The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Turkmenistan 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 UNIDO, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex LIX to the present report;
- To note that, if the HFC consumption level for Turkmenistan 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 Turkmenistan and the Executive Committee, on the understanding that Government of Turkmenistan 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;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Turkmenistan, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $116,000, plus agency support costs of US $15,080, for UNIDO; and
- To request the Government of Turkmenistan, UNIDO and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan 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.