Decision 97/58

Subsequently, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Eritrea for the period from 2025 to 2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $178,540, consisting of US $90,230, plus agency support costs of US $11,730, for UNEP and US $67,770, plus agency support costs of US $8,810, 
   for UNIDO;
2. To note:
   1. That the Government of Eritrea would put in place a ban on import of HFC-based domestic and stand-alone commercial refrigeration by 1 January 2028 and a ban on the use of HFC-23 in refrigeration applications by 1 January 2029;
   2. That, upon completion of the end-user project included in stage I of the KIP, UNIDO would submit a final report on the implementation of the project, including the HFC phase-out and energy-efficiency gains achieved, in line with 
      decision 92/36(g);
3. To approve the Agreement between the Government of Eritrea and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs in accordance with stage I of the KIP, contained in annex L to the present report; and
4. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Eritrea, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $101,596, consisting of US $60,614, plus agency support costs of US $7,880, for UNEP and US $29,294, plus agency support costs of US $3,808, for UNIDO.