Decision 83/56

Following informal discussions among interested members, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Kuwait;
2. To approve the extension of the duration of stage I of the HPMP from 2018 to 2020, with target consumption of 254.51 ODP tonnes for 2019 and 2020;
3. To note that the Secretariat had revised the updated Agreement between the Government of Kuwait and the Executive Committee, contained in Annex IX to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the new target, the revised funding schedule and the extension of the duration of stage I, and paragraph 16, to indicate that the revised updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 74^th meeting;
4. To note the commitment of the Government of Kuwait to ban the import and use of HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b in the extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam sector by 31 December 2020, coinciding with the completion of HCFC phase-out in XPS foam applications;
5. To approve the third tranche of stage I of the HPMP, and the corresponding 2019‑2020 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,054,845, plus agency support costs of US $73,839 for UNIDO; and
6. To request the Government of Kuwait, through UNEP, when submitting the request for the fourth tranche of stage I of the HPMP, to include a plan of action to address all remaining activities in the refrigeration servicing sector, along with the budgets for the activities in that plan of action, on the understanding that it would have achieved phase‑out of HCFCs at the level specified in Appendix 2-A of the revised updated Agreement between the Government of Kuwait and the Executive Committee.