The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Montenegro for the period 2024–2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s average HFC consumption in the baseline years (i.e. 19.43 per cent of the country’s baseline) by 2029, in the amount of US $189,600, plus agency support costs of US $24,648, for UNIDO, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XXXIX to the present report;
- To note the strong commitment of the Government of Montenegro to support reductions in HFC consumption in advance of the Montreal Protocol targets;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Montenegro, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $115,050, plus agency support costs of US $14,956, for UNIDO; and
- To request the Government of Montenegro, UNIDO and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Montenegro 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.