Decision 82/73

Following informal consultations, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on implementation of the second tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Equatorial Guinea;
   2. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of Equatorial Guinea and the Executive Committee as contained in Annex XXI to the present report, specifically paragraph 1 and Appendices 1-A and 2-A to reflect the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption, and that a new paragraph 16 had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 65^th meeting;
   3. That the revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption was 2.5 ODP tonnes, on the basis on the verification report submitted at the 82^nd meeting and calculated using the HCFC consumption of 2013, and that the revised funding level for stage I of the HPMP for Equatorial Guinea was US $280,000 plus agency support costs, in accordance with decision 60/44(f)(xii);
2. To approve the combined third and fourth tranches of stage I of the HPMP for Equatorial Guinea, and the corresponding 2018–2020 implementation plan, in the amount of US $116,250, consisting of US $45,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,850 for UNEP, and US $60,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,400 for UNIDO, on the understanding that:
   1. Approval of further funding would be subject to the issues identified in the verification report being satisfactorily addressed;
   2. The Government of Equatorial Guinea would submit, at the second meeting of the Executive Committee in 2019, a progress report on HCFC consumption trends and progress made in ensuring an operational licensing and quota system, and in addressing the recommendations of the verification report, including the need to improve the HCFC data‑reporting and monitoring capacity of the national ozone unit; and
3. To request UNEP:
   1. To provide a report at the first meeting of 2019 on the status of signature of the Agreement with the Government of Equatorial Guinea for the combined third and fourth tranches of stage I of the HPMP; and
   2. To provide assistance to support the implementation of stage I of the HPMP for Equatorial Guinea through its Compliance Assistance Programme, and to submit a report, at the second meeting of 2019, on the assistance provided.