1. The Executive Committee agrees to approve US $904,200 as the total funds that will be available to achieve commitments noted in this document for the phase reduction in the use of methyl bromide in Zimbabwe, 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, Zimbabwe had a consumption of 598 ODP tonnes of methyl bromide in 1999. In accordance with the data submitted to the Ozone Secretariat by Zimbabwe for the years 1995-1998, Zimbabwe has a methyl bromide baseline of 557 ODP tonnes. Accordingly, Zimbabwe must reduce its 1999 consumption of methyl bromide by at least 41 ODP tonnes to achieve compliance with the Protocol’s 2002 freeze obligation. Reductions in accordance with the terms of this project, and the other commitments presented in the project document, will ensure that Zimbabwe meets that requirement, and exceeds subsequent phase-out requirements of the Montreal Protocol.
3. Specifically, Zimbabwe commits to reduce total national consumption of controlled uses of methyl bromide to no more than the following levels during the 12-month period of the following listed years:
2001-2002 557.0 ODP tonnes (reduction of 41 ODP tonnes from 2000 level as in project document).
2002-2003 517.4 ODP tonnes (reduction of 39.6 ODP tonnes from 2001 level as in project document).
2003-2004 451.4 ODP tonnes (reduction of additional 66 ODP tonnes as in project document).
4. In addition, Zimbabwe commits to sustain this phase-out of methyl bromide through the use of bans in the use of methyl bromide for, at least, the uses covered by this project. The specific reductions in consumption noted above will be those achieved through this project. Zimbabwe may have additional projects approved that will add to the reductions noted above.
5. UNIDO shall report back to the Executive Committee annually on the progress in meeting the reductions required by this project, as well as on annual costs related to the use of the steam boilers being purchased with the project funds. Following initial disbursement of 33 per cent in the year 2000-2001, funding for later years in the project will be disbursed by UNIDO in accordance with the following schedule, and with the understanding that a subsequent year’s funding will not be disbursed until the Executive Committee has favourably reviewed the prior years progress report:
2002 33%
2003 34%
Finally, 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/31/61, Decision 31/39, para. 62).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/31/61 Annex IX).