The Executive Committee decided to take note of the following policy issues forwarded to it by the Sub‑Committee:
(a) The need to balance the following competing needs:
(i) Assisting countries to meet the 1999 freeze targets;
(ii) A more aggressive approach to the needs of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs);
(iii) The need to complete sectoral/sub-sectoral phase-out programmes to maintain the successful momentum;
(b) The overall approach and integrated phase-out plan for country programme implementation in low-volume-consuming countries;
(c) Monitoring and evaluation guidelines for institutional strengthening projects;
(d) Simplified templates for country programmes in very low volume consuming countries;
(e) Cost-effectiveness thresholds for small-scale investment projects;
(f) Completion of the database of estimated costs of major equipment items;
(g) Guidelines for the production sector;
(h) Guidelines for retrofitting projects in the commercial refrigeration sub-sector;
(i) Incremental operating costs for compressor projects.