Decision 82/38

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The 2018 progress report, submitted by UNDP, on implementation of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Brazil, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/41;
   2. That the enterprise Espumatec had changed the selected technology from methyl formate to water, resulting in additional incremental costs that would be covered by Espumatec;
   3. That 12 downstream polyurethane foam enterprises had been found to be potentially ineligible and that the funds intended for enterprises confirmed to be ineligible would be returned to the Multilateral Fund at the end of stage I unless UNDP identified additional eligible enterprises not addressed under stage I or stage II to which those funds could be reallocated, in consultation with the Secretariat, with any reallocation of funds to be reported to the Executive Committee in the subsequent annual progress report; and
2. To request UNDP:
   1. To continue submitting, with the Governments of Brazil and Germany, on annual basis through the completion of the project, progress reports on the implementation of the work programme associated with stage I of the HPMP and to submit the project completion report at the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2020;
   2. To include in the progress report to be submitted at the last meeting of the Executive Committee in 2019:
      1. The status of implementation of the conversion of the enterprise Panisol, on the understanding that the funds remaining from the conversion of the enterprise would be returned to the Multilateral Fund in the event that the enterprise withdrew from the project;
      2. The complete list of downstream foam enterprises assisted by the Multilateral Fund under stage I, along with the HCFC-141b consumption phased-out, the sub-sector concerned, the baseline equipment and the adopted technology; the list of enterprises that had stopped using HCFC- 141b without Multilateral Fund assistance; the list of enterprises found to be ineligible and their HCFC-141b consumption; and the list of additional eligible enterprises identified that were not addressed under stage I or stage II, if any; and
   3. To continue assisting the Government of Brazil in securing the supply of alternative technologies with low global-warming potential (GWP) to the systems houses Shimteck and U Tech, on the understanding that no incremental operating costs would be paid until the technology originally selected or another low-GWP technology had been fully introduced, and to provide a report on the status of those conversions at each meeting of the Executive Committee until the technology originally selected or another low-GWP technology had been fully introduced, along with an update from the suppliers on the progress made towards ensuring that the selected technologies, including associated components, were available in the country on a commercial basis.