Decision 80/65

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Burkina Faso;
   2. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of Burkina Faso and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex XXII to the present report, specifically paragraph 1 and Appendices 1-A and 2-A on the basis of the revised starting point and funding level, and paragraph 16, which had been updated to indicate that the revised updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 70^th meeting;
   3. That the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption was 18.00 ODP tonnes, based on the verification report submitted to the 80^th meeting, calculated using the average 2011–2016 HCFC consumption, and that the revised funding level for stage I of the HPMP for Burkina Faso was US $630,000, plus agency support costs, in accordance with decision 60/44(f)(xii); and
2. To approve the third tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Burkina Faso, and the corresponding 2017–2019 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $196,410, consisting of US $87,000, plus agency support costs of US $11,310 for UNEP, and US $90,000, plus agency support costs of US $8,100 for UNIDO, on the understanding that the Government would implement the recommendations contained in the verification report for HCFC consumption and strengthening the institutional mechanisms to ensure accurate customs, licensing, quota, and data reporting through an upgraded customs training programme.