Decision 84/32

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The 2018/2019 progress report on the implementation of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Brazil, submitted by UNDP and contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/84/22;
   2. That the enterprise Panisol would not participate in stage I of the HPMP, and that the fund balance of US $301,695, plus agency support costs of US $22,627, would be returned to the Multilateral Fund at the end of stage I of the HPMP;
   3. That the systems house Polisystem had decided to withdraw from stage I of the HPMP, and that the funds allocated to Polisystem would be returned to the Multilateral Fund at the end of stage I of the HPMP;
   4. That 12 downstream polyurethane foam enterprises had been found to be ineligible for funding during project implementation, and that the funds allocated to those enterprises would be returned to the Multilateral Fund at the end of stage I of the HPMP;
2. To request UNDP and the Government of Germany, together with the Government of Brazil:
   1. To submit, at the 85^th meeting, the final report on the implementation of the work programme associated with stage I of the HPMP up to its completion and the project completion report;
   2. To include in the final report referred to in sub-paragraph (b)(i), above, a list consisting of:
      1. All downstream foam enterprises assisted by the Multilateral Fund under stage I, along with the HCFC-141b consumption phased out, the sub-sector, the baseline equipment and the technology adopted;
      2. Foam enterprises that had phased out HCFC-141b without Multilateral Fund assistance or had withdrawn from stage I, along with their associated consumption;
      3. Foam enterprises that were found to be ineligible for funding by the Multilateral Fund and their associated HCFC-141b consumption;
      4. Additional foam enterprises identified as eligible for funding under the Multilateral Fund but that had not been addressed under stage I or stage II of the HPMP;
      5. The balances associated with funding that had been approved for conversion of enterprises that had decided to withdraw from stage I of the HPMP, or had been found to be ineligible for assistance from the Multilateral Fund;
   3. To return balances from stage I of the HPMP no later than the 86^th meeting; and
3. To request UNDP to continue assisting the Government of Brazil in securing the supply of alternative technologies with low global-warming-potential (GWP) to the systems house U-Tech, on the understanding that any incremental operating costs would not be paid until the technology originally selected or another technology with low-GWP had been fully introduced and to provide, at each meeting until the technology originally selected or another low-GWP technology had been fully introduced, a report on the status of the conversion, along with an update from the suppliers on the progress made towards ensuring that the selected technologies, including associated components, were available on a commercial basis in the country.