Decision 65/39

The Executive Committee therefore decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Iraq for the period 2011 to 2015 to reduce HCFC consumption by 13.82 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $1,305,450, consisting of US $770,000, plus agency support costs of US $94,700 for UNEP, and US $410,000, plus agency support costs of US $30,750 for UNIDO;
2. To note that the approved funding included US $40,000 for security-related costs, provided on an exceptional basis, to enable the implementation of the programme, and not taken into account when establishing the reduction of eligibility associated with the activities, particularly in the servicing sector;
3. To note that the Government of Iraq had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption an estimated baseline of 108.38 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 110.96 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol and estimated consumption of 105.80 ODP tonnes for 2010;
4. To deduct 14.98 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
5. To note that approval of stage I of the HPMP did not preclude Iraq from submitting, prior to 2015, a proposal to achieve a reduction in HCFCs beyond that addressed in stage I of the HPMP;
6. To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Iraq and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXV to the present report;
7. 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
8. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Iraq, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $215,144, consisting of US $115,000, plus agency support costs of US $14,144 for UNEP, and US $80,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,000 for UNIDO.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 74/44