Decision 65/26

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for El Salvador for the period 2011 to 2020 to meet the 35 per cent reduction in HCFC consumption, at the amount of US$ 1,138,423, consisting of US $699,277, plus agency support costs of US $52,446 for UNDP, and US $375,000, plus agency support costs of US $11,700 for UNEP, on the understanding that:
   1. US $350,000 were provided to address HCFC consumption in the refrigeration servicing sector to reach up to and include the 35 per cent reduction in 2020 in line with decision 60/44;
   2. US $439,277 were provided for the investment component for the phase-out of 4.94 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b in imported pre-blended polyols used in the foam manufacturing sector; and
   3. US $285,000 were provided for institutional strengthening from July 2011 to December 2020;
2. To note that the Government of El Salvador had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption an estimated baseline of 11.68 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 11.86 ODP tonnes and 11.50 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, plus 4.94 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre‑blended polyol systems, resulting in 16.62 ODP tonnes;
3. To note the commitment by the Government of El Salvador to ban imports of HCFC‑141b, both pure and contained in pre-blended polyols, by no later than 1 January 2015;
4. To deduct 9.02 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
5. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of El Salvador and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XIII 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 and of any potential related impact on the eligible funding level, with any adjustments needed being made when the next tranche was submitted; and
7. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for El Salvador, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $742,475, consisting of US $530,349, plus agency support costs of US $39,776 for UNDP, and US $166,500, plus agency support costs of US $5,850 for UNEP.