Decision 81/40

Subsequently, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Nigeria for the period 2018 to 2023 to reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the baseline in 2020 and by 51.35 per cent by 2023, in the amount of US $9,546,759, consisting of US $8,210,472, plus agency support costs of US $574,733 for UNDP, US $176,837, plus agency support costs of US $15,915 for UNIDO, and US $503,425 plus agency support costs of US $65,377 for the Government of Italy;
2. To note the commitment of the Government of Nigeria:
   1. To reduce HCFC consumption by 35 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2020 and by 51.35 per cent by 2023;
   2. To ban, by 1 January 2020, the import of all HCFCs and HCFC-blend refrigerants except for HCFC-141b and HCFC-22;
   3. To ban, by 1 January 2023, the import and use of HCFC-141b, including that contained in imported pre-blended polyols, pursuant to decision 61/47(c)(iv);
3. To further note that approval of stage II of the HPMP did not preclude Nigeria from submitting, not earlier than 2020, stage III of the HPMP;
4. To deduct 140.26 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
5. To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Nigeria 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 Nigeria, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $3,278,714, consisting of US $2,600,000, plus agency support costs of US $182,000 for UNDP, US $176,837, plus agency support costs of US $15,915 for UNIDO, and US $269,025, plus agency support costs of US $34,937 for the Government of Italy.

*This Agreement was revised as per Decision 93/36.