Decision 94/45

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for the period 2024–2030 to reduce HFC consumption by at least 10 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2029, in the amount of US $214,700, consisting of US $114,000, plus agency support costs of US $14,820, for UNEP and US $76,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,880, for UNDP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XXXVII to the present report;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic would continue to monitor its HFC consumption to understand the extent to which reported consumption in baseline years was representative of the local market’s needs and to assess what future HFC demand would be and would provide that analysis in submitting the second tranche of its KIP;
   2. That, on the basis of the information provided in subparagraph (b)(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 Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Executive Committee,  would be revised, if appropriate, when the Committee considered the second tranche of the KIP;
3. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $124,300, consisting of US $34,000, plus agency support costs of US $4,420, for UNEP and US $76,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,880, for UNDP; and
4. To request the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, UNEP, UNDP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 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.