The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for the Republic of the Congo for the period 2011 to 2020, at the amount of US $388,500, comprising US $175,000, plus agency support costs of US $22,750 for UNEP, and US $175,000, plus agency support costs of US $15,750 for UNIDO;
- To note that the Government of the Republic of the Congo had agreed to establish an estimated baseline of 10.1 ODP tonnes as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption, calculated using actual consumption of 9.7 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and consumption of 10.6 ODP tonnes estimated for 2010;
- To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Congo and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XIII to the present report;
- 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 and of any potential related impact on the eligible funding level, with any adjustments needed being made when the next tranche was submitted; and
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for the Republic of the Congo, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $159,850, comprising US $45,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,850 for UNEP, and US $100,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,000 for UNIDO.