Decision 68/28

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan of (HPMP) for Saint Lucia;
   2. That the Fund Secretariat had updated paragraph 1, Appendices 1-A and 2-A of the Agreement* between the Government of Saint Lucia and the Executive Committee based on the established HCFC baseline for compliance, and that a new paragraph 16 had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement attached as Annex XIV to the present report superseded that reached at the 64^th meeting;
   3. That the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption was 0.2 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 0.4 ODP tonnes and 0.0 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, and that the overall funding had been reduced accordingly to reflect the amount eligible under the reported baseline;
2. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Saint Lucia and the corresponding tranche implementation plans, at the amount of US $26,850, consisting of US $13,150, plus agency support costs of US $1,710 for UNEP, and US $11,000, plus agency support costs of US $990 for UNIDO; and
3. To request the Fund Secretariat, in the event that the baseline consumption for compliance for Saint Lucia 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.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 76/48