The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Afghanistan for the period from 2020 to 2025 to reduce HCFC consumption by 67.5 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $748,369, consisting of US $468,567 plus agency support costs of US $60,914 for UNEP, and US $200,815 plus agency support costs of US $18,073 for UNIDO;
- To deduct 7.67 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
- To approve the Agreement between the Government of Afghanistan and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP, contained in Annex VII to the present report; and
- To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Afghanistan, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $357,511, consisting of US $229,567 plus agency support costs of US $29,844 for UNEP, and US $90,000 plus agency support costs of US $8,100 for UNIDO.