The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Georgia for the period 2025–2029, to reduce HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s average HFC consumption in the baseline years (or 22.5 per cent of the country’s baseline) by 2029, in the amount of US $440,700, consisting of US $255,000, plus agency support costs of US $33,150, for UNEP and US $135,000, plus agency support costs of US $17,550, for UNDP;
- To note:
- The strong commitment of the Government of Georgia to support reductions in HFC consumption in advance of the Montreal Protocol targets;
- That the Government of Georgia would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption on the basis of guidance provided by the Executive Committee;
- That, once the Executive Committee had provided the guidance referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii), above, reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding would be determined in line with that guidance;
- That the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding, referred to in subparagraph (b)(iii), above, would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii), above;
- That, during the implementation of stage I, the Government of Georgia would be allowed, on an exceptional basis, to submit a project to phase out consumption of HFC-134a in the aerosol sector to achieve additional HFC reductions;
- To approve the Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs in accordance with stage I of the KIP, contained in annex XXIII to the present report; and
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Georgia, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $231,085, consisting of US $137,500, plus agency support costs of US $17,875, for UNEP and US $67,000, plus agency support costs of US $8,710, for UNDP.