Notice to users of controlled substances in the European Community allowed for essential uses in the Community in 2004 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer
Date: 2003-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, pollution control measures, quantitative restriction, stratospheric pollutant, type of business

11.7.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 162/19

Notice to users of controlled substances in the European Community allowed for essential uses in
the Community in 2004 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of
the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer (1)

(2003/C 162/08)

This Notice concerns the following substances:

114 authorised by the Parties is 1 884 000,00 kilograms (one
million eight hundred and eighty four thousand).

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

— other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons,

— carbon tetrachloride,

— halons,

— 1,1,1 trichloroethane,

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
the
2037/2000 and Regulation (EC) No 2038/2000 is
following:

— hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs).

This Notice is addressed to undertakings that intend to:

1. An enterprise that has not been issued with a quota in 2003
and that requests consideration by the Commission for an
essential use quota for the period 1 January 2004 to 31
December 2004 should make
itself known to the
Commission no later than 22 August 2003:

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
2004,
in accordance with Decision IV/25 of the Parties to
the Montreal Protocol.

Decision XIV/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
in the European
diseases. For
Community in 2004, the quantity of CFCs 11, 12, 113 and

the production of MDIs

(1) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC)

2039/00 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 26).

Ozone Layer Protection
European Commission
Directorate-General Environment
Unit ENV.C.2 — Climate change
BU5 2/27
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 299 87 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
should
the
information
spreadsheet
available on the website http://europa.eu.
int/comm/environment/ods/home/home.cfm. 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
Annex I for appropriate address).

3. Only applications received by 22 August 2003 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
2004 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 2004 will be able to make a request to a
if necessary,
Community producer via the website or,

licence from the Commission for a
request an import
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 I / ANEXO I / ANEXO I / ANNEX I / ANNEXE I / ANHANG I / BIJLAGE I / BILAG I / BILAGA I / LIITE I
/ ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I

ÖSTERREICH

IRELAND

Herrn Dr. Paul Krajnik
Bundesministerium für Land- und
Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
Abteilung Chemikalien
Stubenbastei 5
A-1010 Wien

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 Bruxelles/Brussels

DANMARK

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

SUOMI/FINLAND

Eliisa Irpola
Suomen Ympäristökeskus (SYKE)
Kemikaaliyksikkö
Kesäkatu 6
FIN-00121 Helsinki

Mr Patrick O'Sullivan
Inspector (Environment)
Dept of Environment and Local Government
Custom House
Dublin 1
Ireland

ITALIA

Mr Alessandro Peru
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 D.a 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

FRANCE

SVERIGE

Mme Claude Putavy
Ministère de l'écologie et du développement durable
DRPR/BSPC
20, avenue de Ségur
F-75302 Paris 07 SP

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

DEUTSCHLAND

Herrn Rolf Engelhardt
Bundesministerium für Umwelt
Abteilung IG 11 5
Postfach 120629
D-53048 Bonn

NEDERLAND

Mr M. Hildebrand
Ministry of Environment
Rijnstraat 8
2500 GX Den Haag
Nederland

UNITED KINGDOM

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

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