The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Lebanon for the period 2015 to 2025 to reduce HCFC consumption by 75 per cent of its baseline, in the amount of US $4,203,826, plus agency support costs of US $294,268 for UNDP;
- To note that the Government of Lebanon had committed to achieving a reduction in HCFC consumption of 18 per cent of its baseline by 2017, 50 per cent by 2020, and 75 per cent by 2025;
- To note the commitment of the Government of Lebanon to issue a ban on imports of HCFC‑141b in bulk and contained in imported pre-blended polyols by 1 January 2020, and of HCFC-22, except for servicing, by 1 January 2026;
- To deduct 36.65 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
- To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Lebanon and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP contained in Annex XXI to the present report; and
- To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Lebanon, and the corresponding 2015‑2018 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $2,410,000, plus agency support costs of US $168,700 for UNDP.
- This Agreement was revised as per Decision 86/91