The Executive Committee, noting that more than 99 per cent of HCFC consumption in Afghanistan was in the refrigeration servicing sector, decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Afghanistan for the period 2011 to 2020, at the amount of US $767,384, comprising US $398,825, plus agency support costs of US $51,847 for UNEP, and US $280,276, plus agency support costs of US $36,436 for the Government of Germany;
- To note that the Government of Afghanistan had agreed to establish an estimated baseline of 23.3 ODP tonnes as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption, calculated using actual consumption of 22.2 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and consumption of 24.4 ODP tonnes estimated for 2010;
- To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Afghanistan and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex IV 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 Afghanistan, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $231,650, comprising US $120,000, plus agency support costs of US $15,600 for UNEP, and US $85,000, plus agency support costs of US $11,050 for the Government of Germany.
- This Agreement was revised as per Decision 72/25