Decision 77/48

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Uruguay for the period 2016 to 2020 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline, in the amount of US $1,105,157, plus agency support costs of US $77,361 for UNDP;
2. To note the commitment by the Government of Uruguay to ban imports of HCFC-141b, both pure and contained in imported pre-blended polyols, after the conversion of the enterprises had been completed, and no later than 1 January 2021;
3. To deduct 11.25 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding, noting that no further funding would be available for consumption of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyols;
4. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Uruguay and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP, contained in Annex XXIV to the present report; and
5. To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Uruguay, and the corresponding tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $314,000, plus agency support costs of US $21,980 for UNDP.