Decision 88/61

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on implementation of the fourth 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 2021, would be divided into two tranches, specifically US $1,400,000, plus agency support costs of US $98,000, to be released in 2021, and US $2,495,000, plus agency support costs of US $174,650, to be released in 2022;
   3. That UNIDO would return, at the 90^th meeting, US $202,100, plus agency support costs of US $14,147, associated with the enterprise Freeart Seral that had phased out 0.93 ODP tonnes of HCFC-22 without assistance from the Multilateral Fund;
   4. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of Brazil and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex XXXIV to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, on the basis of the redistribution of funding tranches for 2021 and 2022 referred to in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii) above, and paragraph 16, which had been modified to indicate that the updated Agreement* superseded that reached at the 86^th meeting;
2. To request:
   1. UNDP:
      1. 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 operational costs related to the conversion of froth system applications would not be paid under stage II until the technology originally selected or another low-GWP technology had been fully introduced, and to provide, at each meeting until the technology originally selected or another low-GWP technology 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;
      2. To include, in the progress report associated with the request for the sixth tranche of stage II of the HPMP, an update on the availability of HFC‑365mfc/HFC-227ea and HFOs in the polyurethane foam sector and an indication of how the issue was affecting the completion of the conversions of enterprises in that sector;
   2. UNIDO to report, at the 90^th meeting, on the status of three small and medium-sized enterprises that might have stopped using HCFC-22 without Multilateral Fund assistance, on the understanding that the funds associated with those enterprises would be returned to the Fund unless UNIDO identified additional enterprises that were eligible for funding and had not been assisted under stage I or stage II of the HPMP to which the funds could be reallocated; and
3. To approve the fifth tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Brazil, and the corresponding 2021‑2023 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $3,289,061, consisting of US $1,400,000, plus agency support costs of US $98,000, for UNDP, US $1,500,000, plus agency support costs of US $166,941, for the Government of Germany and US $116,000, plus agency support costs of US $8,120, for UNIDO.

• This Agreement was revised as per Decision 91/26