Decision 64/40

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Brazil for the period 2011 to 2015 to meet the 10 per cent reduction in HCFC consumption, at the amount of US $21,220,135, consisting of US $15,506,257 plus agency support costs of US $1,162,969 for UNDP, and US $4,090,909 plus agency support costs of US $460,000 for the Government of Germany;
2. To note that the Government of Brazil had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption an estimated baseline of 1,327.3 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 1,415.5 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol and estimated consumption of 1,239.0 ODP tonnes for 2010;
3. To deduct 220.3 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
4. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Brazil and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXI to the present report;
5. 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 change in the levels of maximum allowable consumption accordingly; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Brazil, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $6,152,567, consisting of US $4,456,257, plus agency support costs of US $334,219, for UNDP, and US $1,209,091, plus agency support costs of US $153,000, for the Government of Germany.