Notice to users of controlled substances in the European Community allowed for essential uses in the Community in 2003 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer
Date: 2002-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, dangerous substance, medical device, medical diagnosis, ozone

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Notice to users of controlled substances in the European Community allowed for essential uses in
the Community in 2003 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of
the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer (1)

(2002/C 193/07)

This Notice concerns the following substances:

— chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115,

— other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons,

— carbon tetrachloride,

— halons,

— 1,1,1 trichloroethane,

— hydrobromofluorocarbons (HCFCs).

This Notice is addressed to undertakings that intend to:

1. use the above substances within the Community for the

manufacture of metered dose inhalers (MDIs);

2. acquire the above substances for laboratory and analytical
into the

uses directly from a producer or by import
Community.

Controlled substances for essential uses may be obtained from
production within the Community and if necessary by import
from sources outside the Community.

Decision IV/25 of the parties to the Montreal Protocol on
substances that deplete the ozone layer sets out criteria and a
procedure for determining ‘essential uses’ for which continued
production and consumption would be allowed after phase-out.

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, as amended in
Regulation (EC) No 2038/2000, requires the determination of
quantities for essential uses of the abovementioned controlled
substances which may be permitted in the Community in
in accordance with Decision IV/25 of the parties to
2003,
the Montreal Protocol

Decision XI/14 of the parties to the Montreal Protocol auth-
orised the levels of production and consumption necessary to
satisfy essential uses of CFCs for metered dose inhalers (MDIs)
for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases. For
in the European
Community in 2003, the quantity of CFCs 11, 12, 113 and
114 authorised by the parties is 2 579 000 kg (two million
five hundred and seventy nine thousand).

the production of MDIs

(1) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No

2039/2000 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 26).

In accordance with Decision VI/9 of the parties to the Montreal
Protocol, the purity of controlled substances for laboratory
purposes should be at least 99,0 % for 1,1,1-trichloroethane
and 99,5 % for CFCs and carbon tetrachloride.

The procedure allocating quantities of controlled substances for
the above essential uses carried out under Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000 and Regulation (EC) No 2038/2000 is
the
following:

1. An enterprise that has not been issued with a quota in 2002
and that requests consideration by the Commission for an
essential use quota for the period 1 January 2003 to 31
itself known to the
December 2003 should make
Commission no later than one month after the date of
the publication of this notification:

Ozone Layer Protection
European Commission
Directorate-General for Environment
Unit ENV.E.1 — Climate change
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 299 8 64
E-mail: env-ods@cec.eu.int

2. Essential use applications may be made by any user of
substances listed at the beginning of this Notice for MDIs
or for laboratory uses. For CFCs for MDIs, each applicant
the
information
should
spreadsheet available from the Commission. For laboratory
uses,
information
the
requested in the spreadsheet on the website.

should provide

each applicant

requested

provide

the

on

A copy of the application should also be sent to the
competent authority of the Member State (refer to the
Annex for appropriate address).

3. Only applications received by 6 September 2002 will be
considered by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure set out
in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000.

4. Following the above procedure,

the Commission on the
basis of a Decision will notify applicants of the quantities
of controlled substances authorised in the Community for
2003 for which production and importation of controlled
substances will be permitted.

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5. The Commission will then issue quotas to those users and
shall notify them of the use for which they have author-
isation, the substance they are authorised to use and the
quantity of the controlled substances concerned.

6. Those users holding an essential use quota for a controlled
substance for 2003 will be able to make a request to a

if necessary, request an import
Community producer or,
licence from the Commission for a controlled substance
up to their quota limit. The producer may be authorised
by the competent authority of the Member State in which
its relevant production is situated to produce the controlled
substance for meeting that licensed demand. The competent
authority of the Member State shall notify the Commission
well in advance of any such authorisation.

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ALLEGATO / ANEXO / ANEXO / ANNEX / ANNEXE / ANHANG / BIJLAGE / BILAG / BILAGA / LIITE /
ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ

ÖSTERREICH

IRELAND

Mr Paul Krajnik
Ministry of the Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and
Water Management
Chemicals Department
Stubenbastei 5
A-1010 Wien

Mr David Moore
Inspector (Environment)
Dept of Environment and Local Government
Custom House
Dublin 1
Ireland

BELGIQUE/BELGÏE

Mr Roland Marijnissen
Ministère Fédéral des Affaires Sociales de la Santé
publique et de l'Environnement
Cité administrative de l'État
19, Boulevard Pacheco — boîte 5
B-1010 Brussels

DANMARK

Mr Mikkel Aaman Sørensen
Miljøstyrelsen (EPA)
Strandgade 29
DK-1401 Copenhagen K

SUOMI/FINLAND

Mrs Eliisa Irpola
Finnish Environment Institute
Chemicals Division
Kesäkatu 6
FIN-00121 Helsinki

FRANCE

Mme Laurence Musset
Ministère de l'Écologie et du développement durable
DRPR/BSPC
20, avenue de Ségur
F-75302 Paris 07 SP

DEUTSCHLAND

Mr Rolf Angelhardt
Ministry for Environment
Dept. IG 11 5
PO Box 120629
D-53048 Bonn

ΕΛΛΑΣ

Mrs Elpida Politis
Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and
Public Works
International Activities and EEC Department
17 Ameliedos Street
GR-115 23 Athens

ITALIA

Dr Federica Fricano
Dept of Global Environment, International and Regional
Conventions
Via Cristoforo Colombo 44
I-00147 Roma

LUXEMBOURG

Mr Pierre Dornseiffer
Administration de l'Environnement
Division Air/Brut
16, rue Eugene Ruppert
L-2453 Luxembourg

PORTUGAL

Dra. Cristina Vaz Nunes
Ministério do Ambiente
Rua da Murgueira-Zambujal
P-2721-865 Amadora

ESPAÑA

Sra María Teresa Barres
Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Pza San Juan de la Cruz s/n
E-28071 Madrid

SVERIGE

Ms Maria Ujfalusi
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Naturvårdsverket
Blekholmsterassen 36
S-106 48 Stockholm

NEDERLAND

Mr H. Nieuwenhuis
Ministry of Environment
Rijnstraat 8
2500 GX Den Haag
Nederland

UNITED KINGDOM

Mrs Maria Nolan
Global Atmosphere Division
UK Dept of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3rd floor — zone 3/A3
Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6DE
United Kingdom