Decision 94/43

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for the Gambia for the period 2024–2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2029, in the amount of US $192,100, consisting of US $92,400, plus agency support costs of US $12,012, for UNEP and US $77,600, plus agency support costs of US $10,088, for UNIDO, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XXXV to the present report, on the understanding that the Government of the Gambia would notify the Ozone Secretariat that it was withdrawing its request for the high-ambient temperature (HAT) exemption;
2. To note:
   1. The commitment of the Government of the Gambia to implement a ban on the import of domestic refrigeration and commercial stand-alone refrigeration units using HFCs by 1 January 2025 and to revise relevant regulations to include a ban on the use of HFCs in fire suppression, foam, aerosol, and solvent sectors in the country by January 2026; 
   2. That, upon completion of the end-user technology demonstration project in commercial refrigeration included in stage I of the KIP, UNIDO would submit a final report on its implementation, including the HFC phase-out and energy‑efficiency gains achieved, in line with decision 92/36(g)
3. To note also:
   1. That the Government of the Gambia would continue to monitor its HFC consumption to understand the extent to which consumption reported in baseline years was representative of the local market’s needs and assess what future HFC demand would be, and that it would provide that analysis when submitting the second tranche of the KIP;
   2. That, on the basis of the information provided in subparagraph (c)(i) above, the maximum allowable consumption limits for the remaining years of stage I of the KIP, as contained in Appendix 2-A to the future Agreement between the Government of the Gambia and the Executive Committee, would be revised, if appropriate, when the Committee considered the second tranche of the KIP;
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for the Gambia, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $90,570, consisting of US $50,150, plus agency support costs of US $6,520, for UNEP and US $30,000, plus agency support costs of US $3,900, for UNIDO, on the understanding that UNEP and UNIDO would not disburse the approved funds until the Government of the Gambia had notified the Ozone Secretariat that it was withdrawing its request for the HAT exemption; and
5. To request the Government of the Gambia, UNEP, UNIDO and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of the Gambia 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.