📋 Tender Overview
Start: Oct 1 2021
End: Dec 31 2031
Projects ID
200062
Project Manager
Project Manager
Elena MICEVA
Description
Albania has ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on 18 January 2019. With that, the country has committed to the HFC reduction targets as stipulated in the Amendment. HFCs are chemicals that do not damage the ozone layer, but have high global warming potential (GWP). With their gradual reduction, Albania is joining in the global efforts for climate action. The Kigali HFC Implementation Plan (KIP) Stage I will cover the period until 2029 and will help the country freeze its HFC consumption at baseline level and reduce it by 10% by 2029. The activities under the first tranche of the KIP include the following activities: implement by-laws for leakage control and data reporting by establishing a central electronic database for reporting by all entities, and by including HFCs in the mandatory certification of technicians; complete updates of the licensing and quota system for HFCs; implement bans on HFC-based equipment; collect data on RAC servicing workshops and technicians; continue to develop codes of practice and standards on handling low-GWP technologies; improve import record-keeping by customs officers; and conduct awareness-raising campaigns on HFCs and low-GWP technologies for women; implement refrigerant recovery and recycling activities; provide additional refrigerant identifiers for cus
