COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1994 allocating import quotas for the fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, the other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane for the period 1 January to 31 December 1995 (94/826/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 of 4 March 1991 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3952/92 (2),

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 states that the release into free circulation of the chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, the other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane imported into the Community from third countries is to be subject to quantitative limits;

Whereas an increase of these quantitative limits may not lead to a Community consumption of controlled substances beyond the quantitative limits established according to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer;

Whereas the release into free circulation in the Community of the aforesaid substances imported from non-Parties is prohibited in accordance with Article 5 of the aforesaid Regulation;

Whereas the Commission is required under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 594/91, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 12, to allocate quotas to undertakings that request import quotas;

Whereas the Commission has published a notice to importers in the European Community of controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer (3) regarding the same Regulation and has thereby received applications for import quotas;

Whereas after the 1 January 1995 the only imports of virgin ozone depleting substances for non-feedstock uses will be for 1,1,1-trichloroethane;

Whereas the applications for the import quotas of 1,1,1-trichloroethane exceed the import quotas available for allocation under Article 3 (2) as amended, by 558 %;

Whereas the Commission consequently cannot fully satisfy the applications and has to allocate import quotas to the applicants, taking primarily the different environmental impact of the potential imports, the individual background of the applicants in importing the respective substances and the amounts applied for into consideration;

Whereas some companies which have applied for an import quota for 1995 did not import any of these substances before, while others imported large quantities of substances in the reference year and/or in the following years;

Whereas some of the applications from the producers of ODS in the Community have been made for specific contingency purposes of possible breakdown of production, technical failure and non-availability of the substances in the Community;

Whereas the quantity released into free circulation in the Community for such specified contingency purposes shall only be authorized if an equivalent amount of the same substance will not be produced in the Community in the same control period;

Whereas the allocations of the individual quotas to the applicants must be based on the principles of continuity, equality and proportionality;

Whereas Article 12 of the same Regulation sets out the procedure according to which decisions can be taken concerning the implementation of the Regulation;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 12 of the same Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. The quotas, set out below, of chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, the other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons and carbon tetrachloride permitted under Annex II of the Regulation are only for virgin or recovered substances and are only authorized for feedstock uses, for destruction or for reclamation as defined in the notice to importers in the European Community of controlled substances.

2. The amount of chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in Group I of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation in the European Community in 1995 and which is imported from sources outside the Community shall be 2820 ODP-weighted tons.

3. The amount of the other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in Group II of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation in the European Community in 1995 and which is imported from sources outside the Community shall be 32 ODP-weighted tons.

4. The amount of halons controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in Group III of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation in the European Community in 1995 and which is imported from sources outside the Community shall be 1880 ODP-weighted tons.

5. The amount of carbon tetrachloride controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in Group IV of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation in the European Community in 1995 and which is imported from sources outside the Community shall be 6697 ODP-weighted tons.

6. The amount of 1,1,1-trichloroethane controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in Group V of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation in the European Community in 1995 and which is imported from sources outside the Community shall be 3663 ODP-weighted tons.

Article 2

1. The amount of virgin chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 114, 113 and 115 to be used as feedstock, controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in Group I of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation by the producers of ozone depleting substances in the European Community in 1995 for specific contingency purposes of a possible breakdown of production, technical failure and in the case of the substance not being available in the Community shall be 1 600 ODP weighted tons, this amount is already included in the quantity given in Article 1 (2).

This amount of virgin chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 114, 113 and 115 to be used as feedstock can only be released into free circulation by producers if such a request is justified and approved by the relevant Member State for these contingency purposes as defined above and in addition only if a written undertaking is given to the Commission that an equivalent amount of the same substance shall not be produced in the Community by a Community producer in the same control period.

2. The amount of virgin carbon tetrachloride to be used as feedstock, controlled by Regulation (EEC) no 594/91 and indicated in Group IV of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation by the producers of ozone depleting substances in the European Community in 1995 for specific contingency purposes of a possible breakdown of production, technical failure and in the case of the substance not being available in the Community shall be 3 250 ODP weighted tons, this amount is already included in the quantity given in Article 1 (5).

This amount of virgin carbon tetrachloride to be used as feedstock can only be released into free circulation by producers if such a request is justified and approved by the relevant Member State for these contingency purposes as defined above and in addition only if a written undertaking is given to the Commission that an equivalent amount of the same substance shall not be produced in the Community by a Community producer in the same control period.

3. The amount of virgin 1,1,1-trichloroethane controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in Group V of Annex I thereto which may be released into free circulation by the producers of ozone depleting substances in the European Community in 1995 for specific contingency purposes of a possible breakdown of production, technical failure and in the case of the substance not being available in the Community shall be 800 ODP weighted tons, this amount is already included in the quantity given in Article 1 (6).

This amount of virgin 1,1,1-trichloroethane can only be released into free circulation by producers if such a request is justified and approved by the relevant Member State for these contingency purposes as defined above and in addition only if a written undertaking is given to the Commission that an equivalent amount of the same substance shall not be produced in the Community by a Community producer in the same control period.

Article 3

The allocation of import quotas for the chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, the other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane during the period 1 January to 31 December 1995 shall be as indicated in Annex 3 (4) hereto.

Companies allocated quota for the release into free circulation of recovered substances shall, with the support of the relevant Member State, be able to request additional quota during 1995 should their initial quota be fully used. The Commission, in accordance with the Article 12 of Regulation No 594/91, shall deliver an opinion on any such request.

The undertakings authorized to import controlled substances in accordance with the quantities set out in Annex 3 are listed in Annex 2.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the companies listed in Annex I hereto.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994.

For the Commission

Yannis PALEOKRASSAS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 67, 14. 3. 1991, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 41.

(3) OJ No C 215, 5. 8. 1994, p. 2.

(4) Annex 3 is not published because it contains confidential commercial information.

PARARTIMA ANEXO 1 / BILAG 1 / ANHANG 1 / 1 / ANNEX 1 / ANNEXE 1 / ALLEGATO 1 / BIJLAGE 1 / ANEXO 1

Asia Contact International

Monsieur P. Duchemin

1, rue Vannier

F-37300 Joué-lès-Tours

Aldrich Chemical Co. Ltd.

Dr C. D. Hewitt

The Old Brickyard

New Road

Gillingham

GB-Dorset SP8 4JL

Bie & Berntsen A/S

Hr M. Hermann

Sandbaekvej 7

DK-2610 Roedovre

Caldic Chemie BV

De Heer F. Meulenbeld

Blaak, 22

NL-3011 TA Rotterdam

Cerberus Guinard

Monsieur J. R. Deschamps

Zoning industriel

617, rue Fourny

BP 20

F-78531 Buc Cedex

Chemical Industries of Northern Greece

Mr G. Amorgianos

PO Box 10 183

GR-54110 Thessaloniki

Cogal Belgium NV

De Heer Vanfleteren

Europark-Noord, 49

B-9100 Sint-Niklaas

Dehon Service

Monsieur C. Brian

26, avenue du Petit Parc

F-94683 Vincennes Cedex

Disachim

Madame E. Bertrand

4, rue de l'Archade

F-75008 Paris

Elf Atochem SA

Monsieur J. L. Codron

4, cours Michelet - Cedex 42

F-92091 Paris-La Défense

Fluka Chemicals

Mr C. Hewitt

The Old Brickyard

New Road

Gillingham

GB-Dorset SP8 HJL

Friogas SA

D. J. M. Dehon

Poligono Industral SEPES - Parcela 10

E-46500 Sagunto (Valencia)

Galco SA

Monsieur M. Gaufres

Avenue Carton de Wiart, 79

B-1090 Bruxelles

Gamma Chimica SpA

Sig. A. Meggiolaro

Via Bergamo, 7

I-20020 Lainate MI

GHC Gerling Holz & Co.

Handels GmbH

Herrn Holz

Ruhrstrasse 113

D-22761 Hamburg

Guido Tazzetti & Co SpA

Dr. Franco Rossi

Strada Settimo, 266

I-10156 Torino

Hoechst AG

Herrn Dr. Debrodt

Postfach 80 03 20

D-65903 Frankfurt am Main

H. K. Wentworth Limited

Mr C. J.W. Gutch

Wentworth House,

Blakes Road

Wargrave

GB-Berkshire RG10 8AW

HRP Refrigerants Ltd

Mr P. L. Wells

Gellingford Industries

Pontypridd

GB-Mid Glamorgan CF37 5SX

ICI Chemicals and Polymers Ltd

Mr A. J. Elphick

PO Box 13

The Heath

Runcorn

GB-Cheshire WA7 4QF

Harlow Chemical Company

Mr C.B. Jackson

Templefields

Harlow

GB-Essex CM20 2BH

K. & K. Greef Limited

Mr S. J. Wigham

Suffolk House

George Street

GB-Croydon CR9 3QL

Lambert Rivière SA

Madame d'Ovidio

17, avenue Louison Bobet

Val de Fontenay

F-94132 Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex

Libra Products Ltd

Mr P. Chong

The Pavilions

Holly Lane Industrial Estate

Atherstone

GB-Warwickshire CV9 2QZ

Merck

Herrn Dr. Hesse

Frankfurter Strasse 250

D-64293 Darmstadt

MSB Metron Semiconductors Benelux

Mevrouw A. Vermast

Kabelstraat 19

NL-1322 AD Almere

MSD Deutschland GmbH

Herrn H. Jung

Saturnstrasse 48

D-85609 Aschheim Muenchen

MSF Metron Semiconductors Fran

Monsieur H. de Boishebert

Zoning industriel La Marinière

6, rue B. Palissey

BP 1222

F-91912 Évry Cedex 9

MSL Metron Semiconductors Ltd

Mrs C. Truel

12 Dunlop Square

Deans South West Industrial Estate

Livingstone

GB-West Lothian EH54 8SB

National Refrigerants of America Ltd

Mr Sweeney

Units 14-15

Park Street

Aston

GB-Birmingham B6 5SH

Olin Hunt Speciality Products NV

B. Van Gucht

Steenlandlaan Kaai, 1111

B-9130 Beveren Kallo

Orchidis/PCB

Monsieur Y. Merolle

11, rue Auguste-Perret

F-94000 Créteil Cedex

Pacific Scientific Ltd

Mr M. Diprose

Seven Centre

8 Boston Drive

Bourne End

GB-Buckinghamshire SL8 5YS

Petrasol BV

De Heer W. Sparenburg

Postbus 222

NL-4200 AE Gorinchem

Promosol

Monsieur J. Micozzi

BP 27

F-94363 Bry-sur-Marne Cedex

Pyrene Company Limited

Mr E. A. Lyon

Pyrene House

297 Kingston Road

Livingstone

GB-Surrey KT22 7LS

Refrigerant Products Limited

Mr J. E. Poole

N9 Central Park Estate

Westinghouse Road

Trafford Park

GB-Manchester M3 2ER

Rhône-Poulenc Chemicals

Mr B. Paul

St Andrews Road,

Avonmouth

GB-Bristol BS11 9YF

Samuel Banner & Co. Ltd

Mrs C. Hall

59/61 Sandhills Lane

GB-Liverpool L5 9XL

SFEME SA

Monsieur P. Bilger

BP 1250

Les Linards

F-03104 Montluçon Cedex

Sigma-Aldrich

Monsieur Denis Micol

F-38290 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier

SJB Chem./Min. Products BV

C. Lauryssen

Postbus 322

NL-3233 ZG Oostvoorne

Solvay SA

Monsieur F. Grosskopf

12, cours Albert 1er

F-75383 Paris Cedex

Superti Srl

Via Degli Ottoboni, 46

I-20148 Milano

Twinstar Chemicals Ltd

Mr R. G. Stichbury

Cunnigham House

Westfield Lane

GB-Harrow HA3 9ED

Hyma Bulk Chemicals SA

Mr V. Georgoulis

Mitropoleos Street 12-14

GR-10563 Athens

Zeneca Agro Chemicals

Dr P. Plant

Fernhurst

Haslemere

GB-Surrey GU27 3JE

Vos BV

Dr E. Wetzels

Postbus 160

NL-2400 AD Alphen a/d Rijn

Westab Service GmbH

Herrn H. Kraef

Stresemannstrasse 80

D-47051 Duisburg

Wood Group

Mr T. Knowles

Crombie Place

GB-Aderdeen AB1 3PJ

Wormald Ansul Ltd

Mr J. Hall

Wormald Park

Grimshaw Lane

Newton Heath

GB-Manchester M40 2WI

ANNEX 2

GROUP I Importers of virgin chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for the use as feedstock Dehon (F)

Friogas (E)

GHC Gerling (D)

Importers of virgin chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for the use as feedstock for contingency purposes Zeneca/ICI (UK)

The licences are allocated to Zeneca in the first instance. However, should ICI apply for any import licences in this category they will only be given if Zeneca is to ultimately receive the material concerned.

Importers of recovered chorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as mended for reclamation Cogal (B)

Dehon Service (F)

Elf Atochem (F)

Friogas (E)

HRP Refrigerants (UK)

ICI Klea (UK)

Libra Products (UK)

National Refrigerants (UK)

Promosol (F)

Refrigerant Products (UK)

Rhône-Poulenc (UK)

Guido Tazzetti (I)

Importers of recovered chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for destruction Hoechst (D)

ICI Klea (UK)

Solvay (F)

Westab (D)

GROUP II Importers of recovered fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for reclamation Dehon Service (F)

Friogas (E)

National Refrigerants (UK)

Importers of recovered fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for destruction ICI Klea (UK)

GROUP III Importers of recovered halons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for reclamation Cerberus Guinard (F)

Dehon Service (F)

Elf Atochem (F)

Friogas (E)

Galco/Cogal (B)

ICI Klea (UK)

Pacific Scientific (UK)

Pyrene (UK)

SFEME (F)

Wood Group (UK)

Wormald Ansul (UK)

GROUP IV Importers of virgin carbon tetrachloride allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for the use as feedstock Chemical Industries (G)

Harlow (UK)

Merck (D)

Importers of virgin carbon tetrachloride allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for the use as feedstock for contingency purposes ICI Klea (UK)

Rhône-Poulenc (UK)

GROUP V Importers of virgin 1,1,1-trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for the use as feedstock Aldrich (UK)

Elf Atochem (F)

MSB Metron (NL)

MSD (D)

MSF (F)

MSL (UK)

Olin-Hunt (B)

Sigma-Aldrich (F)

Importers of virgin 1,1,1-trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for the use as non-feedstock ACI Contact International (F)

Bie & Berntsen (DA)

Caldic (NL)

Disachim (F)

Fluka (UK)

Gamma (I)

HK Wentworth (UK)

K& K Horgen/Greef (UK)

Lambert Rivière (F)

Libra Products (UK)

Orchidis (F)

Petrasol (NL)

Samuel Banner (UK)

SJB (NL)

Superti (I)

Vos (NL)

Xyma (D)

Importers of virgin 1,1,1-trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for the use as non-feedstock for contingency purposes Elf Atochem (F)

ICI Klea (UK)

Importers of recovered 1,1,1-trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for reclamation Elf Atochem (F)

Guido Tazzeti (I)

ICI Klea (UK)

Libra Products (UK)

Twinstar Chemicals (UK)

Westab (D)

Importers of recovered 1,1,1-trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 as amended for destruction Elf Atochem (F)