1. The Executive Committee agrees to approve in principle US $469,370 as the total funds that will be available to achieve commitments stipulated in this document for the phase-out of the use of methyl bromide in Uruguay, 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, the methyl bromide baseline for compliance for Uruguay is 11.2 ODP tonnes, and the methyl bromide consumption for 2000 is 24.0 ODP tonnes. Therefore, Uruguay will not be able to meet the 2002 methyl bromide freeze. However, the Government of Uruguay commits to a permanent national reduction in aggregate consumption of controlled uses of methyl bromide to no more than the following levels:
2002 20.0 ODP tonnes (reduction of 4.0 ODP tonnes).
2003 12.0 ODP tonnes (reduction of 8.0 ODP tonnes).
2004 4.0 ODP tonnes (reduction of 8.0 ODP tonnes).
2005 0.0 ODP tonnes (reduction of 4.0 ODP tonnes).
3. In addition, Uruguay commits to sustain the phase-out of methyl bromide by banning its use as a soil fumigant in horticulture, cut flowers and other crops. The specific reductions in consumption noted above would be those achieved through this project. Reductions in accordance with the terms of this project, and the other commitments presented in the project document, will ensure that Uruguay exceeds subsequent phase-out requirements of the Montreal Protocol.
4. UNIDO shall report annually to the Executive Committee on the progress in meeting the reductions required by this project. The Government of Uruguay 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/34/58, Decision 34/58, para. 78).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/58 Annex XIV).