Following the clarifications, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Pakistan for the period 2016 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 50 per cent of its baseline, in the amount of US $5,679,476, consisting of US $4,776,772, plus agency support costs of US $334,374 for UNIDO, and US $503,000, plus agency support costs of US $65,330 for UNEP;
- To note the commitment of the Government of Pakistan to reducing HCFC consumption by 50 per cent by 2020;
- To deduct 72.98 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
- To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Pakistan and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP, contained in Annex X to the present report;
- To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Pakistan, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $2,740,690, consisting of US $2,350,200, plus agency support costs of US $164,514 for UNIDO, and US $200,000, plus agency support costs of US $25,976 for UNEP, 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 Pakistan was in compliance with the Montreal Protocol and the Agreement between the Government and the Executive Committee for stage I of the HPMP; and
- To note that during the implementation of stage II of the HPMP, the Government of Pakistan could submit an investment project to phase out the use of HCFC-142b in the extruded polystyrene foam manufacturing sector on the condition that the country’s baseline consumption was revised to include HCFC-142b and approved by the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.
- This Agreement was revised as per Decision 83/58