Decision 63/53

Following the report of a contact group, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the Government of Chile’s commitment to meet the 2013 and 2015 control measures solely through policy measures and activities directed at the refrigeration servicing sector;
2. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Chile for the period 2011-2015, at the amount of US $1,936,306, comprising US $1,497,966, plus agency support costs of US $112,347 for UNDP, and US $288,489, plus agency support costs of US $37,504 for UNEP;
3. To note that the Government of Chile had agreed to establish an estimated baseline of 100.3 ODP tonnes as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption, calculated using actual consumption of 75.2 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and consumption of 125.3 ODP tonnes estimated for 2010;
4. To deduct 22.00 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
5. To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Chile and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex V to the present report;
6. To note that the amount of HCFC consumption to be phased out in the Agreement should assist the country to make progress in meeting control measures beyond 2015 accordingly;
7. To request the 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; and
8. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Chile, and the first implementation plan for 2011-2012, at the amount of US $673,618, comprising US $465,566, plus agency support costs of US $34,917 for UNDP, and US $153,217, plus agency support costs of US $19,918 for UNEP.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 71/30