Decision 76/37

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Chile for the period from 2016 to 2021 to reduce HCFC consumption by 65 per cent of its baseline, in the amount of US $3,644,694, consisting of US $2,145,047, plus agency support costs of US $150,153 for UNDP, US $218,270, plus agency support costs of US $28,375 for UNEP, and US $1,030,700, plus agency support costs of US $72,149 for UNIDO;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Chile had committed to reducing HCFC consumption by 45 per cent of its baseline by 2020, and 65 per cent of its baseline by 2021;
   2. That the Government of Chile would issue, by 1 January 2020, a ban on the import and use of HCFC-141b for the polyurethane foam manufacturing sector and on imports and exports of HCFC-141b contained in pre-blended polyols;
3. To deduct 47.1 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
4. To deduct a further 2.42 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding to account for exports of pre-blended polyols containing HCFC-141b, in line with decision 68/42(b);
5. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Chile and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP, contained in Annex VIII to the present report; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Chile, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,154,871, consisting of US $700,955, plus agency support costs of US $49,067 for UNDP, US $65,481, plus agency support costs of US $8,513 for UNEP, and US $309,210 plus agency support costs of US $21,645 for UNIDO.