Decision 96/22

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To request:
   1. The Secretariat:
      1. To provide to the Executive Committee, at the first meeting of each year, starting in 2026, the list of countries with average HFC consumption in servicing, in the baseline years, of 360 metric tonnes (mt) and below that had scheduled a tranche of their Kigali HFC implementation plans (KIPs) during the following year and that had not previously received funding to undertake such verifications, thereby enabling the Executive Committee to approve the list for the purpose of verification of that country’s compliance with the related KIP Agreement;
      2. To include, in the list referred to in subparagraph (a)(i)a., above, those countries with an average HFC consumption in the servicing sector, in the baseline years, above 360 mt that had opted to be funded as low-volume-consuming (LVC) countries, in line with decision 92/36(c);
   2. Bilateral and implementing agencies acting as lead agencies for the respective agreements to include the related costs of verification in their  work programmes in the same year, and to submit the related verification in conjunction with a tranche request in the following year;
2. To maintain the level of funds recommended for the verification of HFC consumption for countries with consumption of up to 360 mt in servicing in the baseline years at level of up to US $30,000, or US $45,000 when combined with verification of HCFC consumption;
3. To encourage countries with consumption up to 360 mt in servicing in the baseline years and countries with consumption above 360 mt that had opted to be funded as LVC countries, that wished to do so, to include the baseline years in their verification of HFC consumption; and
4. To request relevant bilateral and implementing agencies acting as lead agencies to include in their bilateral cooperation documents and work programme amendments, respectively, to be submitted to the 97th meeting, as applicable, funding for verification reports for stage I of the KIPs for Albania, Congo, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, North Macedonia and Turkmenistan, for submission with their tranches in 2026, noting that Albania was also on the list for verification of HCFC consumption, with the report to be submitted with the request for the tranche of its HCFC phase out management plan in 2026.