Decision 68/33

Following the report of the convenor of the contact group, who highlighted the constructive approach of the implementing agencies and other parties involved in the group’s discussions, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Bahrain for the period 2012 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 39 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $3,033,814, consisting of US $470,000, plus agency support costs of US $61,100 for UNEP, and US $2,338,985, plus agency support costs of US $163,729 for UNIDO;
2. To note that the Government of Bahrain had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 51.9 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 45.1 ODP tonnes and 58.7 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, plus 10.11 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre blended polyols, and to deduct 0.62 ODP tonnes imported for stockpile, resulting in 61.39 ODP tonnes;
3. To deduct 23.21 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 Bahrain and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XIX to the present document;
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Bahrain, and the corresponding tranche implementation plans, at the amount of US $723,517, consisting of US $120,000, plus agency support costs of US $15,600 for UNEP, and US $549,455, plus agency support costs of US $38,462 for UNIDO;
6. To note that, within the total approved funding, US $112,500 was designated for a feasibility study (prototyping, testing and certification) for conversion of central air‑conditioners to low global-warming-potential alternatives;
7. To allow the submission of the conversion project for a central air-conditioner production line once the feasibility study was successfully completed during the implementation of stage I of the HPMP;
8. To approve the reallocation of funding remaining from the terminal phase-out management plan of US $105,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,650 for UNEP, as agreed by the Government of Bahrain in line with the implementation plan provided; and
9. To urge the Government of Bahrain to ratify the Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol as soon as possible.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 80/11