Decision 74/44

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on implementation of the first tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Iraq; and
   2. That the Agreement* between the Government of Iraq and the Executive Committee, contained in Annex XV to the present report had been updated to extend the implementation period of stage I of the HPMP and reallocate funds between UNEP and UNIDO and tranches in paragraph 1, Appendix 2-A, and to revise the role of monitoring institutions in Appendix 5-A, and to add a new paragraph 16 to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 65^th meeting;
2. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Iraq, and the corresponding 2015-2017 tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $613,072, consisting of US $325,000, plus agency support costs of US $40,822 for UNEP, and US $230,000, plus agency support costs of US $17,250 for UNIDO, on the understanding that the approved funds would not be transferred to UNEP and UNIDO until the Secretariat had reviewed the verification report and confirmed that the Government of Iraq was in compliance with the Montreal Protocol and the Agreement between the Government and the Executive Committee.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 84/75