Subsequently, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Ethiopia 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 $192,100, consisting of US $106,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,780, for UNEP, and US $64,000, plus agency support costs of US $8,320, for UNIDO;
- To note 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);
- To note also:
- That the Government of Ethiopia would continue to monitor its HFC consumption to understand the extent to which reported consumption in baseline years was representative of the local market’s needs and to assess what future HFC demand would be, and would provide that analysis when submitting the second tranche of
its KIP; - That, on the basis of the information provided in subparagraph (c)(i) above, the maximum allowable consumption limits for the remaining years of stage I of the KIP, as contained in Appendix 2-A to the Agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Executive Committee, would be revised when the Committee considered the second tranche of the KIP;
- That the Government of Ethiopia would continue to monitor its HFC consumption to understand the extent to which reported consumption in baseline years was representative of the local market’s needs and to assess what future HFC demand would be, and would provide that analysis when submitting the second tranche of
- To note further that the Government of Ethiopia, through UNEP, would include in its submission of the second tranche of stage I of the KIP, the results of the foam sector assessment and any relevant information required under decision 96/52, if applicable;
- To approve the Agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs in accordance with stage I of the KIP, contained in annex LI to the present report; and
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Ethiopia, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $115,260, consisting of US $62,500, plus agency support costs of US $8,125, for UNEP and US $39,500, plus agency support costs of US $5,135, for UNIDO.