Decision 93/59

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Cuba for the period 2023–2029 to reduce, by 2029, HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $325,000, plus agency support costs of US $42,250, for UNDP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XLIII to the present report;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Cuba would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption on the basis of guidance provided by the Executive Committee;
   2. That, once the cost guidelines for HFC phase-down had been agreed by the Executive Committee, the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding would be determined in accordance with those guidelines; 
   3. That the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii) above would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (b)(i) above; 
   4. That, if the HFC consumption level for Cuba in any of the years 2024 to 2025 was above the Montreal Protocol control limits or the maximum allowable consumption in the future Agreement between the Government of Cuba and the Executive Committee, on the understanding that the Government of Cuba would continue to make every effort to meet those control limits, the Secretariat would inform and seek guidance from the Executive Committee on the procedure to follow in light of decision XXXV/16;
   5. That, during the implementation of stage I of the KIP, the Government of Cuba would be allowed, on an exceptional basis, to submit investment projects in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector to achieve additional HFC reductions;
   6. That a project to phase out HFCs contained in imported pre-blended polyols in the polyurethane foam sector in Cuba would be subject to the decision taken by the Committee on whether it would fund the phase-out of HFCs contained in imported pre-blended polyols; 
   7. That, upon completion of the end-user technology demonstration project in the commercial refrigeration sector included in stage I of the KIP, UNDP would submit a final report on the implementation of the project, including the HFC phase-out and energy-efficiency gains achieved, in line with subparagraph (g) of decision 92/36;
3. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Cuba, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $160,000, plus agency support costs of US $20,800, for UNDP; and
4. To request the Government of Cuba, UNDP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Cuba and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs, including the information contained in the annex referred to in subparagraph (a) above, and to submit it to a future meeting once the KIP Agreement template had been approved by the Executive Committee.