Decision 94/53

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Tunisia for the period 2024–2030 to reduce HFC consumption by 23.8 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2030, in the amount of US $2,336,184, consisting of US $2,067,181, plus agency support costs of US $144,703, for UNIDO and US $110,000, plus agency support costs of US $14,300, for UNEP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XLV to the present report;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Tunisia 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);
3. To note also:
   1. The strong commitment of the Government of Tunisia to support reductions in HFC consumption in advance of the Montreal Protocol targets;
   2. The commitment of the Government to ban the import and manufacture of HFC‑based cold-water dispensers, domestic freezers, domestic refrigerators and stand-alone commercial refrigeration equipment, and residential air-conditioning units based on HFCs with a global-warming potential greater than 700 by 1 January 2027;
   3. That, should the enterprise Star One not manufacture HFC-32-based residential air-conditioning units on a commercial scale upon completion of its conversion and continue such manufacturing for at least three years, UNIDO would return to the Multilateral Fund the funding associated with the conversion, plus the funding associated with the project management unit and agency support costs;
   4. That a project to phase out HFCs contained in imported pre-blended polyols in the polyurethane foam sector in Tunisia would be subject to the Executive Committee consideration of funding the phase-out of HFCs contained in imported pre‑blended polyols;
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Tunisia, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,689,926, consisting of US $1,526,566, plus agency support costs of US $106,860, for UNIDO and US $50,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,500, for UNEP; and
5. To request the Government of Tunisia, UNIDO, UNEP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Tunisia 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.