Decision 75/49

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Botswana for the period 2015 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, in the amount of US $616,000, consisting of US $280,000, plus agency support costs of US $36,400 for UNEP, and US $280,000, plus agency support costs of US $19,600 for UNIDO;
2. To note that the Government of Botswana had agreed to establish as its starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption the baseline of 11.0 ODP tonnes, calculated using the actual consumption of 11.0 ODP tonnes reported for both 2009 and 2010 under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
3. To deduct 3.85 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption;
4. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Botswana and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs contained in Annex XXIV to the present report; and
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Botswana, and the corresponding 2015‑2017 tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $302,350, consisting of US $135,000, plus agency support costs of US $17,550 for UNEP, and US $140,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,800 for UNIDO.