Decision 77/25

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The 2016 progress report on the implementation of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Mexico, submitted by UNIDO;
   2. With appreciation that the polyurethane (PU) foam sector plan was being completed at a lower cost than originally approved, resulting in savings to be assessed once the sector plan had been completed;
   3. That UNDP, on behalf of the Government of Mexico, could submit a proposal to reallocate savings from the PU foam sector to an investment project to phase out the use of HCFC-142b in the extruded polystyrene foam manufacturing sector once the 2008 consumption of HCFC-142b had been revised under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol; and
2. To request the Government of Mexico, UNIDO and UNDP to include in the progress report on stage I of the HPMP, in the context of projects with specific reporting requirements document to be submitted to the 80^th meeting, the complete list of downstream foam enterprises assisted by the Multilateral Fund under stage I, including the HCFC-141b consumption phased out, the sub-sector, the baseline equipment and the technology adopted.