Decision 86/17

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report of UNIDO as at 31 December 2019 contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/86/19;
2. To approve the recommendations related to ongoing projects with specific issues contained in Annex VI to the present report;
3. To approve, on an exceptional basis, the extension, to 31 December 2020, of the phase-out of CFC consumption in the manufacture of aerosol metered-dose inhalers in Egypt (EGY/ARS/50/INV/92), to allow completion of the final activities relating to registration, noting that there would be no further extensions, and to request UNIDO to submit the project completion report (PCR) at the 87th meeting;
4. To approve the extension, on an exceptional basis, to 30 June 2021, of the national phase‑out plan for Iraq (first tranche) (IRQ/PHA/58/INV/09) and the replacement of refrigerant CFC‑12 with isobutane, and foam blowing agent, CFC-11, with cyclopentane, in the manufacture of domestic refrigerators and chest freezers at Light Industries Company in Iraq (IRQ/REF/57/INV/07), to allow completion of project activities relating to the installation and commissioning of equipment at the beneficiary enterprise;
5. To approve the extension, to 31 December 2021, of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Iraq (stage I, second and third tranches) (refrigeration servicing sector) (IRQ/PHA/74/INV/23 and IRQ/PHA/84/INV/29), to complete the procurement and delivery of laboratory and service training equipment and related activities;
6. To approve the extension, to 30 June 2021, of the HPMP for Serbia (stage I, fourth tranche) (YUG/PHA/84/INV/51) to complete the remaining activities;
7. To approve the extension, to 31 December 2021, of the phase-out of HCFC-22 and HCFC‑141b from the manufacture of unitary air-conditioning equipment and rigid polyurethane insulation panels at Al Hafez Group in the Syrian Arab Republic (SYR/REF/62/INV/103), to allow completion of the remaining activities relating to the installation and commissioning of equipment at the beneficiary enterprise;
8. To approve the extension, to 31 December 2021, of the global chiller replacement project in Argentina (GLO/REF/80/DEM/344), to allow completion of activities relating to beneficiaries;
9. With regard to the HPMP for Saudi Arabia:
   1. To cancel the refrigeration servicing and monitoring component included in the first, second and third tranches of stage I HPMP for Saudi Arabia (SAU/PHA/68/INV/17, SAU/PHA/72/INV/20, and SAU/PHA/75/INV/25), and the polyurethane foam sector component included in the third tranche of stage I of the same HPMP (SAU/PHA/75/INV/24), in line with decision 84/45(b) and (c), and to request UNIDO to return the remaining balances at the 87th meeting;
   2. To request UNIDO to submit an annual progress report on the implementation of remaining activities of the project to phase out HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b from the manufacture of extruded polystyrene panels at Al-Watania Plastics (SAU/FOA/62/INV/13) and of the HPMP for Saudi Arabia (stage I, first, second and fourth tranches) (polyurethane foam sector plan) (SAU/PHA/68/INV/19, SAU/PHA/72/INV/21 and SAU/PHA/77/INV/31) to the last meeting of the Executive Committee of each year until their completion; and
   3. To note that stage II of the HPMP for Saudi Arabia would be considered only after the PCR of stage I of the HPMP had been submitted, stage I of the HPMP had been financially completed and all funding balances had been returned to the Multilateral Fund.