Decision 93/60

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for the Dominican Republic for the period 2023–2029 to reduce, by 2029, HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $1,274,702, consisting of US $794,168, plus agency support costs of US $55,592, for UNDP, US $269,949, plus agency support costs of US $35,093, for UNEP and US $110,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,900, for UNIDO, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XLIV to the present report; 
2. To note:
   1. That, in line with decision 81/57, stage I of the KIP included an additional US $144,709, consisting of US $49,825, plus agency support costs of US $4,484, for UNDP and US $80,000, plus agency support costs of US $10,400, for the Government of Canada, related to the project approved at the 81st meeting to phase out 4.01 metric tonnes (5,734.3 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of HFC-134a and 0.15 metric tonnes (588.3 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of R-404A at the commercial refrigerator manufacturing enterprise Fábrica de Refrigeradores Comerciales, SRL (FARCO);
   2. That the Government of the Dominican Republic would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption on the basis of guidance provided by the Executive Committee;
   3. That, once the cost guidelines for HFC phase-down had been agreed by the Executive Committee, the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding would be determined in accordance with the guidelines; 
   4. That the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding referred to in subparagraph (b)(iii) above would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii) above; 
3. To note also:
   1. That the Government of the Dominican Republic would continue to monitor its HFC consumption to understand the extent to which reported consumption in the baseline years was representative of the local market’s needs and to assess what HFC demand would be, and would provide that analysis when submitting the second tranche of its KIP;
   2. That, on the basis of the information provided in subparagraph (c)(i) above, the maximum allowable consumption limits for the remaining years of stage I of the KIP, as contained in Appendix 2-A to the future Agreement between the Government of the Dominican Republic and the Executive Committee would be revised when the Committee considered the second tranche of the KIP; 
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for the Dominican Republic, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $581,693, consisting of US $365,106, plus agency support costs of US $25,557, for UNDP, US $120,774, plus agency support costs of US $15,701, for UNEP and US $50,050, plus agency support costs of US $4,505, for UNIDO; and
5. To request the Government of the Dominican Republic, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of the Dominican Republic 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.