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:
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).