Decision 91/53

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the progress report on the implementation of the third tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for India;
2. To note also:
   1. That, in the polyurethane foam manufacturing sector, the enterprises M/s Industrial Foam and M/s Viking Engineers, with an associated funding of US $62,175, plus agency support costs of US $4,352, had ceased manufacturing foam and would not participate in the project;
   2. That in the residential air-conditioning manufacturing sector, the enterprise Videocon, with an associated funding of US $1,817,975, had gone into bankruptcy, and the enterprise Lloyd Electricals Ltd (now Leel Electricals Ltd) had changed ownership and decided to complete its conversion to HFC‑32 with its own resources, resulting in a return of US $1,672,902, plus agency support costs of US $117,103;
   3. That, in line with decision 86/90, the return associated with the 33.89 per cent non-Article 5 ownership of the residential air-conditioning manufacturing enterprise Subros was US $393,531, plus agency support costs of US $27,547;
3. To approve the project for the conversion of a third residential air-conditioning manufacturing line at the enterprise Blue Star, with an associated phase-out of 3.15 ODP tonnes of HCFC-22, to HFC-32 in the amount of US $628,032, plus agency support costs of US $43,962;
4. To note, on the basis of the returns described in subparagraph (b) above, the addition to stage II of the HPMP of the conversion at the enterprise Blue Star described in subparagraph (c) above and the agreed deduction from the country’s remaining HCFC‑22 consumption eligible for funding associated with the project management and implementation unit described in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/91/42:
   1. The return to the 91^st meeting of US $3,001,959, plus agency support costs of US $210,137 for UNDP;
   2. That UNDP would return US $316,592, plus agency support costs of US $22,161, at the 92^nd meeting;
   3. That an additional 5.54 ODP tonnes of HCFC-22 associated with the conversion of the enterprise Blue Star (3.15 ODP tonnes) and the project management and implementation unit (2.39 ODP tonnes) would be deducted from the country’s remaining HCFC consumption eligible for funding under stage III of the HPMP;
5. To approve the fourth and final tranche of stage II of the HPMP for India, and the corresponding 2023–2024 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $4,708,507, consisting of US $3,001,959, plus agency support costs of US $210,137, for UNDP, US $90,000, plus agency support costs of US $10,900, for UNEP, and US $1,255,000, plus agency support costs of US $140,511, for the Government of Germany; and
6. To request the Government of India, UNDP, UNEP and the Government of Germany to submit, at the first meeting of 2025, a progress report on implementation of the work programme associated with the final tranche of the HPMP.