The Executive Committee decided:
- To note that the Government of Qatar had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption an estimated baseline of 86.08 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 79.75 ODP tonnes and 92.41 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Qatar for the period 2011 to 2015 to meet a 20 per cent reduction in HCFC consumption, at the amount of US $2,206,395, consisting of US $1,726,600, plus agency support costs of US $129,495 for UNIDO and US $310,000, plus agency support costs of US $40,300 for UNEP;
- To deduct 57.86 ODP tonnes* from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
- To approve the draft Agreement** between the Government of Qatar and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXXI to the present report;
(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;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Qatar, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $1,243,000, consisting of US $1,045,907, plus agency support costs of US $78,443 for UNIDO, and US $105,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,650 for UNEP; and
- To approve the reallocation of funding remaining from the terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP) of US $110,000, plus agency support costs for UNIDO and US $60,000, plus agency support costs for UNEP, as agreed under the TPMP, in line with the implementation plans provided.
The tonnage in paragraph (c) and paragraph (d)(bis) were corrected/added through document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/65/60/Corr.1
** This Agreement was revised as per Decision 82/34