Decision 86/33

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the room air-conditioning (RAC) sector plan of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan for China (HPMP), including the progress on the effect of the incremental operating cost incentive scheme on the market uptake of R-290 split air-conditioning units in China, submitted by UNIDO in line with decision 84/68;
2. To note the revision to the incremental operating cost incentive scheme for the RAC sector plan, as reflected in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/86/21/Add.1;
3. To approve the extension, on an exceptional basis, of implementation of the RAC sector plan of stage I of the HPMP for China to 31 December 2021, noting that the coronavirus disease pandemic had affected the manufacturing and marketing of R-290 RAC equipment, and on the understanding that no further extension would be requested and that any remaining balances from other sectors under stage I that had been completed would be returned in line with the process of financial completion of those sectors; and
4. To request the Government of China and UNIDO to submit progress reports on the implementation of the work programme associated with the final tranche of the RAC sector plan on a yearly basis until completion of the project and the project completion report by 30 June 2022, and to return any remaining balances by 31 December 2022.