Decision 86/91

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Lebanon;
   2. With appreciation, the report provided by UNDP and the efforts made by the Government of Lebanon and UNDP to discontinue the temporary use of a technology with high global-warming potential (GWP) and to introduce the approved low-GWP technology in both the foam and room air-conditioning manufacturing sectors;
   3. That the ban on imports of HCFC-141b in bulk and contained in imported pre‑blended polyols had been postponed to 1 January 2021;
   4. The request of the Government of Lebanon to accelerate completion of stage II of its HPMP from 2025 to 2024;
   5. The commitment of the Government of Lebanon to reduce HCFC consumption by 62.5 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2022 and 75 per cent by 2024;
2. To approve the revised duration of stage II of the HPMP from 2025 to 2024;
3. To note that the Fund Secretariat has revised the Agreement between the Government of Lebanon and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex XLVI to the present report, specifically: paragraph 1, to revise the target consumption to be met by Lebanon in 2024, Appendix 2-A, to reflect the change of the duration of stage II, the change of the targets referred to in sub-paragraph (e) and the revised funding schedule to advance the funding tranche for 2021 to 2020 and the tranche for 2024 to 2023, and paragraph 16, which had been added to indicate that the revised updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 75th meeting; and
4. To approve the third tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Lebanon, and the corresponding 2020–2022 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $420,462, plus agency support costs of US $29,432, noting that recommendations from the verification of HCFC consumption would be addressed during the implementation of the third tranche of the HPMP.