Decision 75/44

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Colombia for the period 2015 to 2021 to reduce HCFC consumption by 65 per cent of the baseline, in the amount of US $5,629,205, consisting of US $4,503,481, plus agency support costs of US $315,244 for UNDP, US $175,000, plus agency support costs of US $22,750 for UNEP, and US $543,000, plus agency support costs of US $69,730 for the Government of Germany;
2. To note:
   1. The commitment by the Government of Colombia to reduce HCFC consumption by 60 per cent of the baseline in 2020 and by 65 per cent of the baseline in 2021;
   2. That the Government of Colombia would ban the use of HCFC-141b in the fire protection sector by 31 December 2017;
   3. That the Government of Colombia would ban HCFC-141b in bulk and HCFC-141b contained in imported pre-blended polyols for all uses by 31 December 2020;
   4. That the Government of Colombia would ban the manufacture and import of packaged type and condensed air-conditioning equipment that used HCFC-22 with a cooling capacity of less than 5 tonnes by 31 December 2020;
   5. That the Government of Colombia would ban the manufacture and import of split‑system air-conditioning equipment that used HCFC-22 by 31 December 2022;
   6. That UNDP would report the incremental operating costs incurred during the conversion to reduced-HFO formulations in the foam sector when requesting the second tranche of stage II of the HPMP, on the understanding that if the incremental operating costs were below US $2.13 per kilogram the Government of Colombia would return the associated funds to the Multilateral Fund;
3. To deduct 104.75 ODP tonnes of HCFC from the remaining consumption eligible for funding, including 12.3 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b contained in exported pre-blended polyols, in accordance with decision 68/42(b);
4. To deduct a further 17.55 ODP tonnes of HCFC-141b from the remaining consumption eligible for funding;
5. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP contained in Annex XIX to the present document; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Colombia, and the corresponding 2015‑2018 tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $2,930,710, consisting of US $2,342,591, plus agency support costs of US $163,981 for UNDP, US $50,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,500 for UNEP, and US $325,800, plus agency support costs of US $41,838 for the Government of Germany.