The Executive Committee decided:
- To note the progress report on implementation of the second tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Brazil;
- Further to note:
- That the enterprise Gelopar changed the selected technology from cyclopentane to HFO-1233zd(E) reduced with water;
- That the savings of US $206,800 associated with the change of technology by Gelopar would be returned to the Multilateral Fund at the end of stage II, 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;
- That any reallocation of the above-mentioned funds would be reported to the Executive Committee in the subsequent tranche implementation report;
- That US $66,000 associated with the enterprise Spacinox, which had stopped using HCFC-22 without Multilateral Fund assistance, would be reallocated to the new eligible enterprise JJ Instalacoes Commerciais;
- That the Fund Secretariat had updated Appendix 2-A of the Agreement* between the Government of Brazil and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex XX to the present report, to reflect the revision of the tranche distribution for UNIDO, and had modified paragraph 16 to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 80th meeting;
- To request UNIDO to report at the 84th meeting on the status of implementation of the projects in the room air-conditioning manufacturing sector and at the enterprise Freeart Seral Brasil Metalurgica Ltda. in the commercial refrigeration manufacturing sector; and
- To approve the third tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Brazil, and the corresponding 2018–2020 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $13,129,131, consisting of US $7,168,396, plus agency support costs of US $501,788, for UNDP; US $2,647,057, plus agency support costs of US $185,294, for UNIDO, and US $2,363,637, plus agency support costs of US $263,059, for the Government of Germany.
- This Agreement was revised as per Decision 86/89