Decision 77/43

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for India for the period 2016 to 2023 to reduce HCFC consumption by 60 per cent of the baseline, in the amount of US $48,315,261, consisting of US $38,911,459, plus agency support costs of US $2,723,802 for UNDP; US $900,000, plus agency support costs of US $109,000 for UNEP; and US $5,100,000, plus agency support costs of US $571,000 for the Government of Germany;
2. To note the commitment of the Government of India:
   1. To reduce HCFC consumption from the baseline by 48 per cent by 2020, 50 per cent by 2021, 56 per cent by 2022 and 60 per cent by 2023;
   2. To issue a ban on the import and use in all sectors of HCFC-141b, pure or contained in pre-blended polyols, upon completion of the conversion of all the eligible enterprises and no later than 1 January 2020;
3. To deduct 769.49 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
4. With regard to the polyurethane (PU) foam sector plan:
   1. To request UNDP to include in request for the second tranche and future tranches an updated list of PU foam enterprises assisted, and to be assisted by the Multilateral Fund under stage II of the HPMP, including the HCFC-141b consumption to be phased out, the estimated incremental cost of conversion, the sub-sector, the baseline equipment where applicable, and the technology to be adopted;
   2. To note that if, during the implementation of the PU foam sector plan, the total tonnage to be phased out in enterprises eligible for funding was found to be less than the 3,166 metric tonnes of HCFC-141b approved for phase-out under stage II of the HPMP, funding for stage II of the HPMP would be reduced to account for that reduced tonnage, at a rate of US $7.58/kg;
5. With regard to the air-conditioning manufacturing sector:
   1. To note that no further funding for heat exchangers at the enterprises to be assisted in stage II of the HPMP would be provided in future stages of the HPMP;
   2. That, for air-conditioning manufacturing enterprises that would receive funding under stage II of the HPMP to convert some but not all HCFC-22-based manufacturing lines, any increase in HCFC-22 consumption on the non-converted line, in relation to the level of HCFC-22 consumption at the time of signature of the memorandum of agreement between the enterprise and the Government, would not be funded by the Multilateral Fund, and the Government would request the enterprise to avoid any growth in HCFC-22 consumption after the time of signature;
6. To approve the Agreement between the Government of India 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 report; and
7. To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for India, and the corresponding tranche implementation plans, in the amount of US $10,623,880, consisting of US $9,256,000, plus agency support costs of US $647,920 for UNDP, US $300,000, plus agency support costs of US $36,333 for UNEP, and US $345,000, plus agency support costs of US $38,626 for the Government of Germany.