The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Côte d’Ivoire for the period 2012 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $2,004,371, consisting of US $905,740, plus agency support costs of US $109,631 for UNEP, and US $920,000, plus agency support costs of US $69,000 for UNIDO;
- To note that the Government of Côte d’Ivoire had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 63.8 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 61.7 ODP tonnes and 65.9 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
- To deduct 22.33 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
- To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXV to the present report;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Côte d’Ivoire, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $774,760, consisting of US $250,000, plus agency support costs of US $30,260 for UNEP, and US $460,000, plus agency support costs of US $34,500 for UNIDO; and
- To urge the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to ratify the Beijing Amendment as soon as possible.
- This Agreement was revised as per Decision 75/29