Decision 91/26

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the fifth tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Brazil and the request for extension of the implementation period of stage II of the HPMP, as submitted by UNDP and contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/91/18;
   2. That the polyurethane (PU) foam enterprise Ananda Metais had changed the selected technology from cyclopentane to methyl formate, resulting in savings of US $154,222;
   3. That the PU foam enterprise Tecpur, the systems house Polisystem and the 80 downstream PU foam users would not participate in stage II of the HPMP and that one additional PU foam enterprise had lower consumption of HCFC-141b than initially reported, resulting in savings of US $2,340,778;
   4. That savings of US $2,495,000, plus agency support costs of US $174,650 for UNDP, associated with the conversion of the PU foam enterprises referred to in subparagraphs (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) above, would be deducted from the sixth tranche of stage II of the HPMP;
   5. That one ODP tonne would be deducted from the remaining eligible consumption of HCFC-22 associated with the project monitoring unit costs related to the reductions in the PU foam sector plan referred to in subparagraph (a)(iv);
   6. That the enterprises Gelomax and So Frio, consuming 2.54 metric tonnes (0.14 ODP tonnes) of HCFC-22, had withdrawn from stage II of the HPMP and that the enterprises Peracchi and Zero Grau, with a total consumption of 3.00 metric tonnes (0.17 ODP tonnes) of HCFC-22, had been included in stage II of the HPMP, at no additional cost to the Multilateral Fund;
   7. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement* between the Government of Brazil and the Executive Committee, as contained in Annex X to the present report, specifically Appendix 2‑A, to reflect the deduction, from the sixth tranche, of the funding for UNDP referred to in subparagraph (a)(iv) above, the adjustment of the first tranche for UNIDO owing to the return of funds referred to in decision 88/61(a)(iii), the reduction of the remaining eligible consumption referred to in subparagraph (a)(v) above and the postponement of the sixth tranche to 2024; Appendix 7-A, to reflect the adjustment of the reductions in funding for failure to comply; and paragraph 16, which had been modified to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 88^th meeting;
2. To approve:
   1. The reallocation of US $132,000 from the enterprises Gelomax and So Frio to the enterprises Peracchi and Zero Grau, as indicated in subparagraph (a)(vi) above;
   2. The extension, to 31 December 2025, of the implementation period of stage II of the HPMP for Brazil, given delays in implementing phase-out activities owing to the coronavirus disease pandemic, on the understanding that no further extension would be requested; and
3. To request that UNDP continue to assist the Government of Brazil in securing the supply of alternative technologies with low global-warming potential (GWP) to the Amino, Flexível, Purcom and U-Tech systems houses, on the understanding that any incremental operational costs related to the conversions (where applicable) would not be paid 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 temporary use of high-GWP alternatives, along with an update from the suppliers on the progress made towards ensuring that the selected technologies, including the associated components, were available on a commercial basis in the country.

*This Agreement was revised as per Decision 94/33.