Decision 94/33

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the fifth tranche of stage II of the HCFC phaseout management plan (HPMP) for Brazil;
   2. That the systems house U-Tech had withdrawn from stage II of the HPMP and UNDP would continue assisting the downstream users associated with U-Tech with the adoption of a low-global-warming-potential (low-GWP) technology in the froth application, on the understanding that any incremental operational costs related to the conversions, where applicable, would not be paid until the technology originally selected or another low-GWP technology had been fully introduced;
   3. That UNIDO would reallocate US $60,000 from the commercial refrigeration project to the project monitoring unit;
   4. That 0.69 ODP tonnes would be deducted from the remaining eligible consumption of HCFC-22 associated with the increase in the project monitoring unit costs referred to in subparagraph (a)(iii);
   5. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of Brazil and the Executive Committee, as contained in annex XXVII to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the reduction of the remaining eligible consumption referred to in subparagraph (a)(iv) above, and paragraph 16, to indicate that the revised updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 91^st meeting;
2. To request the Government of Brazil, UNDP, UNIDO and the Government of Germany to submit:
   1. A progress report on the implementation of the work programmes associated with the final tranche to the 96^th meeting, and project completion reports to the second meeting of the Executive Committee in 2026;
   2. As part of the progress report referred to in subparagraph (b)(i), the complete list of downstream foam enterprises assisted by the Multilateral Fund under stage II of the HPMP, including the HCFC-141b consumption phased out, the subsector and the technology adopted; and
3. To approve the sixth and final tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Brazil, and the corresponding 2024–2025 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $872,727, plus agency support costs of US $97,129, for the Government of Germany, on the understanding that UNDP, as the lead agency for stage II of the HPMP, had committed to submitting, by June 2024, an updated verification report that included 2023 consumption data.