Decision 94/32

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Bangladesh;
   2. That the Government of Bangladesh would implement a ban on the import and manufacturing of residential air conditioners using HCFC-22 by 1 July 2025;
   3. That the enterprise Unitech Products had withdrawn from the conversion project in the manufacturing sector and that the funds associated with its conversion in the amount of US $440,880, plus agency support costs of US $30,862, would be deducted from the approval for UNDP of the third tranche of stage II of the HPMP;
   4. The request from UNEP to release, in advance of the scheduled date, the funding associated with the fourth and final tranche of stage II of the HPMP, which was due at the last meeting of 2025, in the amount of US $54,280, plus agency support costs of US $6,986;
   5. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of Bangladesh and the Executive Committee, as contained in annex XXVI to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the advancement of the 2025 tranche by a year referred to in subparagraph (a)(iv) above, and the deduction of funds from the third tranche referred to in subparagraph (a)(iii) above, and paragraph 17, to indicate that the revised updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 90^th meeting;
2. To note also:
   1. That all the enterprises funded under the air-conditioning sector conversion project, excluding Unitech Products, would continue to manufacture air conditioners using R‑290/HFC‑32 as the refrigerant, at least at the quantities equivalent to the manufacturing capacity of the air conditioners at the respective plants funded under that project;
   2. That the Government of Bangladesh, through UNDP, would report the number of air conditioners using R-290/HFC-32 as the refrigerant, excluding Unitech Products, that were manufactured each year during the period 2025–2027 by each of the enterprises funded under the air-conditioning sector conversion project, doing so at the first meeting of every following year;
3. To request the Government of Bangladesh, UNDP and UNEP to submit, on a yearly basis, progress reports on the implementation of the work programme associated with the final tranche through completion of the project and verification reports until approval of stage III; and
4. To approve the third and final tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Bangladesh, and the corresponding 2024–2026 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $871,609, consisting of US $630,324, plus agency support costs of US $44,123, for UNDP, and US $174,680, plus agency support costs of US $22,482, for UNEP.