Decision 65/47

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Uruguay for the period 2011 to 2015, to meet the 10 per cent reduction in HCFC consumption, at the amount of US $380,004, plus agency support costs of US $28,500 for UNDP;
2. To note that the Government of Uruguay had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption an estimated baseline of 23.33 ODP tonnes calculated using the average of actual consumption of 21.92 ODP tonnes and 24.71 ODP tonnes for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, plus 5.33 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b in pre-blended polyols, resulting in a value of 28.66 ODP tonnes;
3. To deduct 4.18 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption in paragraph (b) above;
4. To note that during the implementation of stage I of the HPMP, the Government of Uruguay could submit an investment project to phase out the use of HCFC-22 in the refrigeration manufacturing assembly of cold rooms, should appropriate alternatives be available;
5. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Uruguay and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex III to the present report; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Uruguay and the corresponding implementation plan at the amount US $100,000, plus agency support costs of US $7,500 for UNDP.