Decision 94/50

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Saint Lucia 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 $163,850, consisting of US $94,000, plus agency support costs of US $12,220, for UNEP and US $51,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,630, for UNIDO, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XLII to the present report;
2. To note:
   1. That, if the HFC consumption level for Saint Lucia for the years 2024 or 2025 was above the Montreal Protocol control limits or the maximum allowable consumption in the future Agreement between the Government of Saint Lucia and the Executive Committee, on the understanding that the Government of Saint Lucia would continue to make every effort to meet those control limits, the Secretariat would inform and seek guidance from the Executive Committee on the procedure to follow in light of decision XXXV/16;
   2. That UNEP and the Government of Saint Lucia would include an update on the status of development and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the import and sale of HFC‑134a‑based domestic refrigeration equipment in the request for the second tranche of stage I of the KIP;
3. To note also:
   1. That the Government of Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $79,100, consisting of US $43,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,590, for UNEP and US $27,000, plus agency support costs of US $3,510, for UNIDO; and
5. To request the Government of Saint Lucia, UNEP, UNIDO and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Saint Lucia 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.