Decision 93/68

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Mexico 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 $21,045,710, consisting of US $14,161,056, plus agency support costs of US $991,274, for UNIDO, US $4,756,594, plus agency support costs of US $332,962, for UNDP and US $715,157, plus agency support costs of US $88,667, for UNEP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex LII to the present report;
2. To note that stage I of the KIP included an additional:
   1. US $1,018,123, plus agency support costs of US $71,268, for UNIDO, related to the project approved at the 81st meeting to phase out 70.96 metric tonnes (101,470 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of HFC-134a and 5.91 metric tonnes (23,187 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of R-404A from the conversion of commercial refrigeration manufacturing in two facilities in Imbera, in line with decision 81/64; 
   2. US $2,992,400, consisting of US $2,115,012, plus agency support costs of US $148,051 for UNDP, and US $584,988, plus agency support cost of US $74,349, for the Government of Canada, related to the project approved at the 81stmeeting to phase out 198 metric tonnes (283,140 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of HFC-134a from the conversion of a domestic refrigeration and compressor manufacturing facility at Mabe, in line with decision 81/65; 
   3. US $136,500, plus agency support costs of US $12,285, for UNDP, related to the project approved at the 92ndmeeting to phase out 5.18 metric tonnes (7,407 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) of HFC-134a from the conversion of the manufacturing of commercial refrigerators at Friocima, in line with decision 92/35; 
3. To further note: 
   1. That the Government of Mexico would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption on the basis of guidance provided by the Executive Committee; 
   2. 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;
   3. That the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding referred to in subparagraph (c)(ii) above would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (c)(i) above; 
   4. The commitment of the Government of Mexico to issue a ban on the import and use of HFC pure or contained in pre-blended polyols in the manufacturing of polyurethane foam by 1 January 2029; 
   5. That, upon completion of the end-user technology demonstration projects in the local installation and assembly subsector included in stage I of the KIP, UNIDO would submit a final report on the implementation of the projects, including the HFC phase-out and energy-efficiency gains achieved, in line with subparagraph (g) of decision 92/36; 
   6. That the Government of Mexico 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 future HFC demand would be, and would provide that analysis when submitting the second tranche of its KIP; 
   7. That, on the basis of the information provided in subparagraph (c)(vi) 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 Mexico and the Executive Committee would be revised when the Committee considered the second tranche of the KIP; 
   8. That the Government of Mexico would continue to monitor imports of large new market entrants in 2022 and would include any relevant information in the request for the second tranche; 
4. To request the Government of Mexico and UNIDO to develop, and to submit as part of a future tranche, a strategy to address HFCs in the sectors covered by the demonstration projects under of stage I of the KIP;
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Mexico, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $7,231,505, consisting of US $5,085,390, plus agency support costs of US $355,977, for UNIDO, US $1,433,738, plus agency support costs of US $100,362, for UNDP and US $227,795, plus agency support costs of US $28,243, for UNEP; and
6. To request the Government of Mexico, UNIDO, UNDP, UNEP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Mexico 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.