Abstract: A refrigerated container and an associated method for closing or opening a removal cross-section of a refrigerated container by at least one laterally guided and displaceable cover element are known. The closing and/or opening procedure is initiated automatically using a closing and/or opening device after a specific time span and either automatically ended by reaching the closed position or the open position or automatically interrupted by a force component of an interfering force which counteracts the particular lateral movement and exceeds a threshold value. It is disclosed here that a frictional connection and/or form fit between the cover element and/or the refrigerated container and/or the closing and/or opening device is advantageously neutralized outside the time of the automatic closing and/or opening procedure, to thus allow manual displacement of the cover element without having to apply an additional manual force corresponding to the threshold value.