Decision 62/59

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Pakistan, at the amount of US $5,881,713, comprising of US $5,008,849 and agency support costs of US $375,664 for UNIDO, and US $440,000 and agency support costs of US $57,200 for UNEP; noting that the total amount for UNIDO included US $4,840,849 and agency support costs of US $363,064 that had already been approved at the 60^th meeting for the phase-out of 71.7 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b used in the manufacture of domestic and commercial refrigerators by five enterprises;
2. To note that the Government of Pakistan had agreed at the 62^nd meeting to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the estimated baseline of 246.6 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption for 2009 and estimated consumption for 2010;
3. To deduct 7.43 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
4. To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Pakistan and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXII to the present report;
5. To request the Fund Secretariat, once the baseline data were known, to update Appendix 2-A to the Agreement to include the figures for maximum allowable consumption, and to notify the Executive Committee of the resulting levels of maximum allowable consumption accordingly; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Pakistan, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $299,100, comprising of US $68,000 and agency support costs of US $5,100 for UNIDO, and US $200,000 and agency support costs of US $26,000 for UNEP.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 70/15