Decision 66/33

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Antigua and Barbuda for the period 2012 to 2015 to reduce HCFC consumption by 10 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $51,700, plus agency support costs of US $6,721 for UNEP;
2. To note that the Government of Antigua and Barbuda had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 0.3 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 0.5 ODP tonnes and 0.1 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
3. To deduct 0.03 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
4. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XV to the present report; and
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Antigua and Barbuda, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $45,850, plus agency support costs of US $5,961 for UNEP.