Decision 96/26

The Executive Committee decided to approve the projects and activities submitted for blanket approval at the levels of funding indicated in annex IX to the present report, together with the implementation programmes associated with the relevant tranches of multi-year projects, relevant conditions or provisions included in the corresponding project evaluation documents, and conditions attached to the projects by the Executive Committee, noting:

1. That the following Agreements had been updated:
   1. Between the Government of Barbados and the Executive Committee for stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for the country, as contained in annex X to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the revised schedule of the second tranche of the HPMP and the revised funding level owing to the inclusion of funding for additional activities to maintain energy efficiency in the refrigeration servicing sector, and paragraph 17, which had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 91st meeting (decision 91/43);
   2. Between the Government of Botswana and the Executive Committee for stage II of the HPMP for the country, as contained in annex XI to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the revised funding level owing to the inclusion of funding for additional activities to maintain energy efficiency in the refrigeration servicing sector and that the second tranche had been moved from 2023 to 2025, and paragraph 17, which had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 86th meeting (decision 86/64);
   3. Between the Government of Eritrea and the Executive Committee for stage II of the HPMP for the country, as contained in annex XII to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the inclusion of funding for additional activities to maintain energy efficiency in the refrigeration servicing sector, and paragraph 17, which had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 91st meeting (decision 91/44);
   4. Between the Government of Ethiopia and the Executive Committee for stage II of the HPMP for the country, as contained in annex XIII to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the inclusion of funding for additional activities to maintain energy efficiency in the refrigeration servicing sector, and paragraph 17, which had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 88th meeting (decision 88/47);
   5. Between the Government of Fiji and the Executive Committee for stage II of the HPMP for the country, as contained in annex XIV to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the revised funding level owing to the inclusion of funding for additional activities to maintain energy efficiency in the refrigeration servicing sector, and paragraph 17, which had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 88th meeting (decision 88/49);
   6. Between the Government of Georgia and the Executive Committee for stage II of the HPMP for the country, as contained in annex XV to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the revised funding level owing to the inclusion of funding for additional activities to maintain energy efficiency in the refrigeration servicing sector; and paragraph 17, which had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 88th meeting (decision 88/50); and
2. That, for projects related to the renewal of institutional strengthening projects, blanket approval included approval of the observations to be communicated to recipient Governments, as contained in annex XVI to the present report.