Decision 81/31

After further discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. With regard to the funding source for enabling activities and HFC-related investment projects:
   1. That all requests for enabling activities for Article 5 group 1 countries submitted to the 81^st meeting and listed for blanket approval would be funded from the additional voluntary contributions provided by a group of non‑Article 5 countries, and that those submitted for Article 5 group 2 countries would be funded from the regular contributions to the Multilateral Fund;
   2. That requests for funding for enabling activities submitted at future meetings for any Article 5 group 1 country that had not yet made such a request would be funded from the additional voluntary contributions to the extent possible, and from the regular contributions to the Multilateral Fund if no more funding was available from the additional voluntary contributions;
   3. That requests for funding for enabling activities submitted at future meetings for any Article 5 group 2 country that had not yet made such a request would be funded from the regular contributions to the Multilateral Fund; and
   4. That any balances from the additional voluntary contributions provided by the group of non-Article 5 countries remaining after funding enabling activities at the 81^st meeting could be used to fund stand-alone HFC-related investment projects, in accordance with decision 79/45(d) of the Executive Committee, after giving priority to enabling activities.