Decision 98/46

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Ecuador;
   2. That the average amount of HFCs contained in imported pre-blended polyols during the 2022–2024 period was 96,263 CO₂-equivalent tonnes;
   3. That stage I of the KIP included funding for the plan for the complete elimination of HFCs contained in imported pre-blended polyols in the polyurethane foam sector (foam sector plan), in the amount of US $424,950, plus agency support costs of US $29,746, for UNIDO;
   4. The commitment of the Government of Ecuador to ban the imports and/or use of HFCs, both pure and econtained in pre-blended polyols, by the time the final foam manufacturing plant had been converted to a non‑HFC technology and no later than 1 January 2030;
   5. That the Fund Secretariat had updated the Agreement between the Government of Ecuador and the Executive Committee for stage I of the KIP, as contained in annex LXIII to the present report, specifically paragraph 2 and Appendices 1-A and 2-A, to reflect the inclusion of the foam sector plan and the accordingly revised funding level; and paragraph 17, which had been added to indicate that the updated Agreement superseded that reached at the 97th meeting in decision 97/17;
   6. That 96,263 CO₂-equivalent tonnes of HFCs would be deducted from the remaining eligible consumption for HFCs contained in imported pre-blended polyols; and
2. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the KIP for Ecuador, and the corresponding 2026–2028 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $789,364, plus agency support costs of US $55,255, for UNIDO, on the understanding that UNIDO would include, as part of the progress report on the implementation of the second tranche of the KIP, an update on progress in implementing the recommendations contained in the verification report submitted to the 98th meeting.