Following remarks commending Libya’s efforts, with the assistance of UNIDO, to find a path toward returning the country to compliance with the Montreal Protocol, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Libya for the period 2015 to 2018 to reduce HCFC consumption by 10 per cent of the baseline, in the amount of US $1,908,843, plus agency support costs of US $133,619 for UNIDO, on the understanding that approval was without prejudice to the operation of the Montreal Protocol’s mechanism for addressing non-compliance;
- To note that the Government of Libya had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 118.38 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 97.5 ODP tonnes and 139.3 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, and deducting 4.72 ODP tonnes imported for stockpiling, resulting in 113.66 ODP tonnes;
- To deduct 26.51 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
- To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Libya and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs contained in Annex XXV to the present report; and
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Libya, and the corresponding 2015‑2018 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,717,950, plus agency support costs of US $120,257 for UNIDO.
- This Agreement was revised as per Decision 86/26