Decision 83/67

With regard to the request for project preparation for the control of HFC-23 by-product emissions in the HCFC production sector in Mexico, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve US $55,000, plus agency support costs of US $3,850 for UNIDO to enable the agency to submit, to the 84^th meeting, on behalf of the Government of Mexico, project proposal options that would enable the Government of Mexico to comply with the HFC-23 by-product control obligations under the Kigali Amendment, including data regarding costs and benefits and covering technical feasibility, economic viability, relevant credits that might be applicable in the country in the future, and logistical, legal and transactional issues in relation to the following:
   1. Resuming operation of both the integrated on-site incinerator and the non‑integrated on-site incinerator at the HCFC-22 production swing plant Quimobasicos, on the basis of three independent estimates of the costs/savings of doing so for each, including in relation to operation of the incinerator, compliance with standards for the management of hazardous waste, and monitoring and verifying the destruction of the HFC-23 by-product;
   2. Importing HCFC-22 to meet demand in the domestic market, including a comparison of the price of sourcing it locally and internationally;
   3. Destroying HFC-23 by-product through irreversible transformation and other new conversion technologies, and storage options for HFC-23 management;
   4. Shipping HFC-23 for off-site destruction by means of a technology approved by the Meeting of the Parties;
   5. Optimizing the HCFC-22 production to reduce the generation of the HFC-23 by-product;
   6. Selling the HFC-23 for feedstock use or adapting the plant so that it could use HFC-23 for the production of HCFC-22;
2. To request UNIDO to include, in its submission to the 84th meeting, information regarding the relationship between the country’s control of HFC-23 by-product emissions and the nationally determined contributions of the Government of Mexico under the Paris Agreement;
3. To request the Secretariat to present a document to the 84th meeting reviewing each of the project proposal options submitted, including the data provided pursuant to sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) above;
4. To discuss the criteria for funding the activities related to the compliance obligations of Article 5 countries with respect to HFC-23 by-production emission controls at the 84th meeting; and
5. To request UNIDO to return any remaining balances from the funding approved in sub-paragraph (a) above to the Multilateral Fund by the 86th meeting.