Decision 92/39

June 2023
Local installation and assembly subsector using HFCs

Subsequently, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note the report on the local installation and assembly subsector, including types of equipment manufactured and refrigerants used and challenges in transitioning to low‑global warming potential alternatives contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/92/49 and Corr.1;
  2. To invite Article 5 countries, through the bilateral and implementing agencies, to provide to the Secretariat, on a voluntary basis, by 20 September 2023, information on the local installation and assembly subsector;
  3. To request the Secretariat, taking into account the information provided by the Article 5 countries referred to in subparagraph (b) above, to prepare for consideration by the Executive Committee at its 93rd meeting a paper containing information on the types of activities that Article 5 countries could undertake, on the nature of the assistance required and on supply chain issues that needed to be resolved to address consumption in the local installation and assembly subsector in their Kigali HFC implementation plans (KIPs); and
  4. To consider projects in the local installation and assembly subsector in the context of KIPs on a case-by-case basis.