The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note that the Government of Mexico had provided a commitment that implementation of its foam sector phase-out plan would yield a sustained permanent reduction of 543.4 ODP tonnes (subject to confirmation by audits to be undertaken) from Mexico’s 2000 national aggregate CFC consumption of 3,059.5 ODP tonnes;
(b) to approve in principle the foam sector phase-out plan and to allocate the amount of US $833,150, including US $100,000 as project management funding, on condition that UNDP and the Government of Mexico will:
(i) implement within a period of 18 months an initial phase of the plan for enterprises which should be identified through an audit of their baseline conditions with the objective of phasing out 145 ODP tonnes. In implementing this initial phase, while exercising flexibility, UNDP and the Government should take due care to ensure that funding of the enterprises selected is consistent with the policies and guidelines of the Multilateral Fund;
(ii) prepare final audit(s) of the remaining enterprises and, on the basis of such audit or audits, prepare the final phase of the plan, including incremental costs, reflecting fully the amount of US $833,150 approved at this Meeting in the final plan and taking into account the comments provided in Annex V to this document, for submission to the Executive Committee not later than its 38th Meeting; and UNDP will communicate to the Secretariat the results of the audits to be conducted and all other relevant information used to determine the eligible costs of the plan;
(iii) ensure that the total national Annex A Group I consumption in Mexico is permanently reduced to a level no higher than the 2000 national aggregate consumption reported to the Ozone Secretariat from which the consumption to be phased out from approved but not yet implemented projects (306.8 ODP tonnes) and the phase-out resulting from the foam sector plan have been taken;
(c) to request UNDP to report on the status of implementation of this initial phase of the plan at its 38th Meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/67, Decision 35/47, para. 82).