Decision 93/76

The Executive Committee decided: 

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Viet Nam for the period 2023–2029 to reduce, by 2029, HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s established baseline, in the amount of US $5,029,063, consisting of US $3,593,183, plus agency support costs of US $251,522, for the World Bank and US $1,057,980, plus agency support costs of US $126,378, for UNEP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex LX to the present report; 
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Viet Nam 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. The commitment of the Government of Viet Nam to issue a ban on the use of HFC-23 in new installations of fire-suppression systems by 1 January 2025; on the manufacturing and import of stand-alone commercial refrigeration and domestic refrigeration equipment using HFCs by 1 January 2029; on the manufacturing and import of mobile air-conditioning systems using R-407C by 1 January 2029; and on the manufacturing and import of residential air-conditioning units and heat pumps below 60,000 British thermal units/hour using R-410A and R-417A by 1 January 2029;
   5. That, upon completion of the end-user technology demonstration project included in stage I of the KIP, the World Bank would submit a final report on the implementation of the project, including the HFC phase-out and, if available, energy-efficiency gains achieved, in line with subparagraph (g) of decision 92/36;
3. To note also that the Government of Viet Nam would continue to monitor its HFC consumption to understand HFC demand in future years and would provide that analysis when submitting future tranches of its KIP; 
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Viet Nam, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $2,183,683, consisting of US $1,557,792, plus agency support costs of US $109,045, for the World Bank and US $461,696, plus agency support costs of US $55,150, for UNEP; and
5. To request the Government of Viet Nam, the World Bank, UNEP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Viet Nam 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.