Decision 91/47

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for South Africa for the period from 2022 to 2030 for the complete phase-out of HCFC consumption, in the amount of US $8,690,000, plus agency support costs of US $608,300, for UNIDO, on the understanding that no more funding from the Multilateral Fund would be provided for the phase-out of HCFCs;
2. To note the commitment of the Government of South Africa to reduce HCFC consumption by 47.5 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2022, 50 per cent by 2023, 60 per cent by 2024, 67.5 per cent by 2025, 70.2 per cent by 2026, 75.7 per cent by 2027 and 97.5 per cent by 2028 and to 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, when required, consistent with the provisions of the Montreal Protocol;
3. To deduct 192.92 ODP tonnes of HCFCs from the remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding;
4. To approve the Agreement between the Government of South Africa and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HCFCs, in accordance with stage II of the HPMP, as contained in Annex XXIII to the present report;
5. That, to allow for consideration of the final tranche of its HPMP, the Government of South Africa 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 South Africa was intending to have consumption during the period 2030‑2040, in line with paragraph 8 ter(e)(i) of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol, the proposed modifications to the Agreement between the Government of South Africa and the Executive Committee covering the period beyond 2030; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage II of the HPMP for South Africa, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $2,993,125, plus agency support costs of US $209,519, for UNIDO, on the understanding that UNIDO would include in the progress reports submitted with the request for the second tranche an update on the improvement of the process for reporting HCFC consumption and confirmation of the resubmission by the Government of South Africa of the data reports under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol and country programme implementation for the years 2020 and 2021.