Decision 82/67

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the 2018 progress report on implementation of the fifth tranche of the polyurethane rigid foam sector plan under stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for China, submitted by the World Bank and contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/45;
2. To approve the extension of the period of implementation of the polyurethane rigid foam sector plan under stage I of the HPMP to 30 June 2019, on the understanding that no further extensions would be approved;
3. To request the Government of China and the World Bank to prepare for the 83^rd meeting a desk study on the current system of monitoring consumption of foam blowing agents at enterprises assisted under the stage I of the HPMP and a verification methodology that included random sampling in order to ascertain whether ODS that had already been phased out had been or were being consumed at those enterprises; and
4. To request the Government of China and the World Bank to submit, at the 84^th meeting, the project completion report and updated information on the level of funds disbursed and potential balances to be returned to the Multilateral Fund.