Decision 71/40

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Namibia;
   2. That the Fund Secretariat had updated paragraph 1, Appendices 1-A and 2-A of the Agreement* between the Government of Namibia and the Executive Committee, based on the established HCFC baseline for compliance and the original HPMP submission, and that a new paragraph 16 had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 63^rd meeting, as contained in Annex XXIII to the present report; and
   3. That the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption was 8.4 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 6.0 ODP tonnes and 10.7 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
   4. That the 2011 consumption reported by the Government of Namibia exceeded the maximum allowable consumption by 1.08 ODP tonnes, as set out in row 1.2 of its Agreement with the Executive Committee, as it included consumption of ODS used for servicing foreign-owned ships;
   5. That the Government of Namibia had established a quota system to control the import and export of HCFCs, had committed to meeting the targets in its Agreement with the Executive Committee and had included the consumption of ODS used for servicing foreign-owned ships in its domestic consumption in its annual report under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol up to and including 2011, affirming that 2012 and subsequent domestic consumption reporting would include ODS used for servicing foreign-owned ships accordingly; and
2. To approve the second tranche of the HPMP for Namibia, and the corresponding revised 2014-2017 tranche implementation plan with adjustments to focus the incentive programme only on replacement of HCFC-based equipment and not on retrofits, in the amount of US $240,000, plus agency support costs of US $29,067 for the Government of Germany.

*This Agreement was revised as per Decision 93/36.