Decision 88/70

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on implementation of the second tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Egypt;
   2. That UNIDO would present as part of the submission requesting the fourth tranche in 2023:
      1. The results of the risk assessment and market acceptance studies relating to the residential air-conditioning manufacturing sector, a comprehensive regulatory framework to ensure the uptake of the agreed low‑global‑warming-potential (GWP) technology, and, if considered feasible by the Government, a timeline for the transition of residential air‑conditioning manufacturing enterprises to the exclusive manufacture of low-GWP equipment for the local market more rapid than that indicated in Table 3 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/88/47;
      2. Proposed policy measures to ensure the sustainability of the conversion to low-GWP alternatives in the commercial air-conditioning manufacturing sector;
      3. An update on the status of the ban on imports of R-406A for use in servicing CFC-12-based equipment; and
2. To approve the third tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Egypt, and the corresponding 2021–2024 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $6,155,537, consisting of US $4,664,196, plus agency support costs of US $326,494, for UNIDO, US $816,620, plus agency support costs of US $57,163, for UNDP and US $260,000, plus agency support costs of US $31,064, for UNEP.