The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve the demonstration project at air-conditioning manufacturers in Saudi Arabia to develop window and packaged air-conditioners using refrigerants with lower global warming potential, in the amount of US $796,400, plus agency support costs of US $55,748 for the World Bank, in line with decision 72/40, on the understanding that funding provided to the enterprise established after 2007 did not set a precedent and was accorded on an exceptional basis to address performance concerns related to air-conditioning in high-ambient-temperature conditions, and only within the context of the present demonstration project;
- To deduct 3.59 ODP tonnes of HCFC-22 from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding under stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan for Saudi Arabia; and
- To request the Government of Saudi Arabia and the World Bank to complete the project within 12 months of its approval, and to submit a comprehensive final report soon after project completion.