Decision 84/29

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report provided by UNDP and the Government of Lebanon, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/84/22, describing the continued challenges being faced by the Government in sourcing commercially available alternatives with low global-warming-potential (GWP), such as hydrofluoroolefins, and the efforts made by the Government and UNDP to facilitate the supply of low-GWP technology to the enterprises funded under stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan for Lebanon;
   2. That the Government of Lebanon was fully committed to introducing the ban on the imports of HCFC-141b as of 31 December 2020; and
2. To request UNDP to continue assisting the Government of Lebanon in securing the supply of low-GWP alternative technology, and to report, at the 85^th meeting, on the results of the testing of two alternatives in the foam sector and, at the same meeting and each meeting thereafter until the technology originally selected or another technology with low-GWP had been fully introduced, on the status of the conversion of the remaining beneficiary enterprises in the foam manufacturing sector (SPEC, Prometal and the small enterprises) and in the air-conditioning manufacturing sector (CGI Halawany and ICR).