The Executive Committee decided:
- To take note of the document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/77/69 on the calculation of the level of incremental costs for the conversion of heat-exchanger manufacturing lines in enterprises converting to HC-290 technology (decision 76/51);
- To request the Secretariat to adjust the cost of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan for Brazil, as appropriate, upon receipt of the request for the second tranche, in accordance with decision 75/43(f), on the basis of the technical information contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/77/69; and
- To request the Secretariat and the bilateral and implementing agencies to use the technical information contained in the annex to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/77/69 as a reference when assessing the incremental costs of converting heat-exchanger lines during the conversion of HCFC-22-based air-conditioners to the use of HC-290, HFC-32 and R-452B refrigerants.