Decision 73/61

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on implementation of the first tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Mozambique contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/73/44;
2. To note that the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption would be 8.7 ODP tonnes, calculated using revised consumption data of 8.68 ODP tonnes for 2009 and 8.7 ODP tonnes reported for 2010, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, and that the revised level of funding for stage I of the HPMP would be US $332,500, in line with decision 60/44(f)(xii), if the Parties to the Montreal Protocol approved the change in the HCFC consumption for 2009 at their Twenty-sixth Meeting;
3. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Mozambique, and the corresponding 2015-2016 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $35,000, plus agency support costs of US $4,550 for UNEP, on the condition that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol approved at their Twenty-sixth Meeting the change of the HCFC consumption for 2009 as specified in sub-paragraph (b) above, and that the Treasurer would not transfer the funding approved to UNEP until that had happened;
4. To request the Secretariat to update the Agreement between the Government of Mozambique and the Executive Committee, based on the established HCFC baseline for compliance, and submit it together with the funding request for the third tranche of the HPMP, if the Parties to the Montreal Protocol approved the change in the HCFC consumption for 2009 at their Twenty-sixth Meeting;
5. To request UNEP, in the event that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol did not approve the change of the HCFC consumption for 2009, to resubmit the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Mozambique to the 74^th meeting; and
6. To note that the approval of the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Mozambique was on the understanding that Mozambique assumed all responsibilities and risks associated with retrofitting HCFC-based refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment to flammable or toxic refrigerants and associated servicing.