Decision 96/40

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Guinea for the period 2025–2029, to reduce HFC consumption by 17.3 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $912,750, consisting of US $500,000, plus agency support costs of US $65,000, for UNEP and US $325,000, plus agency support costs of US $22,750, for UNIDO, on the understanding that the approval was without prejudice to the operation of the mechanism of the Montreal Protocol for addressing non-compliance;
2. To note:
   1. The strong commitment of the Government of Guinea to support reductions in HFC consumption in advance of the Montreal Protocol targets;
   2. That the Government of Guinea had submitted to the Ozone Secretariat a request for revision of the country’s HFC and HCFC baselines for consideration at the 74th meeting of the Implementation Committee;
   3. That, if the HCFC baseline was not revised, an additional reduction of up to 323,002 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes associated with the adjustment of the HCFC component of the HFC baseline, would be deducted from the starting point;
   4. That the Government of Guinea would put in place a ban on the import of HFC based domestic and stand-alone commercial refrigeration units by 31 December 2029;
3. To note also:
   1. That the Government of Guinea 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 (c)(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 (c)(ii), above, would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (c)(i), above;
   4. That, upon completion of end-user projects in the residential air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration sectors included in stage I of the KIP, UNIDO would submit a final report on the implementation of those projects, including the HFC phase out and energy efficiency gains achieved, in line with decision 92/36(g);
4. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Guinea and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs in accordance with stage I of the KIP, contained in annex XXIV to the present report;
5. To request the Fund Secretariat, in the event that the country’s baseline was revised, to update Appendix 2-A of the Agreement to include the revised figures for maximum allowable consumption and to notify the Executive Committee of the resulting levels of maximum allowable consumption, with any necessary adjustments being made at the 98th meeting; and
6. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Guinea, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $453,542, consisting of US $222,400, plus agency support costs of US $28,912, for UNEP and US $189,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,230, for UNIDO.