Decision 88/45

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on implementation of the third tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Bahrain;
   2. The request by the Government of Bahrain for cancellation of the fourth tranche of stage I of the HPMP;
   3. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the revised updated Agreement between the Government of Bahrain and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex XVII to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, on the basis of the revised funding level owing to cancellation of the fourth and final tranche, and paragraph 16, which had been modified to indicate that the updated revised Agreement superseded that reached at the 84^th meeting;
2. To request the Government of Bahrain, UNEP and UNIDO to submit, at the 90^th meeting, both a progress report on implementation of the work programme associated with the third tranche and the project completion report and to return the funding balance remaining from stage I of the HPMP at the 91^st meeting;

Stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan for Bahrain

3. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HPMP for Bahrain for the period 2021–2025 to reduce HCFC consumption by 73.5 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $732,449, consisting of US $384,000, plus agency support costs of US $49,920, for UNEP, and US $278,999, plus agency support costs of US $19,530, for UNIDO;
4. To note the commitment of the Government of Bahrain:
   1. To reduce HCFC consumption by 41.3 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2022, 42.2 per cent by 2023, 43.2 per cent by 2024 and 73.5 per cent by 2025;
   2. To ban, by 1 January 2025, the import and use of HCFC-141b contained in preblended polyols and the import and manufacturing of HCFC-22-based air‑conditioning equipment;
5. To deduct 40.61 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
6. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Bahrain and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP, contained in Annex XVIII to the present report; and
7. To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Bahrain, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $500,214, consisting of US $249,500, plus agency support costs of US $32,435, for UNEP and US $203,999, plus agency support costs of US $14,280, for UNIDO.