Decision 82/30

Following informal discussions, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The update on enterprise conversion of technology and the progress report on the implementation of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Indonesia, submitted by UNDP, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/20;
   2. With appreciation, the efforts by the Government of Indonesia and UNDP to facilitate the introduction of the technology with low global-warming potential (GWP) selected by the refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) manufacturing enterprises funded under stage I of the HPMP;
2. To request the Government of Indonesia and UNDP to continue exploring mechanisms for and implementing actions favouring the introduction of low-GWP alternatives in the RAC manufacturing sector, noting that funding had been approved at the 81^st meeting for enabling activities;
3. To approve, on an exceptional basis, the reallocation of US $23,000, representing the savings from the conversion at Panasonic, to technical assistance to facilitate the manufacturing of HFC-32-based equipment at the enterprises assisted under stage I;
4. To note the return to the Multilateral Fund, at the 82^nd meeting, of US $134,041, plus agency support costs of US $10,053 for the World Bank, associated with savings at the three rigid-foam enterprises that had converted to hydrocarbons;
5. To give the systems house PT. TSG Chemical until the 83^rd meeting to decide whether it wished to participate in stage I of the HPMP;
6. To note that the refrigeration servicing sector plan would be completed by 31 December 2018, and that all balances remaining from the sector would be returned no later than 31 December 2019; and
7. To agree to extend the completion date of stage I of the HPMP for Indonesia until 31 December 2019, on the understanding:
   1. That the Government of Indonesia could submit, at the last meeting of 2019, a further request to extend stage I of the HPMP;
   2. That, if the Government of Indonesia were to submit the request referred to in sub-paragraph (g)(i) above, the Executive Committee could consider that request at the last meeting of 2019 and, if it were to be agreed, adjustments would be made to the starting point for sustained aggregate reductions for HFC consumption for the country, as noted in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/20;
   3. That, in the absence of the submission of the request referred to in sub‑paragraph (g)(i) above:
      1. All remaining balances from the polyurethane foam and the RAC manufacturing sectors would be returned to the Multilateral Fund by the last meeting of 2020; and
      2. The Government of Indonesia, UNDP and the World Bank would continue to submit, on annual basis through the completion of the project, progress reports on the implementation of stage I of the HPMP and would provide the project completion report by 30 June 2020.