Decision 81/50

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on implementation of the first tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Lebanon;
2. To note that the enterprise Iceberg SARL, in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector, for which conversion had been approved on the basis of the use of an alternative with low global-warming potential (GWP), was temporarily using HFC-365mfc owing to the lack of availability of HFOs;
3. To further note that the remaining refrigeration and air-conditioning manufacturing enterprises still to be converted might also temporarily use HFC-365mfc owing to the lack of availability of HFOs;
4. To request UNDP:
   1. To continue assisting the Government of Lebanon, during the implementation of the HPMP, in securing the supply of HFO for Iceberg SARL and other enterprises under the HPMP, on the understanding that any incremental operating costs would not be paid until the alternative technology originally selected or another technology with a lower GWP had been fully introduced;
   2. To report to the Executive Committee on the status of use of the interim technology selected by Iceberg SARL, at each meeting, until the alternative technology originally selected or another technology with a lower GWP had been fully introduced, also providing an update from the suppliers on the progress made towards ensuring that the selected technologies, including associated components, were available on a commercial basis in the country;
   3. To report to the 82^nd meeting the status of implementation of the conversion at the remaining enterprises– Frigo Liban, UNIC, CGI Halawany and Industrial and Commercial Refrigerators– on the understanding that the funds remaining from the conversion of the enterprises would be returned to the Multilateral Fund after the total conversion of the sector had been fully addressed, and that all expenditures would be recorded; and
5. To approve the second tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Lebanon, and the corresponding 2018–2021 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,114,000, plus agency support costs of US $77,980 for UNDP.