The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for the Niger for the period 2023–2030 to reduce, by 2029, HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s average HFC consumption in the baseline years (i.e. 35.2 per cent of the country’s baseline), in the amount of US $488,160, consisting of US $317,000, plus agency support costs of US $41,210, for UNIDO and US $115,000, plus agency support costs of US $14,950, for UNEP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex LIV to the present report;
- To note that, upon completion of the end-user technology demonstration project included in stage I of the KIP, UNIDO 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;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for the Niger, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $169,500, consisting of US $115,000, plus agency support costs of US $14,950, for UNIDO and US $35,000, plus agency support costs of US $4,550, for UNEP, noting that, in line with subparagraph (b) of decision 91/58, the following portion of the approval had been transferred in advance to the implementing agencies at the 91st meeting: US $80,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,600, to UNIDO and US $20,000, plus agency support costs of US $2,600, to UNEP; and
- To request the Government of the Niger, UNIDO, UNEP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of the Niger 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.