Decision 68/30

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Haiti for the period 2012 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $312,516, consisting of US $182,881, plus agency support costs of US $23,775 for UNEP, and US $97,119, plus agency support costs of US $8,741 for UNDP;
2. To note that the Government of Haiti had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 3.6 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 3.9 ODP tonnes and 3.4 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
3. To deduct 1.26 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
4. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Haiti and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XVI to the present report;
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Haiti, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, at the amount of US $40,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,200 for UNEP; and
6. To urge the Government of Haiti to ratify the Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol as soon as possible.