Decision 96/34

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for El Salvador;
   2. With concern, that the HCFC consumption in 2023 in El Salvador exceeded, by 1.22 ODP tonnes, the target under the maximum allowable consumption set in row 1.2 of Appendix 2 A of the Agreement between the Government of El Salvador and the Executive Committee for that year;
   3. That the Government of El Salvador had undertaken the steps necessary to return to compliance with the Agreement and that HCFC consumption in 2024 was below the target for maximum allowable consumption set in row 1.2 of Appendix 2-A of the Agreement between the Government of El Salvador and the Executive Committee for that year;
2. To apply a reduction of 10 per cent to the funding for the second tranche of stage II of the HPMP for El Salvador, resulting in a reduction amount of US $28,056, consisting of US $24,425, plus agency support costs of US $1,710, for UNDP and US $1,700, plus agency support costs of US $221, for UNEP, in line with paragraph 11 and Appendix 7-A of the Agreement between the Government of El Salvador and the Executive Committee for stage II of the HPMP; and
3. To approve the second tranche of stage II of the HPMP for El Salvador, and the corresponding 2025–2027 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $280,563, consisting of US $244,255, plus agency support costs of US $17,098, for UNDP and US $17,000, plus agency support costs of US  $2,210, for UNEP, representing the requested funding and agency support costs, minus the reduction specified in subparagraph (b), above.