 2015 control measures of the Montreal Protocol;
2. To note that the Government of Nigeria had agreed at the 62^nd meeting to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the estimated baseline of 407.4 ODP tonnes calculated using actual consumption reported in 2009 and estimated 2010 consumption, and that those values would be modified depending on the level of the baseline consumption determined by the Ozone Secretariat;
3. To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Nigeria and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXI to the present report;
4. To request the Fund Secretariat, once the baseline data were known, to update Appendix 2-A to the Agreement to include the figures for maximum allowable consumption, and to notify the Executive Committee of the resulting levels of maximum allowable consumption;
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Nigeria, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $1,511,023, comprising of US $855,603 and agency support costs of US $64,170 for UNDP, and US $550,000 and agency support costs of US $41,250 for UNIDO; and
6. To request as a precondition for the submission of the third tranche of the HPMP the existence of a functioning licensing/quota system encompassing HCFCs. The functionality of that licensing/quota system would be expressed by its ability to control, in particular, the imports of HCFCs into the country to a level predefined by a quota, to be established in advance of the year of import. A verification report to be submitted with the third tranche should include verification of Nigeria’s HCFC consumption for the respective year, but also the necessary information allowing an assessment of the functionality of the licensing/quota system, as well as a specific opinion on that point.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 66/32