Decision 73/60

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Fiji;
   2. That the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption was 5.77 ODP tonnes, calculated using the revised consumption of 5.12 ODP tonnes and 6.41 ODP tonnes for 2009 and 2010, respectively, which the Government of Fiji would submit to the Ozone Secretariat for a request to revise the baseline consumption for compliance under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
   3. That, on the basis of the revised starting point, and in line with decision 60/44, the overall amount of funding for stage I of the HPMP would be adjusted to US $348,370, consisting of US $189,500 plus agency support costs of US $17,055 for UNDP, and US $125,500 plus agency support costs of US$16,315 for UNEP;
   4. That the 2013 consumption reported by the Government of Fiji under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol of 7.67 ODP tonnes exceeded the maximum allowable consumption of 5.77 ODP tonnes by 1.9 ODP tonnes, as set out in row 1.2 of the revised Agreement with the Executive Committee, as it deducted consumption of ODS used for bulk sales to foreign-owned vessels;
   5. That the Government of Fiji had an established licensing system to control the import and export of HCFCs, had committed to meeting the targets in its revised Agreement with the Executive Committee, had excluded the consumption of ODS used for bulk sales to foreign-owned vessels as exports in its annual report under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol in 2013, and affirmed that its 2009 and 2010 consumption data would be revised to deduct the consumption for bulk sales to foreign-owned vessels, which had initially been reported as domestic consumption for these years;
   6. That the Fund Secretariat had revised paragraph 1, Appendices 1-A and 2-A of the Agreement* between the Government of Fiji and the Executive Committee, on the basis of the revised HCFC starting point, and that this revised Agreement, as contained in Annex XIX to the present report, superseded that which had been reached at the 65^th meeting;
2. To encourage the Government of Fiji to return to compliance with the targets in the Agreement as soon as possible and no later than 2015; and
3. To approve, on an exceptional basis, the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Fiji, and the corresponding revised 2015-2016 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $66,883, consisting of US $37,900, plus agency support costs of US $3,411 for UNDP, and US $24,400, plus agency support costs of US $3,172 for UNEP, on the understanding that approval of further funding would be subject to issues on the licensing and quota system identified in the verification report being satisfactorily addressed.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 86/53