Decision 80/12

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the 2017 progress report on the implementation of stage I of the HCFC phase‑out management plan (HPMP) for Brazil, submitted by UNDP;
2. To approve the extension of the duration of stage I of the HPMP to 31 December 2019, on the understanding that no further extension of project implementation would be requested;
3. To request the Government of Brazil, UNDP and the Government of Germany to continue submitting progress reports on the implementation of the work programme associated with stage I of the HPMP on an annual basis until the completion of the project, and to submit the project completion report to the first meeting in 2020;
4. To note that enterprises Shimteck and U-Tech in the polyurethane foam sector for which conversion had been approved on the basis of an alternative with a low global‑warming potential (GWP) were using HFC temporarily owing to lack of availability of HFOs;
5. To request UNDP:
   1. To continue assisting Shimteck and U-Tech, during the implementation of the HPMP, to secure the supply of the alternative technologies selected, on the understanding that any incremental operating costs would not be paid until the original alternative technology selected or another technology with a low‑GWP had been fully introduced;
   2. To report on the status of use of the interim technology selected by Shimteck and U-tech at each meeting until the original technology selected or another technology with a low-GWP had been fully introduced;
   3. To include in the subsequent progress report, to be submitted to the last meeting in 2018:
      1. The complete list of downstream foam enterprises assisted by the Multilateral Fund under stage I, including their HCFC-141b consumption phased out, sub-sector, baseline equipment and technology adopted; and
      2. The status of implementation of the conversion of the enterprises Ecopur and Panisol, on the understanding that the remaining funds from the conversion of Ecopur would be returned to the Multilateral Fund in the event that the enterprise withdrew from the HPMP.