Decision 84/65

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Bahrain;
   2. The cancellation of the component, within stage I of the HPMP, to convert an air-conditioning manufacturing line in the Awal Gulf Manufacturing Company, and the associated funding of US $1,789,530, plus agency support costs of US $125,267 for UNIDO, and that the enterprise had committed to phasing out the 254.90 metric tonnes (14.02 ODP tonnes) of HCFC-22 consumption associated with the conversion using its own funding;
   3. That, owing to the cancellation of the component mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii), above, the commitment by the Government of Bahrain under stage I of the HPMP in terms of the reduction in its HCFC consumption by 2020 had been adjusted from 39 per cent to 35 per cent; that the implementation period of stage I has been shortened from 2012–2023 to 2012‑2020; and that the total funding approved in principle for the period 2012 to 2020 had been adjusted from US $3,033,814 to US $1,119,017, consisting of US $470,000, plus agency support costs of US $61,100 for UNEP, and US $549,455, plus agency support costs of US $38,462 for UNIDO;
   4. That the Fund Secretariat had revised the Agreement* between the Government of Bahrain and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex XXI to the present report, specifically: paragraph 1 and Appendix 2-A, on the basis of the revised HCFC phase-out target for 2020, the revised funding level approved in principle and the revised funding tranche distribution and schedule, following cancellation of the component mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) above; and paragraph 16, to indicate that the revised updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 80^th meeting; and
2. To approve the combined third and fourth tranches of stage I of the HPMP for Bahrain, and the corresponding 2019–2020 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $180,000, plus agency support costs of US $23,400 for UNEP.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 88/45