Decision 93/71

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for North Macedonia for the period 2023–2029 to reduce, by 2029, HFC consumption by 10 per cent of its average HFC consumption in the baseline years (i.e. 18.7 per cent of the country’s baseline), in the amount of US $216,000, plus agency support costs of US $28,080, for UNIDO, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex LV to the present report;
2. To note: 
   1. That the Government of North Macedonia 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, during implementation of stage I of the KIP, the Government of North Macedonia would be allowed on an exceptional basis to submit a project to phase out the consumption of HFC-152a in the extruded polystyrene foam manufacturing sector;
3. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for North Macedonia, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $103,555, plus agency support costs of US $13,462, for UNIDO; and 
4. To request the Government of North Macedonia, UNIDO and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of North Macedonia 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.