Decision 94/40

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Burkina Faso for the period 2024-2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 30 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2029, in the amount of US $325,000, plus agency support costs of US $42,250 for the Government of Germany, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XXXII to the present report;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Burkina Faso would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption based on guidance provided by the Executive Committee;
   2. That, once the cost guidelines for HFC phase-down had been agreed by the Executive Committee, reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding would be determined in line 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. That, during the implementation of stage I of the KIP, the Government of Burkina Faso would be allowed, on an exceptional basis, to submit a project for the commercial refrigeration sector to achieve additional HFC reductions;
3. To request the Government of Germany, on behalf of the Government of Burkina Faso, to submit, for consideration at the 95^th meeting, a detailed plan for the establishment of the refrigerant distribution centre, including a potential business model for ensuring the viability of the centre;
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Burkina Faso, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $162,500, plus agency support costs of US $21,125, for the Government of Germany, on the understanding that no disbursement would be made towards the establishment of the refrigerant distribution centre until the Executive Committee considered, on an extraordinary basis, the plan referred to in subparagraph (c) above; and
5. To request the Government of Burkina Faso, the Government of Germany and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Burkina Faso 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.