The Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request the Secretariat to examine methods to initiate a study on whether transportation refrigeration could be considered a new sub-sector, and what, if any, costs might be eligible.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/68, Decision 25/17, para. 42).
The Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) activities characterized by the assembly, installation and charging of refrigeration systems may be treated as a new subsector distinct from the already established domestic and commercial refrigeration sectors, which primarily deal with manufacture;
(b) this new subsector has yet to be fully defined and the activities of enterprises within it can overlap with the commercial refrigeration subsector;
(c) where the activities are consistent with those found in typical commercial refrigeration projects approved by the Executive Committee, the projects may continue to be considered as part of the commercial refrigeration subsector;
(d) incremental costs for capital equipment should continue to be eligible for funding on the same basis as the commercial refrigeration subsector, provided that the ODS-based equipment is destroyed.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/48, Decision 27/74, para. 104).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/37).
The Executive Committee noted that the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies had been unable to resolve the issues of quantifying the consumption in the subsector and subsequently defining the incremental operating costs or savings. The Executive Committee requested the Fund Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies to provide more information on the impact on the Multilateral Fund of this new subsector for transportation refrigeration.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/48, Decision 27/75 (paras. 105 and 106).
The Thirtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that the draft guidelines for the transportation refrigeration sector should be prepared as soon as possible.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/41, Decision 30/45, para. 71).