The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Albania for the period 2023–2030 to reduce, by 2029, HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $406,800, consisting of US $260,000, plus agency support costs of US $33,800, for UNIDO, and US $100,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,000, for UNEP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XXXVIII to the present report;
- To note that, upon completion of the end-user technology demonstration project included in stage I of the KIP, UNIDO would submit a final report on the implementation of the project, including the HFC phase-out and energy-efficiency gains achieved, in line with subparagraph (g) of decision 92/36;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Albania, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $202,711, consisting of US $129,390, plus agency support costs of US $16,821, for UNIDO and US $50,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,500, for UNEP; and
- To request the Government of Albania, UNIDO, UNEP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Albania and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs, including the information contained in the annex referred to in subparagraph (a) above, and to submit it to a future meeting once the KIP Agreement template had been approved by the Executive Committee.