Decision 77/50

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Cuba;
   2. That three enterprises in the polyurethane foam sector for which conversion had been approved on the basis of a low-global warming potential (GWP) alternative were temporarily using a blend of HFC-365mfc and HFC-227ea owing to the poor performance of the selected technology;
   3. That the enterprise INPUD had decided to convert to cyclopentane instead of water‑blown technology and would provide the co-financing required;
2. To request UNDP:
   1. To continue assisting the Government of Cuba, during the implementation of its HPMP, in securing the supply of low-GWP alternative technologies for the two foam enterprises (FRIARC and IDA) included in stage I of the HPMP that had not found a low-GWP alternative technology;
   2. To report to the Executive Committee on the status of the use of the interim technology selected by the two enterprises at each meeting until a low-GWP technology had been introduced and the foam enterprises had been fully converted; and
3. To approve the third tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Cuba and the corresponding 2017‑2018 tranche implementation plan, including the proposed change in technology for the enterprise INPUD, in the amount of US $141,527, plus agency support costs of US $10,615 for UNDP.