Decision 94/46

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Liberia for the period 2024–2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 32 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2029, in the amount of US $145,000, plus agency support costs of US $18,850, for the Government of Germany, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XXXVIII to the meeting report;
2. To note:
   1. The commitment of the Government of Liberia to reduce HFC consumption from the country’s baseline by 28 per cent by 1 January 2025, 30 per cent by 1 January 2027 and 32 per cent by 1 January 2029;
   2. That, if the revision of the HFC consumption data for 2020 to 2022 were approved by the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties, the Executive Committee would consider, at its 95^th meeting, approval of the additional US $20,000 requested for technical assistance in the firefighting sector and associated support costs and revision of the funding approved in principle, as well as the tranche funding levels and Montreal Protocol targets reflected in annex referred to subparagraph (a) above;
3. To note also that upon, completion of the incentive scheme for R-290-based air conditioners included in stage I of the KIP, the Government of Germany would submit a final report on the implementation of the project, including the HFC phase-out and energy-efficiency gains achieved, in line with decision 92/36(g);
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Liberia, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $72,500, plus agency support costs of US $9,425, for the Government of Germany; and
5. To request the Government of Liberia, the Government of Germany and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Liberia 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.