The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Eritrea for the period 2012 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $182,685, consisting of US $84,500, plus agency support costs of US $10,985 for UNEP, and US $80,000, plus agency support costs of US $7,200 for UNIDO;
- To note that the Government of Eritrea had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 0.1 ODP tonnes, calculated using the consumption of 0.1 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010 under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
- To deduct 0.03 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
- To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Eritrea and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XIII to the present report;
- To request the Fund Secretariat, in the event that the baseline consumption for compliance for Eritrea was amended based on revised Article 7 data, to update Appendix 2-A to the Agreement to include the revised figures for maximum allowable consumption, and to notify the Executive Committee of the resulting change in the levels of maximum allowable consumption and of any potential related impact on the eligible funding level, with any adjustments needed being made when the next tranche was submitted; and
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Eritrea, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, at the amount of US $88,800, consisting of US $40,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,200 for UNEP, and US $40,000, plus agency support costs of US $3,600 for UNIDO.
- This Agreement was revised as per Decision 77/36