Decision 86/35

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve the revised plan of action to extend until 2026 stage II of the industrial and commercial refrigeration and air-conditioning (ICR) sector plan, and the maximum allowable sectoral consumption levels of HCFCs as described in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/86/21/Add.1; and
2. To note that under stage II of the ICR sector plan, the Government of China agreed:
   1. That a maximum quantity of 1,463 metric tonnes in the unitary air-conditioning (UAC) sub-sector could be converted to HFC-32;
   2. That China would have flexibility to convert to alternatives with a lower global‑warming potential (GWP) than HFC-32 as long as the cost of the conversion and the tonnage to be phased out remained the same;
   3. That China would have flexibility to convert industrial and commercial heat-pump water heater lines to HFC-32 on the understanding that the UAC, water chiller (heat pump) and industrial and commercial heat-pump water heater conversions to HFC‑32 combined would not exceed 1,463 metric tonnes;
   4. That at least 30 per cent of the total phase-out of HCFC-22 funded by the Multilateral Fund in the ICR sector during the period 2021–2026 would be from the conversion of small- and medium-sized enterprises (i.e. those consuming 50 metric tonnes or less); and
   5. That, in sectors other than the UAC sub-sector, China would have flexibility to select which technology to use from among the low-GWP technologies identified in Table 3 of paragraph 71 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/86/21/Add.1, excluding HFC-32, and would make best efforts to ensure that the tonnage remained within 30 per cent of the amount specified for each technology in that table, at no additional cost to the Multilateral Fund, and that any deviation from the range would be reported to the Executive Committee for its consideration.