Decision 60/32

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, on an exceptional basis and without setting a precedent, the projects for the phase-out of HCFC-141b in the manufacture of insulating polyurethane (PU) rigid foam at United Refrigeration, HNR (Haier), Varioline Intercool and Shadman Electronics companies, at a total cost of US $3,559,359, plus agency support costs of US $266,952 for UNIDO, and the phase-out of HCFC-141b in the manufacture of insulation PU rigid foam at Dawlance, at a total cost of US $1,281,490, plus agency support costs of US $96,112 for UNIDO;
2. To note that the Government of Pakistan agreed at the 60^th Meeting to establish as its starting point for its sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the average consumption for 2009 and 2010, which was Pakistan’s baseline;
3. To deduct 71.7 ODP tonnes (651.8 metric tonnes) of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HCFC consumption; and
4. To request UNIDO to provide to the Secretariat, at the end of each year of the projects’ implementation period, progress reports that addressed the issues pertaining to the collection of accurate data in line with the objectives of decision 55/43(b), and to include those reports in the implementation reports on the HPMP, once it had been approved.