Decision 66/41

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Algeria for the period 2010 to 2017 to reduce HCFC consumption by 20 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $1,777,951, plus agency support costs of US $133,347 for UNIDO and, noting that the project to phase out 2.40 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b used in the manufacture of polyurethane rigid insulation foam for domestic refrigerators at Cristor, at the amount of US $215,380, plus agency support costs of US $19,384 for UNIDO, had already been approved at the 62^nd meeting of the Executive Committee in 2010 and had subsequently been included in stage I of the HPMP;
2. To note:
   1. That with the amounts referred to in subparagraph (a) above, the total funding for stage I of the HPMP for Algeria amounted to US $1,993,331, plus agency support costs of US $152,731;
   2. That the Government of Algeria had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 30.2 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 30.2 ODP tonnes reported for both 2009 and 2010, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, plus 5.36 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyol systems, resulting in 35.56 ODP tonnes;
   3. That, in the event that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol agreed to change the baseline for compliance as calculated in the HPMP, the starting point for aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption would be 67.46 ODP tonnes (i.e., 62.1 ODP tonnes as the revised baseline for compliance plus 5.36 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyol systems);
   4. That, in the event that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol did not agree to change the baseline for compliance as calculated in the HPMP, stage I of the HPMP would reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline by 2020 and the Agreement between the Government of Algeria and the Executive Committee would be revised accordingly;
   5. The deduction of 2.40 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption for the project approved at the 62^nd meeting, and the agreement to deduct a further 12.08 ODP tonnes of HCFCs for implementation of stage I of the HPMP;
   6. That the Government of Algeria had committed to banning the import of HCFC-141b in bulk by 1 January 2016 once the conversion of the enterprise Cristor had been completed and an alternative process for cleaning refrigeration circuits had been implemented;
   7. That approval of stage I of the HPMP did not preclude Algeria from submitting, prior to 2015, a proposal to achieve a reduction in HCFCs beyond that addressed in stage I of the HPMP;
3. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Algeria and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXIII to the present report;
4. To request the Fund Secretariat, in the event that the baseline consumption for compliance for Algeria was amended based on revised Article 7 data, 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
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Algeria, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $1,593,860, plus agency support costs of US $119,540 for UNIDO.