Decision 66/40

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Niger for the period 2012 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $617,125, consisting of US $285,000, plus agency support costs of US $21,375 for UNIDO, and US $275,000, plus agency support costs of US $35,750 for UNEP;
2. To note that the Government of Niger had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption an estimated baseline of 16.0 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 16.0 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 under the HPMP and 16.0 ODP tonnes reported for 2010 under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
3. To deduct 5.60 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 Niger and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXII to the present report;
5. To request the Fund Secretariat, in the event that the baseline consumption for Niger was amended based on revised Article 7 data, to update Appendix 2-A to the Agreement to include the revised figures for the baseline once approved by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Niger, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $301,125, consisting of US $175,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,125 for UNIDO, and US $100,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,000 for UNEP.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 84/55