Decision 74/47

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 the Republic of Moldova;
   2. That the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Executive Committee contained in Annex XVIII to the present report had been updated to reflect the established HCFC baseline for compliance in paragraph 1, Appendices 1-A and 2-A, and to add a new paragraph 16 to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 63^rd meeting;
   3. That the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption was 1 ODP tonne, calculated using actual consumption of 1.2 ODP tonnes and 0.7 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol; and
   4. That the funding eligibility for stage I of the HPMP for the Republic of Moldova would be US $66,000 up to 2015 and that the deduction of US $22,000 would be applied when stage II of the HPMP had been approved.
2. To approve the second and last tranche of stage I of the HPMP for the Republic of Moldova, and the corresponding 2015 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $8,800, plus agency support costs of US $792 for UNDP, on the understanding that the approved funds would not be transferred to UNDP until the Secretariat had reviewed the verification report and confirmed that the Government of the Republic of Moldova was in compliance with the Montreal Protocol and the Agreement between the Government and the Executive Committee; and
3. To request UNDP to submit the project completion report to the second meeting of the Executive Committee in 2017; and