Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve the requests submitted by UNIDO for preparation of HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) for Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Croatia, Egypt, Honduras, Iraq, Jordan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Yemen at the corresponding level of funding indicated in Annex IV to the present report, bearing in mind the terms of decision 54/28 under which US $390,000 plus agency support costs of US $29,250 had been approved as an advance for project preparation for HPMPs;
- In the case of China, to approve the request for HPMP preparation at the level of funding of US $584,000 plus agency support costs of US $43,800, as indicated in Annex IV to the present report, to cover the XPS foam and room air conditioning sectors (RAC), 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 UNIDO’s requests for HPMP preparation in India and the Islamic Republic of Iran until the 56th Meeting of the Executive Committee.