2002/273/EC: Commission Decision of 7 March 2002 allocating import quotas for substances controlled under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer for the period 1 January to 31 December 2002 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 867)
Date: 2002-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, dangerous substance, import restriction, marketing restriction, ozone, stratospheric pollution

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 March 2002

allocating import quotas for substances controlled under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the
European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer for the period 1
January to 31 December 2002

(notified under document number C(2002) 867)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/273/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

market or use for their own account for a given 12-
month period, from 1 January to 31 December 2002.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on
substances that deplete the ozone layer (1), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2038/2000 (2), and Regulation (EC) 2039/
2000 (3), and in particular to Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

Article 7 requires that the release for free circulation in
the Community of controlled substances imported from
third countries shall be subject to quantitative limits.
Those limits shall be determined and quotas allocated to
undertakings for the period 1 January to 31 December
1999 and for each 12-month period thereafter
in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
18(2). Such quotas shall only be set for methyl bromide
for
and
controlled substances used for essential or critical uses,
in quarantine and pre-shipment applications, as feed-
stock, as process agents or for destruction.

hydrochlorofluorocarbons

(HCFCs),

and

The quantitative limits for the placing on the market in
the Community of controlled substances are set out in
Article 4 and Annex III.

to Community

Any modification of these quantitative limits may not
lead
controlled
substances exceeding the quantitative limits established
according to the Montreal Protocol on substances that
deplete the ozone layer.

consumption

of

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The Commission has published a notice to importers in
the European Community of controlled substances that
deplete the ozone layer (4) and has thereby received
declarations on intended imports in 2002.

For non quarantine and pre-shipment uses of methyl
bromide, the import quotas are allocated to the primary
importers, considered by the Commission to be the
importers who deal directly by way of invoicing with the
producers outside the Community; whereas a reserve of
3,75 % and an emergency reserve of 1,25 % of each
importer's quota of methyl bromide is retained for allo-
cation during 2002 in accordance with the Article 18(2)
procedure.

For quarantine
and pre-shipment uses of methyl
bromide, the import quotas are allocated to the primary
importers, considered by the Commission to be the
importers who deal directly by way of invoicing with the
producers outside the Community; whereas a reserve of
10 % of each importer's quota of methyl bromide is
retained for allocation during 2002 in accordance with
the Article 18(2) procedure.

For HCFCs the allocation of individual quotas to produ-
cers and importers
is based on the principles of
continuity, equality and proportionality. In establishing
quotas, the Commission has been guided by the need to
reduce further the production, import and use of ozone-
depleting substances and interfering in the market as
little as possible.

It is appropriate to retain part of the total calculated
level of HCFC that can be placed on the market for
allocation to importers in the Community who are not
engaged in the production of HCFCs. In 1998, 1999,
2000 and 2001, the level of imports was 4 % of the
total calculated level of HCFCs available to be placed on
the market. It is appropriate in 2002 to retain 4 % of the
total quantity of HCFCs available to place on the market

Article 4(2) defines the total calculated level of methyl
bromide which producers and importers may place on
the market or use for their own account for a given
12-month period,
from 1 January to 31 December
2002.

(10)

(5)

Article 4(3) defines the total calculated level of HCFCs
which producers and importers may place on the

(1) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 25.
(3) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 26.

(4) OJ C 205, 21.7.2001, p. 7.

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for allocation to importers who are not engaged in the
production of HCFCs. This corresponds to a quantity of
227 040 ODP kilograms to be allocated based on the
relative market quota share in 1999 of those importers
who received a quota in that year and also take account
of the actual amounts requested.

(11) Quotas for essential uses are authorised by a separate

Commission Decision.

(12)

(13)

(14)

Import licences shall be issued by the Commission in
accordance with Article 6, after verification of compli-
ance by the importer with Articles 6, 7, 8 and 13.

The release for free circulation in the Community or
inward processing of controlled substances imported
from any State not Party to the Protocol is prohibited in
accordance with Article 8.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab-
lished by Article 18(2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The quantity of controlled substances of group I (chloro-
fluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115) and group II (other
fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation
(EC) No 2037/2000 which may be released for free circulation
in the European Community in 2002 from sources outside the
Community shall be 3 381 000 ODP weighted kilograms.

2.
The quantity of controlled substances of group III
(halons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be
released for free circulation in the European Community in
2002 from sources outside the Community shall be 0 ODP
weighted kilograms.

3.
The quantity of controlled substances of group IV
(carbon tetrachloride) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/
2000 that may be released for free circulation in the European
Community in 2002 from sources outside the Community
shall be 5 307 329 ODP weighted kilograms.

The quantity of controlled substances of group V (1,1,1-
4.
trichloroethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that
may be
circulation in the European
Community in 2002 from sources outside the Community
shall be 400 060 ODP weighted kilograms.

released for

free

5.
The quantity of controlled substances of group VI
(methyl bromide) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000
which may be released for free circulation in the European
Community in 2002 from sources outside the Community
shall be 4 706 095,600 ODP weighted kilograms.

The quantity of controlled substances of group VII
6.
(hydrobromofluorocarbons)
to Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the

subject

European Community in 2002 from sources outside the
Community shall be 0 ODP weighted kilograms.

The quantity of controlled substances of group VIII
7.
(hydrochlorofluorocarbons)
to Regulation (EC) No
subject
2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the
European Community in 2002 from sources outside the
Community shall be 3 812 606,520 ODP weighted kilograms.

Article 2

1.
The allocation of import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons
11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 and other fully halogenated chloro-
fluorocarbons during the period 1 January to 31 December
2002 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies
indicated in Annex 1 hereto.

2.
The allocation of import quotas for carbon tetrachloride
during the period 1 January to 31 December 2002 shall be for
the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in
Annex 2 hereto.

3.
The allocation of import quotas for 1,1,1-trichloroethane
during the period 1 January to 31 December 2002 shall be for
the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in
Annex 3 hereto.

The allocation of

4.
import quotas for methyl bromide
during the period 1 January to 31 December 2002 shall be for
the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in
Annex 4 hereto.

5.
The allocation of import quotas for hydrochlorofluoro-
carbons during the period 1 January to 31 December 2002
shall be to the undertakings indicated in Annex 5 hereto.

6.
The import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113,
114 and 115, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons,
carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methyl bromide
and hydrochlorofluorocarbons during the period 1 January to
31 December 2002 shall be as set out in Annex 6 (1) hereto.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:

DuPont de Nemours (Nederland) BV
Baanhoekweg 22
3313 LA Dordrecht
Nederland

Atofina SA
Cours Michelet — La Défense 10
F-92091 Paris La Défense

Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe BV
Kempenweg 90
PO Box 264
6000 AG Weert
Nederland

Ineos Fluor Ltd
PO Box 13, The Heath
Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QF
United Kingdom

(1) Annex 6 is not published because it contains confidential commer-

cial

information.

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Rhodia Organique Fine Ltd
PO Box 46 — St Andrews Road
Avonmouth
Bristol BS11 9YF
United Kingdom

Solvay Fluor und Derivate GmbH
Hans-Böckler-Allee 20
D-30173 Hannover

Ausimont SpA
Viale Lombardia 20
I-20021 Bollate (MI)

Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry SA
Thessaloniki Plant
OO Box 10183
GR-54110 Thessaloniki

Advanced Chemical SA
C/Balmes, 69 Pral 3o
E-08007 Barcelona

Agroquímicos De Levante SA
Polígono Industrial Castilla
Calle Vial no 5 S/N
E-46380 Cheste (Valencia)

Albemarle Europe SPRL
Parc Scientifique Einstein
Rue du Bosquet 9
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve

Alcobre SA
C/Luis I, Nave 6-B
Polígono Industrial Vallecas
E-28031 Madrid

Alfa Agricultural Supplies SA
15, Tim. Filimonos str.
GR-11521 Athens

Arch Chemicals NV
Keetberglaan 1A
Havennummer 1061
B-2070 Zwĳndrecht

Asahi Glass Europe BV
World Trade Center
Strawinskylaan 1525
1077 XX Amsterdam
Nederland

Biochem Ibérica
Químicos Agrícolas e Industriais, Lda
Estrada M. 502 - Apartado 250
Atalaia
P-2870-901 Montijo

Bromine and Chemicals Ltd
201 Haverstock Hill
Hampstead
London NW3 4QG
United Kingdom

Celotex Limited
Warwick House
27/31 St Mary's Road
Ealing
London W5 5PR
United Kingdom

Dunlop-Enerka BV
Oliemolenstraat 2
Drachten
Nederland

Eurobrom BV
PO Box 158
2280 AD Rĳswĳk
Nederland

Galco SA
Avenue Carton de Wiart 79
B-1090 Brussels

Galex SA
BP 128
F-13321 Marseille Cedex 16

Gasco NV
Assenedestraat 4
B-9940 Rieme-Ertvelde

Great Lakes Chemical (Europe) Ltd
Sycamore House, Lloyd Drive, The Grove
Ellesmere Port
South Wirral L65 9HQ
United Kingdom

GU Thermo Technology Ltd
Greencool Refrigerants
Unit 12
Park Gate Business Centre
Chandlers Way
Park Gate
Southampton SO31 1FQ
United Kingdom

Guido Tazzetti & Co.
Strada Settimo 266
I-10156 Torino

HARP International
Gellihirion Industrial Estate
Rhondda Cynon taff
Pontypridd CF37 5SX
United Kingdom

Mebrom NV
Assenedestraat 4
B-9940 Rieme-Ertvelde

Neoquímica
Largo da Estação, Apartado 97
Vala do Carregado
P-2584-908 Carregado

Polar Cool SL
C/Valdemorillo, 8 Polígono Industrial
Ventorro del Cano
E-28925 Alcoron

Promosol
Bld Henri Cahn
BP 27
F-94363 Bry-sur-Marne Cedex

Refrigerant Products Ltd
N9 Central Park Estate
Westinghouse Road
Trafford Park
Manchester M17 1PG
United Kingdom

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Sigma Aldrich Chemie GmbH
Riedstraße 2
D-89555 Steinheim

Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL
80, rue de Luzais, L'isle d'abeau Chesnes
FR-38297 St Quentin Fallavier

Sigma Aldrich Company Ltd
The Old Brickyard
New Road
Gillingham SP8 4XT
United Kingdom

SJB Chemical Products BV
Wellerondom 11
3230 AG Brelle
Nederland

Syngenta Crop Protection
Surrey Research Park
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 7YH
United Kingdom

Synthesia Española SA
Conde Borell, 62
E-08015 Barcelona

Universal Chemistry & Technology SpA
Viale A. Filippetti 20
I-20122 Milano

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2002.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX 1

GROUPS I and II

Import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons
allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for feedstock uses and for destruction during
the period 1 January to 31 December 2002.

Company

— Honeywell Fluorine Products (NL)
— Ineos Fluor Ltd (UK)
— Solvay Fluor und Derivate (D)
— Syngenta (UK)

ANNEX 2

GROUP IV

Import quotas for carbon tetrachloride allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for use
as feedstock for the period 1 January to 31 December 2002.

Company

— Dunlop-Enerka (NL)
— Honeywell Fluorine Products (NL)
— Ineos Fluor Ltd (UK)
— Phosphoric Fertilisers Industry (GR)

ANNEX 3

GROUP V

Import quotas for 1,1,1–trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for use
as feedstock for the period 1 January to 31 December 2002.

Company

— Arch Chemicals (B)
— Atofina (F)

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ANNEX 4

GROUP VI

Import quotas for methyl bromide allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for non
quarantine and pre-shipment uses, for quarantine and pre-shipment applications, for laboratory use or use as feedstock
for the period 1 January to 31 December 2002.

Company

— Agroquímicos de Levante (E)
— Albemarle Europe (B)
— Alfa Agricultural Supplies (GR)
— Atofina (F)
— Biochem Ibérica (P)
— Bromine & Chemicals (UK)
— Eurobrom (NL)

— Great Lakes Chemicals (UK)

— Mebrom (B)

— Neoquímica (P)

— Sigma Aldrich Chemie (D)

— Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)

— Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)

ANNEX 5

Group VIII

Import quotas for hydrochlorofluorocarbons allocated to producers and importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000 for use as feedstock, process agents, for reclamation, for destruction, for laboratory use, for exempted uses
and other applications allowed under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for the period 1 January to 31
December 2002.

Producer

— Atofina (F)
— Ausimont (I)
— DuPont de Nemours (NL)
— Honeywell Fluorine Products (NL)
— Ineos Fluor Ltd (UK)
— Rhodia Organique (UK)
— Solvay Fluor und Derivate (D)

Importer

— Advanced Chemicals (E)
— Alcobre (E)
— Asahi Glass (NL)
— Celotex (UK)
— Galco (B)
— Galex (F)
— Gasco (B)
— Greencool (UK)
— Guido Tazzetti (I)

— HARP International (UK)
— Polar Cool (E)
— Promosol (F)
— Refrigerant Products (UK)
— Sigma Aldrich Chimie (F)
— Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)
— SJB Chemical Products (NL)
— Synthesia (E)
— Universal Chemistry & Technology (I)