Decision 84/39

Following the bilateral discussions, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The financial audit reports for the CFC production, halon, polyurethane (PU) foam, process agent II, solvent and refrigeration servicing sectors in China, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/84/22/Add.1;
   2. That the funding balances associated with each of the sector plans had not been fully disbursed by 30 June 2019;
   3. That the Government of China had confirmed that the CFC production, PU foam, solvent and refrigeration servicing sector plans would be completed and the associated balances would be disbursed by 31 December 2019;
2. To extend:
   1. The process agent II plan to 31 December 2020, with any remaining balances to be returned at the 87^th meeting;
   2. The halon sector plan to 31 December 2020, in order to complete already planned activities, with any remaining balances as at 31 December 2020 to be returned to the 87^th meeting;
3. To request the Government of China, through the relevant implementing agency:
   1. To submit, at the 85^th meeting, the financial audit report as at 31 December 2019 for the CFC production, halon, process agent II, PU foam, solvent and refrigeration servicing sector plans, and the project completion reports for the CFC production, PU foam, solvent and refrigeration servicing sector plans;
   2. To return to the Multilateral Fund at the 85^th meeting the funding balances available at 31 December 2019 associated with the CFC production, PU foam, solvent and refrigeration servicing sector plans;
   3. To report on the results of the monitoring efforts of local Ecology and Environment Bureaux, including cases where CFC-11 had been detected, in future financial audit reports and, once all the remaining balances under the projects included in the financial audit had been disbursed and those projects had been completed, to continue such reporting under the annual progress reports of stage II of the PU foam sector plan of the HCFC phase-out management plan;
   4. To submit the remaining completed research and technical assistance reports undertaken in all sectors, for possible dissemination to other Article 5 countries; and
4. To request the Government of China, through the World Bank, to provide additional information on the proposed activities to be undertaken under the process agent II sector plan, their budget and a progress report on their implementation at the 85^th meeting.