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Report of the UNEP technology and economic assessment panel, May 2017. [Chapter] 6: Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps TOC (RTOC) progress report.

Author(s) : ONU Environnement (ex-PNUE)

Type of article: Book chapter

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In March 2017, the RTOC met at Amman in Jordan. Attending members were from non-A5 Parties: Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, UK, United States (US), and from Article 5 Parties: Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
The main purposes of the meeting were: (1) to update the RTOC members on the discussions and outcomes of Montreal Protocol meetings, (2) to illustrate the progress of the Task Force Decision XXVIII/4 Establisment of regular consultations on safety standards work, (3) to finish the 2017 RTOC Progress Report and (4) to continue the work for the 2018 RTOC Assessment Report in terms of content and organization. The contents of the several chapters were reviewed as well the chapter’s membership.
The co-chairs announced the appointment of one new member from non-A5 Party (i.e., UK). The membership of RTOC at the time of the meeting stood at 38 members.
Discussion among members focused on the progress report to be released within several weeks after the meeting, the XXVIII/4 report and the assessment report.
In order to improve the communication among RTOC members a new web based system, supported by the Ozone Secretariat, is being established and it was described to the members In the following sections, the status of the different sub-sectors (chapters in the RTOC assessment report) is reported, focusing on updates to the technology.

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  • Original title: Report of the UNEP technology and economic assessment panel, May 2017. [Chapter] 6: Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps TOC (RTOC) progress report.
  • Record ID : 30022547
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Regulation, HFCs alternatives
  • Source: In: Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel - vol. 1
  • Publication date: 2017/05

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