Decision 63/40

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Paraguay for the period 2011 to 2020, at the amount of US $695,400, comprising US $330,000, plus agency support costs of US $42,900 for UNEP, and US $300,000, plus agency support costs of US $22,500 for UNDP;
2. To note that the Government of Paraguay had agreed to establish an estimated baseline of 18.0 ODP tonnes as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption, calculated using actual consumption of 15.1 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and consumption of 20.8 ODP tonnes estimated for 2010, plus 1.4 ODP tonnes of HCFC- 141b contained in imported pre-blended polyol systems, resulting in 19.4 ODP tonnes;
3. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Paraguay and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXII to the present report;
4. 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
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Paraguay, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $346,683, comprising US $146,500, plus agency support costs of US $19,045 for UNEP, and US $168,500, plus agency support costs of US $12,638 for UNDP.