Decision 95/94

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of stage II of the HCFC production phase-out management plan (HPPMP) for China, considered by the Sub-group on the Production Sector;
2. To request the Government of China, through the World Bank, to submit the reports of the following technical assistance activities supported under the HPPMP:
   1. The 2024 investigation of HCFC feedstock applications in China, to the first meeting of 2026;
   2. The annual investigations of HCFC feedstock applications in China for 2025 and 2026, to the first meeting of the Executive Committee after the completion of those reports;
   3. Updates, at the 97th and 99th meetings, on the outcomes of the activity in subparagraph (d)(ii) below for the respective 2025 and 2026 workshops;
3. To approve the third tranche of the HPPMP in China, and the corresponding 2024–2026 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $22,000,000, plus agency support costs of US $1,232,000, for the World Bank, on the understanding that the World Bank would withhold disbursement of US $3,000,000 of that amount until the Secretariat, on the basis of relevant available information, including the 2024 verification report and Article 7 data report, and no sooner than the 97th meeting of the Executive Committee, had confirmed that the Government of China had taken appropriate measures to manage HFC-23 by-product in accordance with paragraph 10 of stage II of the HPPMP Agreement;
4. To note that the scope of the technical assistance activities set out in the 2024 to 2026 tranche implementation plan would be further adjusted as follows:
   1. The activities described in subparagraphs 16(h), 16(j) and 16(l) of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/95/SGP/3 would cover related work on the management of HCFC production and by-product HFC-23 in HCFC-22 production facilities relevant to those items;
   2. One new technical assistance activity would be added: the promotion of the gathering and sharing of relevant information on atmospheric monitoring, on research on the development of spatial emission estimates and emission sources and on progress on HFC-23 emissions control management, through the organization, in 2025 and 2026, of two international workshops on HFC-23 emissions control at the scientific level and including the participation of other relevant stakeholders;
5. To note with appreciation that the Government of China had undertaken and would continue to undertake, as appropriate, monitoring, assessment and verification activities for by-product HFC-23 emissions from HCFC-22 production facilities, covered by paragraph 10 of stage II of the HPPMP Agreement;
6. To request the Treasurer to offset future transfers to the World Bank by US $536, representing interest accrued from funds previously transferred for the implementation of stage II of the HPPMP; and
7. In line with decision 93/5(b)(ii), to request the Treasurer to deduct US $45,143 from the amount approved in subparagraph (c) above, on account of income from cumulative interest accrued during stage I and stage II of the HPPMP between 2015 and 2019.