Decision 86/89

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the third tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Brazil;
   2. That US $3,895,000, plus agency support costs of US $272,650 for UNDP, associated with the funding tranche for 2020 would be requested in 2021;
   3. That the three enterprises Climazon, Elgin and Gree that were included in the room air-conditioning manufacturing sector, had converted to R-410A technology with their own resources, resulting in the phase-out of 823.80 metric tonnes (45.31 ODP tonnes) of HCFC-22;
   4. That the funding balance of US $7,147,469, plus agency support costs of US $500,323 for UNIDO, associated with the conversion of the enterprises referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(iii) above would be dealt with as follows:
      1. US $744,104, plus agency support cost of US $52,087 for UNIDO, had been returned to the 86th meeting;
      2. US $3,619,365, plus agency support cost of US $253,356 for UNIDO would be deducted from the 2020 funding tranche of stage II of the HPMP;
      3. US $1,784,000, plus agency support cost of US $124,880 for UNIDO would be deducted from the 2021 funding tranche of stage II of the HPMP;
      4. US $1,000,000, plus agency support cost of US $70,000 for UNIDO would be deducted from the 2022 funding tranche of stage II of the HPMP;
   5. That US $100,000, plus agency support cost of US $7,000 for UNIDO, associated with the adjustment to the project management unit owing to the adjustment in the room air-conditioning manufacturing sector referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(iii) above would be deducted from the funding tranche for 2021;
   6. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement* between the Government of Brazil and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex XLV to the present report, specifically: Appendix 2-A, owing to the postponement of the funding tranche for 2020 to 2021 referred to in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii) above and the reduction of the UNIDO component on account of the removal of the three room air-conditioning enterprises referred to in sub‑paragraphs (a)(iii), (iv) and (v) above, and paragraph 16, modified to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 82nd meeting;
2. To request UNDP to continue assisting the Government of Brazil in securing the supply of alternative technologies with low global-warming potential (GWP) to the systems house U-Tech, on the understanding that any incremental operating costs related to the conversion of froth system applications would not be paid under stage II until the technology originally selected or another technology with low GWP had been fully introduced, and to provide, at each meeting until the technology originally selected or another technology with low GWP had been fully introduced, a report on the status of the conversion, along with an update from the suppliers on the progress made towards ensuring that the selected technologies, including associated components, were available on a commercial basis in the country; and
3. To approve the fourth tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Brazil, and the corresponding 2021-2022 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,004,545, plus agency support costs of US $111,800 for the Government of Germany.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 88/61