The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Guinea for the period 2012 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $713,510, consisting of US $327,000, plus agency support costs of US $42,510 for UNEP, and US $320,000, plus agency support costs of US $24,000 for UNIDO;
- To note that the Government of Guinea had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 22.6 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 21.8 ODP tonnes and 23.4 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
- To deduct 7.91 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
- To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Guinea and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXVI to the present report;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Guinea, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $268,050, consisting of US $85,000, plus agency support costs of US $11,050 for UNEP, and US $160,000, plus agency support costs of US $12,000 for UNIDO; and
- To request the Government of Guinea, during implementation of stage I of the HPMP, to give high priority to the implementation of a code of good service practice, and to strengthen the technical capacity of refrigeration service technicians in order to reduce the high leakage rate of HCFC refrigerants during service practices.