Decision 94/36

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the fourth tranche of stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for the Islamic Republic of Iran;
   2. That US $521,638, plus agency support costs of US $36,515 for UNIDO, associated with its last funding tranche, would not be requested;
   3. The return of US $50,600, plus agency support costs of US $3,542, from UNIDO to the Multilateral Fund, owing to the withdrawal of two spray-foam enterprises (Tejarat Aftab and Akia Duetch) from the HPMP;
   4. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Executive Committee, as contained in annex XXVIII to the present report, specifically Appendix 2-A, to reflect the removal of the last funding tranche for UNIDO, as referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii) above, and paragraph 17, which had been modified to indicate that the revised updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 92^nd meeting;
2. To request UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the Government of Italy to submit:
   1. A progress report on the implementation of their work programme associated with the final tranche to the 97^th meeting and project completion report to the second meeting of the Executive Committee in 2026;
   2. As part of the progress report referred to in subparagraph (b)(i), detailed reports on the status of conversion of each of the foam projects under stage II, including their financial viability, the current level of HCFC-141b consumption, the alternative technologies selected, the total funding provided by the Multilateral Fund and the level of co-financing, as applicable, in line with decisions 84/74(c) and 90/45(b); and
3. To approve the fifth and final tranche of stage II of the HPMP for the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the corresponding 2024–2025 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $518,910, consisting of US $337,860, plus agency support costs of US $23,650, for UNDP and US $140,000, plus agency support costs of US $17,400, for UNEP.