Decision 66/36

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Djibouti for the period 2012 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $164,500, plus agency support costs of US $21,385 for UNEP;
2. To note that the Government of Djibouti had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 0.7 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 0.6 ODP tonnes and 0.7 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
3. To deduct 0.24 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
4. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Djibouti and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XVIII to the present report;
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Djibouti, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $81,000, plus agency support costs of US $10,530 for UNEP; and
6. To urge the Government of Djibouti to ratify the Beijing Amendment as soon as possible.