Decision 88/60

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve the extension of the implementation period of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for the Sudan, to 31 December 2022, given delays in implementing phase-out activities owing to the coronavirus disease pandemic, on the understanding that no further extension would be requested;
2. To request UNIDO to submit, at the first meeting in 2023, a final progress report on implementation of the third tranche of stage II of the HPMP and a final report on the demonstration project on end users of R-290 air-conditioning units, to allow the Secretariat to develop fact sheets to inform future projects, in line with decision 84/84(d);
3. To approve, in principle, stage III of the HPMP for the Sudan for the period 2021–2030 for the complete phase-out of HCFC consumption, in the amount of US $271,418, plus agency support costs of US $18,999, for UNIDO, on the understanding that no more funding would be provided from the Multilateral Fund for the phase-out of HCFCs;
4. To note the commitment of the Government of the Sudan to reduce HCFC consumption by 84 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2022, 86 per cent by 2023, 88 per cent by 2024, 90 per cent by 2026, 92 per cent by 2027, 94 per cent by 2028, 96 per cent by 2029 and phase out HCFCs completely by 1 January 2030 and that HCFCs would not be imported after that date, except for those allowed for a servicing tail between 2030 and 2040, where required, consistent with the provisions of the Montreal Protocol;
5. To deduct 3.11 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
6. To approve the Agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage III of the HPMP, contained in Annex XXXIII to the present report;
7. That, to allow for consideration of the final tranche of its HPMP, the Government of the Sudan should submit:
   1. A detailed description of the regulatory and policy framework in place to implement measures to ensure that HCFC consumption was in compliance with paragraph 8 ter(e)(i) of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol for the period 2030-2040;
   2. If the Sudan intended to have consumption in the period 2030-2040, in line with paragraph 8 ter(e)(i) of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol, proposed modifications to its Agreement referred to in sub-paragraph (f) above covering the period beyond 2030; and
8. To approve the first tranche of stage III of the HPMP for the Sudan, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $129,918, plus agency support costs of US $9,094 for UNIDO, on the understanding that UNIDO would not disburse to the Sudan any of the funding approved until the agency had submitted a letter to the Secretariat indicating that the planned activities could be implemented in the country.