Decision 95/63

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Costa Rica 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 $618,280, plus agency support costs of US $78,011, for UNDP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XL to the present report;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Costa Rica would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption on the basis of guidance provided by the Executive  Committee;
   2. That, once the cost guidelines for HFC phase-down had been agreed by the Executive Committee, the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligibility 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 subparagraphs (b)(ii) above, would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (b)(i);
   4. That the Government of Costa Rica committed to ban the manufacturing of HFC based self-contained commercial refrigerator with refrigerant charge below 150 grams upon completion of the project to convert the manufacturing of commercial refrigerators in the enterprise Omega;
3. To encourage the Government of Costa Rica to initiate during the implementation of stage I the development of a strategic approach for the sustained phase-out of HFC consumption in the local assembly and installation subsector for commercial refrigeration, for possible inclusion within stage II of the KIP, that included consideration of incentives and policy measures to sustain the phase-out achieved and taking into account document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/95/89 discussed at the 95th meeting;
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Costa Rica, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $370,968, plus agency support costs of US $46,807, for UNDP; and
5. To request the Government of Costa Rica, UNDP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Costa Rica 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 has been approved by the Executive Committee.