Decision 93/64

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Jordan for the period 2023–2030 to reduce, by 2030, HFC consumption by 54 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $4,840,083, plus agency support costs of US $338,806, for UNIDO, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XLVIII to the present report;
2. To note: 
   1. That, in line with decision 81/62, stage I of the KIP included an additional US $1,637,610, plus agency support costs of US $114,633, for UNIDO, related to the project approved at the 81st meeting to phase out 36.25 metric tonnes (51,837.5 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of HFC-134a, 39.75 metric tonnes (70,516.5 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of R-407C and 42.70 metric tonnes (89,175.6 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of R-410A in the manufacture of large commercial unitary roof-top air-conditioning units of up to 400 kilowatts at Petra Engineering Industries Co.;
   2. That the Government of Jordan 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 those 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;
   5. The commitment of the Government of Jordan to ban the import and manufacture of HFC-based domestic refrigeration equipment upon completion of the conversion projects in the subsector;
3. To note also that, in line with the request from the Government of Jordan, UNDP would be added to stage I of the KIP as a cooperating agency when the second tranche was submitted;
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Jordan, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $2,540,680, plus agency support costs of US $177,848, for UNIDO; and
5. To request the Government of Jordan, UNIDO and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Jordan 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.