Decision 96/38

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Egypt for the period 2025–2030, to reduce HFC consumption by 15 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2029 and 22 per cent of the country’s baseline by 2030, in the amount of US $18,401,430, consisting of US $14,275,031, plus agency support costs of US $999,252, for UNIDO and US $2,922,567, plus agency support costs of US $204,580, for UNDP;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Egypt 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 Executive Committee had provided the guidance referred to in subparagraph (b)(i), above, reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding would be determined in line with that guidance;
   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), above;
   4. That the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii), above, included 35,850 carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-eq) tonnes of HFCs contained in imported pre-blended polyols;
   5. That an additional reduction of 1,496,571 CO2-eq tonnes would be deducted from the starting point based on the 2020 R-410A consumption of the five enterprises manufacturing residential air-conditioning units that were converting to HFC-32 under stage II of the country’s HCFC phase-out management plan (i.e., El Araby, Fresh, Miraco, Power and Unionaire);
   6. That, irrespective of decision 84/72(e)(iii), the five enterprises referred to in subparagraph (b)(v), above, would be eligible for a project to improve the energy efficiency of residential air-conditioning units that they manufactured under decision 94/60, subject to the criteria of decision 94/60;
3. To note also the commitment of the Government of Egypt to ban or otherwise prohibit:
   1. The import of HFC-245fa and HFC-365mfc pure and contained in imported pre blended polyols and the use of those substances in the manufacturing of HFC based polyurethane foam by 1 January 2028;
   2. The import of HFC-152a and HFC-based extruded polystyrene foam manufacturing by 1 January 2028;
   3. The import and manufacture of HFC-based domestic refrigerators by 1 January 2029, noting that the enterprises for which funding was being provided to convert under the stage I of the KIP would cease manufacturing HFC-134a-based domestic refrigerators by 1 January 2028;
   4. The import and manufacture of HFC-based stand alone commercial refrigeration equipment by 1 January 2029;
   5. The import and manufacture of R-410A-based residential air-conditioning units by 1 January 2029, noting that the enterprises for which funding was being provided to convert under the stage I of the KIP would cease manufacturing R 410A based residential air-conditioning units by 1 January 2028;
4. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Egypt and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs in accordance with stage I of the KIP, contained in annex XXII to the present report; and
5. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Egypt and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $11,541,528, consisting of US $9,081,787, plus agency support costs of US $635,725, for UNIDO and US $1,704,688, plus agency support costs of US $119,328, for UNDP.