Decision 63/42

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Sao Tome and Principe for the period 2011 to 2020, at the amount of US $160,000, plus agency support costs of US $20,800 for UNEP;
2. To note that the Government of Sao Tome and Principe had agreed to establish an estimated baseline of 0.2 ODP tonnes as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption, calculated using consumption of 0.1 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 under the HPMP and consumption of 0.2 ODP tonnes estimated for 2010;
3. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Sao Tome and Principe and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXIV 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 Sao Tome and Principe, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $44,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,720 for UNEP.