The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Yemen for the period 2012 to 2015 to reduce HCFC consumption by 15 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $868,100, consisting of US $380,000, plus agency support costs of US $49,400 for UNEP, and US $410,000, plus agency support costs of US $28,700 for UNIDO;
- To note that the Government of Yemen had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 158.2 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 157.8 ODP tonnes and 158.6 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, plus 17.55 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyols, resulting in 175.75 ODP tonnes;
- To deduct 63.28 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
- To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Yemen and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXV to the present report;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Yemen, and the corresponding tranche implementation plans, at the amount of US $681,650, consisting of US $215,000, plus agency support costs of US $27,950 for UNEP, and US $410,000, plus agency support costs of US $28,700 for UNIDO; and
- To approve the reallocation of funding remaining from the national CFC phase-out plan of US $140,000, plus agency support costs of US $18,200 for UNEP, as agreed by the Government of Yemen in line with the implementation plan provided.