Decision 63/50

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Mongolia for the period 2011-2020, at the amount of US $413,580, comprising US $236,000, plus agency support costs of US $30,680 for UNEP, and US $130,000, plus agency support costs of US $16,900 for the Government of Japan, to cover both the servicing and manufacturing sectors, on the understanding that:
   1. US $210,000 were for the servicing sector and to reach the 35 per cent reduction in HCFC consumption by 2020, in line with decision 60/44;
   2. US $156,000 were for the investment project for the phase-out of 9.9 metric tonnes (0.54 ODP tonnes) of HCFC-22 used in extruded polystyrene foams;
2. To note that the Government of Mongolia had agreed to establish an estimated baseline of 1.3 ODP tonnes as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption, calculated using actual consumption of 1.2 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and consumption of 1.5 ODP tonnes estimated for 2010;
3. To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Mongolia and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex II to the present report, and in line with subparagraph (a) above;
4. To request the 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;
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Mongolia, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $220,350, comprising US $65,000, plus agency support costs of US $8,450 for UNEP, and US $130,000, plus agency support costs of US $16,900 for the Government of Japan, for both the servicing and manufacturing sectors in line with subparagraph (a) above.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 71/30