Decision 86/24

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the work programme associated with the final tranche of the stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Egypt submitted by UNIDO and contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/86/21;
2. To note that the conversion of the polyurethane foam manufacturing sector under stage I had been completed;
3. To further note that the Government of Egypt had banned the import, use and export of HCFC-141b in bulk and the export of HCFC-141b contained in pre-blended polyols on 1 January 2020;
4. To approve, on an exceptional basis given the constraints imposed by the coronavirus disease pandemic, the extension of stage I of the HPMP for Egypt to 30 June 2021 to allow the completion of the outstanding enabling activities in the refrigeration and air‑conditioning sector, on the understanding that:
   1. UNDP would financially complete its projects by 31 December 2020;
   2. UNIDO would financially complete its projects and submit the project completion reports by 31 December 2021; and
5. To request the Government of Egypt and UNIDO to submit the final report on the project on the promotion of low-global-warming-potential refrigerants for the air-conditioning industry (EGYPRA) at the 87th meeting.