Decision 70/19

Following the report by the representative of the Secretariat on the discussions, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Seychelles;
   2. That the Fund Secretariat, in accordance with decision 63/48, had confirmed:
      1. That the baseline for Seychelles remained unchanged;
      2. That the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption was 1.4 ODP tonnes; and
   3. That a new paragraph 16 had been added to the Agreement between the Government of Seychelles and the Executive Committee to indicate that the updated Agreement,* as contained in Annex XXIII to the present report, superseded the Agreement that had been approved at the 63^rd meeting;
2. Also to note that the 2012 consumption reported by Seychelles under the country programme exceeded by 0.14 ODP tonnes the maximum allowable consumption of 1.25 ODP tonnes for that year, as set out in row 1.2 of its Agreement with the Executive Committee, because it included consumption of ODS used for servicing foreign-owned ships;
3. To recognize that the Government of Seychelles had established a quota system to control the import and export of HCFCs, had committed to meeting the targets in its Agreement with the Executive Committee, and would include the consumption of ODS used for servicing foreign-owned ships in its domestic consumption in its annual report under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol; and
4. To approve the second tranche of the HPMP of Seychelles at the amount of US $160,000, plus agency support costs of US $20,267 for the Government of Germany.

*This Agreement was revised as per Decision 93/36.