Decision 65/40

Following discussion in the contact group, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Jordan for the period 2011 to 2017 to reduce HCFC consumption by 20 per cent of the baseline at the amount of US $2,617,217, consisting of US $92,184, plus agency support costs of US $8,297 for UNIDO, and US $2,341,150, plus agency support costs of US $175,586 for the World Bank, and to note that the project to phase out HCFC-22 and HCFC-141b from the manufacture of unitary air-conditioning equipment at Petra Engineering Industries Co., at the amount of US $2,167,033, plus agency support costs of US $162,527 for UNIDO, had already been approved at the 60^th meeting and had subsequently been included in stage I of the HPMP;
2. To note that with the amounts referred to in paragraph (a) above, the total funding for stage I of the HPMP for Jordan amounts to US $4,600,367, plus agency support costs of US $346,410.
3. To note that the Government of Jordan had agreed at the 65^th meeting to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the estimated baseline of 82.98 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, amended by 11.31 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in pre-blended polyol systems, representing the average of such imports for eligible enterprises between 2007 and 2009, resulting in 94.29 ODP tonnes;
4. To note:
   1. The commitment of the Government of Jordan to ban the manufacture and import of HCFC-based, residential air-conditioning equipment by 31 December 2016;
   2. That the overall air-conditioning sector plan would incorporate policy and technical approaches to improve the energy efficiency of residential air‑conditioning equipment to offset the climate impact of the alternative refrigerant, HFC-410A;
   3. To note the commitment of the Government of Jordan to achieve energy consumption for residential air conditioners using HFC-410A at least equal to or lower than the HCFC-22 air conditioners they replaced;
   4. That the approval of stage I of the HPMP did not preclude Jordan from submitting prior to 2015 a proposal to achieve a reduction in HCFC consumption beyond that addressed in stage I of the HPMP;
   5. That with the request for funding of the final tranche a verification would be submitted for the year 2015 as specified in paragraph 5(b) of the draft Agreement between the Government of Jordan and the Executive Committee;
   6. That stage II of the HPMP would focus on conversion to low-GWP alternatives in the foam sector;

(d)(bis)* 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;

5. To request the World Bank to report on progress achieved when submitting the request for the second tranche;
6. To note the deduction of 8.06 ODP tonnes of HCFCs (125 mt of HCFC-22 and 10.8 mt of HCFC-141b) from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption for a project at Petra Engineering Co., and to deduct a further 17.44 ODP tonnes of HCFCs (317.1 mt of HCFC-22) for the implementation of stage I of the HPMP;
7. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Jordan and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXVI to the present report; and

8. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Jordan, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $1,226,658, consisting of US $70,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,300 for UNIDO, and US $1,070,100, plus agency support costs of US $80,258 for the World Bank.

   * Paragraph (d)(bis) was added as per document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/65/60/Corr.1