Decision 72/31

Following informal discussion on the matter, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the verification report on HCFC consumption for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the year 2013;
2. Also to note:
   1. That there were indications in the verification report that the country might have had a consumption of 580 ODP kg of HCFCs in 2013 above the maximum allowable consumption limit established in the Agreement between the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Executive Committee;
   2. That further work was required to establish the actual consumption of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013;
   3. That the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina had undertaken the necessary steps to ensure compliance with the Agreement in 2014 and future years;
3. To note that the Secretariat had updated Appendix 2-A to the Agreement between the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Executive Committee to reflect the change in support costs owing to the new administrative cost regime, and that a new paragraph 16 had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 66^th meeting, as contained in Annex X to the present report;
4. To withhold 10 per cent of the agreed funding for the second tranche of the stage I of the HPMP in line with decision 54/34 until the exact consumption of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the year 2013 had been established, and to consider at the 73^rd meeting, on the basis of the actual 2013 consumption, whether and at what level a penalty would have to be applied, up to the limit of the funds withheld from the second tranche; and
5. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Bosnia and Herzegovina with a reduction of 10 per cent as per sub-paragraph (d) above, and the corresponding 2014‑2016 tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $128,979, plus agency support costs of US $9,029 for UNIDO.