Decision 69/21

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Barbados for the period 2013 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, at the amount of US $312,880, consisting of US $192,000, plus agency support costs of US $24,960 for UNEP, and US $88,000, plus agency support costs of US $7,920 for UNDP;
2. To note that the Government of Barbados had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 3.7 ODP tonnes, calculated using actual consumption of 5.1 ODP tonnes and 2.3 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
3. To deduct 1.29 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 Barbados and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XIII to the present report; and
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Barbados, and the corresponding implementation plans, at the amount of US $138,120, consisting of US $74,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,620 for UNEP, and US $50,000, plus agency support costs of US $4,500 for UNDP.