Decision 65/38

Following discussions in the contact group on second-stage conversions, the use of pre-blended polyols containing HCFC-141b and commitments by the Government of Egypt to introduce policy measures to control and ban the import of HCFC-141b, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the request by UNIDO for the cancellation of the project for the conversion from HCFC-141b to cyclopentane in the manufacture of polyurethane foam at Delta Electric Appliances, approved at the 62^nd meeting of the Executive Committee, with a total phase-out of 80.91 mt (8.90 ODP tonnes) of HCFC-141b, given that the enterprise had been purchased by non-Article 5 capital, and that the approved funding of US $422,740, plus agency support costs of US $31,706, would be returned to the Multilateral Fund at the 66^th meeting;
2. To approve, in principle, stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Egypt for the period 2011 to 2018 to reduce HCFC consumption by 25 per cent, at the amount of US $6,610,148, consisting of US $ 1,432,575, plus agency support costs of US $107,443 for UNIDO, and US $4,716,400, plus agency support costs of US $353,730 for UNDP, and to note that two foam projects to phase out 17.60 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b at the amount of US $892,840, plus agency support costs of US $66,963 for UNIDO, as well as four foam projects to phase out 37.40 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b at the amount of US $1,479,000, plus agency support costs of US $115,463 for UNDP, had already been approved at the 62^nd meeting and had subsequently been included in stage I of the HPMP;
3. To note that with the amounts referred to in paragraph (b) above, the total funding for stage I of the HPMP for Egypt amounts to US $8,520,815 plus agency support costs of US $643,599.
4. To note a revised starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption calculated on the basis of the baseline of 386.27 ODP tonnes, using actual consumption of 396.60 ODP tonnes and 375.93 ODP tonnes reported for 2009 and 2010, respectively, under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol, plus 98.34 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyol systems, resulting in 484.61 ODP tonnes;
5. To note the commitment by the Government of Egypt to introduce an HCFC import quota system, including HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyols and all HCFC refrigerant blends by 1 January 2013, further noting the commitment by the Government to ban imports of HCFC-141b pre-blended polyols by 1 January 2018, and the commitment by the Government to ban imports of pure HCFC-141b once all eligible enterprises using HCFC-141b were converted to non-HCFC technology;
6. To note the deduction of 55.00 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the starting point for sustained aggregate reduction in HCFC consumption for six projects approved at the 62^nd-meeting, and deducting a further 119.00 ODP tonnes of HCFCs for the implementation of stage I of the HPMP;
7. To note that approval of stage I of the HPMP did not preclude Egypt from submitting, prior to 2015, a proposal to achieve a reduction in HCFCs beyond that addressed in stage I of the HPMP;
8. To approve the draft Agreement between the Government of Egypt and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, as contained in Annex XXIV to the present report; and
9. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP for Egypt, and the corresponding implementation plan, at the amount of US $3,171,250, consisting of US $950,000, plus agency support costs of US $71,250 for UNIDO, and US $2,000,000, plus agency support costs of US $150,000 for UNDP.