Decision 91/46

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage III of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Nigeria for the period from 2022 to 2025 to reduce HCFC consumption by 67.5 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $3,144,194, plus agency support costs of US $220,093, for UNIDO only;
2. To note the commitment of the Government of Nigeria to implement the following regulatory measures to support the complete phase-out of HCFCs in the refrigeration and air-conditioning manufacturing sector:
   1. A ban on the import of HCFC-22-based equipment starting from 1 January 2026;
   2. A ban on the use of HCFC-22 in the manufacturing of refrigeration and air‑conditioning equipment once the conversion projects in stage III had been completed, no later than 1 January 2027;
   3. Tax reductions for equipment using R-290 and HFC-32, developed in collaboration with the relevant authorities;
3. To deduct 68.98 ODP tonnes from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
4. To approve the Agreement* between the Government of Nigeria and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage III of the HPMP, contained in Annex XXII to the present report;
5. To approve the first tranche of stage III of the HPMP for Nigeria, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,944,347, plus agency support costs of US $136,104, for UNIDO only; and
6. To request UNDP and UNIDO to provide, in the tranche implementation progress reports, the updated list of enterprises that had received assistance from the umbrella project.

*This Agreement was revised as per Decision 94/37.