The results of each of the specific issues and questions identified in the terms of reference of the study are presented below. Implementation issues All the countries in the sample, without exception, implemented the following activities: Licensing and quotas for the import or export of HCFC-containing equipment; Fiscal incentives for the import of equipment based on low-GWP refrigerants. Technical assistance programmes for the refrigeration servicing sector, with training programmes for technicians as the main standard bearer of the assistance to reduce ODS demand; Technical assistance programmes for the control of ODSs imports/exports, with the import/export licensing and quota systems and customs training as the most important initiatives for the reduction of ODS supply; and Supporting actions such as additional legislative and regulatory measures and public awareness, among others. Other measures commonly undertaken to control ODS demand included: Certification of refrigeration technicians after training; Establishment of codes of good practices for servicing of RAC equipment; Establishment of refrigerant recovery and recycling (R&R) schemes; and Establishment of refrigerant reclaiming centres, among others. These initiatives, however, are different for each country according to the degree of development of previous initiatives and to the specific characteristics of the country. Many countries have taken innovative approaches (including demonstration projects) that respond to their very individual needs or those of HCFC-consuming sectors. For instance: and standards for supermarkets and specific type of Brazil: “Training equipment”; programme for Fiji: “Retrofit fishing boats”; incentive programme for the residential, commercial, industrial Ghana: “End-user refrigeration and air-conditioning sectors”; The Islamic Republic of Iran: programme for fishing in Fiji, the “Retrofit boats” to promote leak-free “Programme supermarket installations”; project for HCFC-free low-GWP alternatives in refrigeration in Maldives: “Demonstration the fisheries sector”: and HCFC22 cleaning agent phase-out in refrigeration service Mexico: “HCFC-141b project for local production facility of refrigerant-grade sector”; Nigeria: “Demonstration and hydrocarbons”;
The results of each of the specific issues and questions identified in the terms of reference of the study are presented below. Implementation issues All the countries in the sample, without exception, implemented the following activities: Licensing and quotas for the import or export of HCFC-containing equipment; Fiscal incentives for the import of equipment based on low-GWP refrigerants. Technical assistance programmes for the refrigeration servicing sector, with training programmes for technicians as the main standard bearer of the assistance to reduce ODS demand; Technical assistance programmes for the control of ODSs imports/exports, with the import/export licensing and quota systems and customs training as the most important initiatives for the reduction of ODS supply; and Supporting actions such as additional legislative and regulatory measures and public awareness, among others. Other measures commonly undertaken to control ODS demand included: Certification of refrigeration technicians after training; Establishment of codes of good practices for servicing of RAC equipment; Establishment of refrigerant recovery and recycling (R&R) schemes; and Establishment of refrigerant reclaiming centres, among others. These initiatives, however, are different for each country according to the degree of development of previous initiatives and to the specific characteristics of the country. Many countries have taken innovative approaches (including demonstration projects) that respond to their very individual needs or those of HCFC-consuming sectors. For instance: Brazil: “Training and standards for supermarkets and specific type of equipment”; Fiji: “Retrofit programme for fishing boats”; Ghana: “End-user incentive programme for the residential, commercial, industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning sectors”; The Islamic Republic of Iran: “Retrofit programme for fishing boats” in Fiji, the “Programme to promote leak-free supermarket installations”; Maldives: “Demonstration project for HCFC-free low-GWP alternatives in refrigeration in the fisheries sector”: Mexico: “HCFC-141b and HCFC22 cleaning agent phase-out in refrigeration service sector”; Nigeria: “Demonstration project for local production facility of refrigerant-grade hydrocarbons”; and
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