Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve the requests submitted by UNEP for preparation of HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) for Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gabon, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Suriname and Yemen at the corresponding level of funding indicated in Annex IV to the present report, bearing in mind the terms of decision 54/18 under which US $408,000 plus agency support costs of US $53,040 had been approved as an advance for HPMP project preparation;
- In the case of China, to approve the request for HPMP preparation at the level of funding of US $475,000 plus agency support costs of US $61,750, as indicated in Annex IV to the present report, to cover costs for developing the enabling components of China’s HPMP, which included the development of a policy training strategy, assistance to strengthen import/export control, and the development of a communication and awareness strategy, as well as project preparation for the servicing sector, on the condition that no further funding for project preparation for Stage 1 for these sectors would be approved by the Executive Committee; and
- To defer consideration of UNEP’s requests for HPMP preparation in India and the Islamic Republic of Iran until the 56th Meeting of the Executive Committee.