Decision 82/15

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report of UNIDO as at 31 December 2017 contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/18 and  UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/18/Corr.1;
2. To approve the actions on ongoing projects with specific issues contained in Annex VI to the present report.
3. To approve the extension, to 30 June 2019, of the pilot demonstration project on ODS waste management and disposal for Lebanon (LEB/DES/73/DEM/83), on the understanding that the final report and the project completion report would be submitted no later than the 84^th meeting and that the balances would be returned in line with decision 28/7;
4. To approve the extension, to 31 December 2019, of the project for the replacement of refrigerant CFC-12 with isobutane and foam blowing agent CFC-11 with cyclopentane in the manufacture of domestic refrigerators and chest freezers at Light Industries Company in Iraq (IRQ/REF/57/INV/07) and the national phase-out plan for Iraq (first tranche) (IRQ/PHA/58/INV/09);
5. To cancel the following projects at the 82^nd meeting and to request UNIDO to return the remaining balances in line with decision 28/7:
   1. HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for the Central African Republic (stage I, first tranche) (CAF/PHA/64/INV/21);
   2. National ODS phase-out plan for Yemen (first and second tranches) (YEM/PHA/55/INV/28 and YEM/PHA/60/INV/36);
   3. HPMP for Yemen (stage I, first tranche) (YEM/PHA/68/TAS/39);
   4. Preparation of an HPMP and preparation for HCFC phase-out investment activities in the foam sector for Yemen (stage II) (YEM/PHA/73/PRP/45 and YEM/FOA/73/PRP/46, respectively); and
6. To request the Secretariat with respect to the HPMP for Algeria (stage I, first tranche) (ALG/PHA/66/INV/77), to send a letter to the Government of Algeria seeking its agreement to cancel the project at the 83^rd meeting.