Decision 82/34

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the request for the extension of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Qatar contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/20;
2. To extend the date of completion of stage I of the HPMP for Qatar to 1 July 2019;
3. To note:
   1. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of Qatar and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex VIII to the present report, specifically: paragraphs 1 and 14 and Appendix 2-A to reflect the country’s baseline of 86.9 ODP tonnes as reported under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol; the funding level to reflect that no further tranches would be requested following the first tranche of the HPMP approved at the 65^th meeting; the completion date, extending it to 1 July 2019; and that a new paragraph 16 had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 65^th meeting;
   2. That the Government of Qatar could submit the project proposal for stage II of the HPMP at the 83^rd meeting, on the understanding that it would include the verification of the country’s consumption for the years 2017 to 2018;
4. To request UNIDO to return to the Multilateral Fund at the 83^rd meeting the remaining balance associated with the enterprise Al Kawthar, which had been relocated to Oman;
5. To approve the 2018–2019 tranche implementation plan of stage I of the HPMP for Qatar; and
6. To request the Government of Qatar, UNIDO and UNEP to submit the final progress report at the 84^th meeting, to ensure financial completion and return the remaining balances by 31 December 2019, and to provide the project completion report at the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2020.