Decision 98/43

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Bhutan for the period 2026–2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $152,550, consisting of US $85,000, plus agency support costs of US $11,050, for UNEP and US $50,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,500, for UNDP;
2. To note the commitment of the Government of Bhutan to ban the import of HFC-based domestic refrigerators and R-410A-based residential air-conditioning units by 1 January 2029;
3. To note also: 
   1. That the Government of Bhutan 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; 
   2. 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 Bhutan and the Executive Committee, would be revised when the Committee considered the second tranche of the KIP;
4. To approve:
   1. The Agreement between the Government of Bhutan and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs in accordance with stage I of the KIP, contained in annex LX to the present report; and
   2. The first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Bhutan, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $91,530, consisting of US $31,000, plus agency support costs of US $4,030, for UNEP and US $50,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,500, for UNDP.