1. The Executive
Committee agrees to approve US $476,833 as the total funds that will be
available to achieve the commitments noted in this
document for the phased reduction in the use of methyl bromide (MB) in Croatia
subject to the following understandings and considerations:
2. As reported to the
Ozone Secretariat, and consistent with information
in the project document presented to the Executive Committee, Croatia
had a consumption of 16.2 ODP tonnes of methyl bromide in 2000. In accordance with the data submitted to the Ozone
Secretariat by Croatia
for the years 1995-1998, Croatia
has a methyl bromide baseline of 15.70 ODP tonnes.
Accordingly, Croatia
must reduce the consumption by at least 0.50 ODP tonnes by the end of 2002 to
achieve compliance with the Protocol’s 2002 freeze.
3. The Government
of Croatia
commits to a permanent national reduction in aggregate
consumption of controlled uses of methyl bromide to no
more than the following level:
2002 13.0 ODP tonnes
2003
9.8 ODP tonnes
2004 6.6 ODP tonnes
2005 3.4 ODP tonnes
2006 0 ODP tonnes
4. In addition, Croatia
commits to sustain this phase-out of methyl bromide through the use of bans in the use of methyl
bromide for the uses covered by this project. The specific reductions in
consumption noted above would be those achieved through this project.
5. The Government
of Croatia has
reviewed the consumption data identified in this project and is confident that
it is correct. Accordingly, the Government is entering into this agreement with
the Executive Committee on the understanding that, should additional MB
consumption be identified at a later date, the responsibility to ensure its
phase-out will lie solely with the Government.
6. UNIDO shall report annually to
the Executive Committee on the progress in meeting the reductions required by
this project. The Government of Croatia will have
flexibility in implementing the project components, which
it deems more important in order to meet its phase-out
commitment noted above. UNIDO agrees to manage the funding
for this project in a manner designed to ensure that the specific annual
reductions agreed are met.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/67, Decision 35/44, para. 79).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/67
Annex IX).