Decision 71/35

A contact group was established to further discuss the matter. Following the report by the convener which included inter alia the importance of ensuring that implementing agencies submitted sufficiently detailed information within the required time- frame to support requests for disbursement of future tranches, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress reports on the implementation of the following tranches of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan for China: the first tranche of the solvent sector plan; and the second tranches of the extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam sector plan, the polyurethane rigid (PU) foam sector plan, the industrial and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning (ICR) sector plan, the room air-conditioner manufacturing (RAC) sector plan and refrigeration servicing sector plan, including the national enabling programme;
2. To approve the third tranche of stage I of the XPS foam sector plan for China and the corresponding 2014 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $3,998,000, plus agency support costs of US $279,860 for UNIDO, and to request the Treasurer to offset future transfers to UNIDO by US $11,955, representing interest accrued by the Government of China up to 31 December 2012 on funds previously transferred for the implementation of the XPS foam sector plan, as per decision 69/24;
3. To approve, on an exceptional basis, the third tranche of stage I of the PU foam sector plan for China, and the corresponding 2014 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $13,592,000, plus agency support costs of US $951,440 for the World Bank, on the understanding that funding would be disbursed by the Treasurer to the World Bank only after the Secretariat had accepted as sufficient information provided by the World Bank to the effect that disbursement of 20 per cent or more of the second tranche to final beneficiaries had been achieved;
4. To approve the third tranche of stage I of the ICR sector plan for China, and the corresponding 2014-2015 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $8,495,000, plus agency support costs of US $594,650 for UNDP; and to request the Treasurer to offset future transfers to UNDP by US $70,627, representing interest accrued by the Government of China up to 31 December 2012 from funds previously transferred for the implementation of the ICR sector plan as per decision 69/24;
5. To approve the third tranche of stage I of the RAC sector plan for China, and the corresponding 2014-2015 tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $8,495,000, plus agency support costs of US $594,650 for UNIDO; and to request the Treasurer to offset future transfers to UNIDO by US $9,513, representing interest accrued by the Government of China up to 31 December 2012 from funds previously transferred for the implementation of the RAC sector plan as per decision 69/24;
6. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the solvent sector plan for China, and the corresponding 2014-2015 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $2,000,000, plus agency support costs of US $140,000 for UNDP; and to request the Treasurer to offset future transfers to UNDP by US $2,289, representing interest accrued by the Government of China up to 31 December 2012 on funds previously transferred for the implementation of the solvent sector plan for China as per decision 69/24; and
7. To defer consideration of the third tranche of stage I of the refrigeration servicing sector plan and the national enabling programme for China to the 72^nd meeting.