Decision 68/40

Following the informal discussions, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Turkey for the period 2012 to 2017 to reduce HCFC consumption by 86.4 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $6,971,961, consisting of US $6,406,600, plus agency support costs of US $448,462 for UNIDO, and US $103,450, plus agency support costs of US $13,449 for UNEP, noting that stage I of the HPMP also included US $7,713,490, plus agency support costs of US $578,512 for UNIDO, for an umbrella project for the phase-out of 293.7 ODP tonnes of HCFCs used for the production of polyurethane (PU) rigid foam and extruded polystyrene (XPS) boardstock foam, approved at the 62^nd meeting;
2. To note:
   1. That, with the amounts referred to in paragraph (a) above, the total funding for stage I of the HPMP for Turkey amounted to US $14,223,540, plus agency support costs of US $1,040,424;
   2. The revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption calculated on the basis of the consumption of 609.9 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, which were the latest data available when the umbrella project for the phase-out of HCFCs in the PU and XPS foam sub-sectors had been approved at the 62^nd meeting, plus 31.53 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyols, resulting in 641.43 ODP tonnes;
   3. The deduction of 293.7 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption for an umbrella project approved at the 62^nd meeting, and to deduct a further 214.17 ODP tonnes of HCFCs for the implementation of stage I of the HPMP;
   4. That an amount of HCFCs equivalent to 42.9 per cent of the HCFC baseline plus 31.53 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyols would be phased out without any assistance from the Multilateral Fund;
   5. The commitment of the Government of Turkey to ban the import of: HCFC‑141b in bulk or contained in pre-blended polyols by 1 January 2013; HCFC-22 used for manufacturing refrigeration and air-conditioning systems sold in the local market from 1 January 2015; and HCFC-22 for all other uses, including refrigeration servicing, from 1 January 2025; and
   6. That approval of stage I of the HPMP did not preclude Turkey from submitting, not earlier than 2017, a proposal to achieve a reduction in HCFCs beyond that addressed in stage I of the HPMP;
3. To approve the draft Agreement* between the Government of Turkey and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXIV to the present report; and
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Turkey, and the corresponding tranche implementation plans, at the amount of US $981,192, consisting of US $807,750, plus agency support costs of US $56,543 for UNIDO, and US $103,450, plus agency support costs of US $13,449 for UNEP.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 84/81