Decision 68/22

Following informal discussions, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To request the implementing agencies and the Secretariat to further discuss sub‑paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (f) of paragraph 31 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/68/24/Rev.1 on the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for China with a view to providing recommendations on those issues to the 69^th meeting, including identification of opportunities for providing information specifically on disbursement from China to enterprises, and to request the Secretariat to include in the document a table comparing the different historical implementation modalities of the Multilateral Fund, including those relating to HPMPs;
2. To request the implementing agencies to work with China to obtain information on any interest accrued on funds held by China for stage I of its HPMP and to offset those amounts against further funding towards subsequent tranches;
3. To approve the second tranche of the HPMP for China at the total level of funding of US $22,298,000, plus support costs of US $1,590,721 as detailed below, without prejudice to the future interpretation of the 20 per cent disbursement threshold required by the Agreement:
   1. The second tranche of stage I of the industrial and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning sector plan for China and the corresponding tranche implementation plan at the amount of US $6,900,000, plus agency support costs of US $483,000 for UNDP;
   2. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the polyurethane foam sector plan for China and the corresponding tranche implementation plan at the amount of US $5,520,000, plus agency support costs of US $386,400 for the World Bank;
   3. The second tranche of stage I of the room air-conditioner manufacturing sector plan for China and the corresponding tranche implementation plan at the amount of US $9,200,000, plus agency support costs of US $644,000 for UNIDO;
   4. The second tranche of stage I of the refrigeration servicing sector plan for China and the corresponding tranche implementation plans at the amount of US $755,321, consisting of US $598,000, plus agency support costs of US $66,921 for UNEP, and US $80,000, plus agency support costs of US $10,400 for the Government of Japan; and
4. To consider the request for funding for the second tranche for the extruded polystyrene foam sector plan by UNIDO and the Government of Germany at the 69^th meeting of the Executive Committee.