Decision 79/34

Following informal discussions in a small group regarding the staging of funding tranches and the particular circumstances in the country for activities in the domestic air-conditioning sector, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Egypt for the period from 2017 to 2025 to reduce HCFC consumption by 67.5 per cent of its baseline, in the amount of US $11,786,341 consisting of US $5,996,841, plus agency support costs of US $419,779 for UNIDO, US $3,695,722, plus agency support costs of US $258,701 for UNDP, US $1,055,000, plus agency support costs of US $126,050 for UNEP, and US $207,300, plus agency support costs of US $26,949 for the Government of Germany;
2. To note that the Government of Egypt had also committed to reducing HCFC consumption by 35 per cent by 2020;
3. To note the commitment of the Government of Egypt:
   1. To ban the import of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyols by 1 January 2018, pursuant to decision 65/38;
   2. To ban the import, use and export of HCFC-141b in bulk and the export of HCFC‑141b contained in pre-blended polyols by 1 January 2020;
   3. To ban the use of HCFCs and blends of HCFCs in the manufacture of extruded polystyrene foam by 1 January 2023;
   4. To ban the import of HCFC-142b and blends of HCFC-142b by 1 January 2023;
4. To invite, on an exceptional basis, the Government of Egypt to submit, once a technology had been selected, and prior to 1 January 2020, a proposal, as part of stage II, to convert the domestic air-conditioning sector to alternatives with low global-warming potential;
5. To note that the Government of Egypt would have flexibility to allocate funding to eligible enterprises in the polyurethane foam sector for which funding had been not requested, if that were deemed necessary during implementation;
6. To deduct 146.97 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding, including 4.4 ODP tonnes pursuant to decision 76/40;
7. To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Egypt and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP, as contained in Annex XIV to the present report; and
8. To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Egypt, and the corresponding tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $4,964,403, consisting of US $3,356,641, plus agency support costs of US $234,965 for UNIDO, US $1,042,352, plus agency support costs of US $72,965 for UNDP, and US $230,000, plus agency support costs of US $27,480 for UNEP.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 84/72