The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note the decisions already taken by the Executive Committee, which could assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in low-volume-ODS-consuming countries and as part of terminal umbrella projects;
(b) To request the Secretariat, in cooperation with the implementing agencies and the countries concerned, to provide the Executive Committee with relevant information about SMEs, including the best available information on the SME sector and any available information that could be helpful in assessing the impact on the overall phase-out schedule;
(c) To request the Secretariat, on the basis of this information, and inter alia taking into account the UNDP/UNEP paper (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/19/54) and comments thereon:
(i) To refine the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises;
(ii) To make recommendations to the Twenty-second meeting of the Executive Committee for options to advance phase-out in the SME sector, including the possibility of a funding window with appropriate cost-effectiveness thresholds;
(d) To invite Executive Committee members to provide additional comments in writing to the Secretariat;
(e) To reaffirm existing Executive Committee guidance on the choice of HCFCs as a substitute technology and that this applied to all Multilateral Fund projects.