Decision 68/36

After further discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for the Philippines for the period 2012 to 2015 to reduce HCFC consumption by 10 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $230,000, plus agency support costs of US $29,900 for UNEP, noting that the project to phase out 40.0 ODP tonnes of HCFC‑141b used in the polyurethane foam sector, at the amount of US $2,088,000, plus agency support costs of US $132,799 for UNIDO and US $41,256 for Japan, had already been approved at the 62^nd meeting of the Executive Committee and had subsequently been included in stage I of the HPMP;
2. To note that, with the amounts referred to in paragraph (a) above, the total funding for stage I of the HPMP for the Philippines amounted to US $2,318,000, plus agency support costs of US $203,955;
3. To note that the Government of the Philippines had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the revised baseline of 162.87 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 161.65 ODP tonnes and 164.10 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under the HPMP survey;
4. To note the deduction of 40.0 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption for the foam sector project approved at the 62^nd meeting, and to deduct a further 5.0 ODP tonnes of HCFCs for the implementation of stage I of the HPMP;
5. To note that the Government of the Philippines had committed to banning the installation of new, or the expansion of existing, manufacturing facilities using HCFC in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector in 2013, and to banning the import of HCFC-141b for foam manufacturing in 2014;
6. To note that, in submitting stage II of the HPMP, funding assistance to meet the 2020 HCFC reduction target would be limited to addressing tonnage equivalent to no more than 15 per cent of its baseline;
7. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXI to the present report;
8. To request the Fund Secretariat, in the event that the baseline consumption for the Philippines was amended based on revised Article 7 data, to update Appendix 2-A to the Agreement to include the revised figures for the baseline once approved by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol;
9. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for the Philippines, and the corresponding revised tranche implementation plan, at the amount of US $207,000, plus agency support costs of US $26,910 for UNEP; and
10. To note the reallocation of funding remaining from the national CFC phase-out plan of US $1,033,575*, plus agency support costs of US $123,693* for UNEP, as agreed by the Government of the Philippines and in line with paragraph 104(b) above.

• These are the corrected amounts as per document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/68/53/Corr.3