Decision 64/44

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Lebanon for the period 2011 to 2017 to reduce HCFC consumption by 17.5 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $2,495,109 plus agency support costs of US $187,133 for UNDP;
2. To note that the Government of Lebanon had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption an estimated baseline of 72.8 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 58.4 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol and estimated consumption of 87.1 ODP tonnes for 2010;
3. To deduct 20.0 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
4. To note that approval of stage I of the HPMP did not preclude Lebanon from submitting, prior to 2015, a proposal to achieve a reduction in HCFCs beyond that addressed in stage I of the HPMP;
5. To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Lebanon and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXIV to the present report;
6. 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
7. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Lebanon, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $1,500,000, plus agency support costs of US $112,500, for UNDP.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 70/15