The Executive Committee decided:
- To note the progress report on the implementation of the third tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Egypt;
- To approve the extension, to 31 October 2024, of the completion date of stage II of the HPMP for Egypt (second tranche) (EGY/PHA/84/INV/142) to allow completion of the remaining ongoing activities;
- Of the fourth tranche of stage II of the HPMP for Egypt, to approve US $2,662,825, consisting of US $2,300,298, plus agency support costs of US $161,021, for UNIDO and US $180,000, plus agency support costs of US $21,506, for UNEP, and the corresponding 2024–2026 tranche implementation plan, on the understanding:
- That UNIDO, on behalf of the Government, would submit the request for the remaining funding under the fourth tranche of US $1,739,115, plus agency support costs of US $121,738, for UNIDO at the same meeting at which stage I of the country’s Kigali HFC implementation plan was submitted or to the 96th meeting of the Executive Committee, whichever came first; and
- That the country would inform the Ozone Secretariat that it would not avail itself of the high-ambient temperature exemption prior to the submission of stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan for the country.