Notice to users of controlled substances in the European Union allowed for essential uses in the Community in 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer
Date: 2004-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: pollution control measures, stratospheric pollutant, type of business

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Notice to users of controlled substances in the European Union allowed for essential uses in the
Community in 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of
the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer (1)

(2004/C 187/05)

This Notice concerns the following substances:

1 030 000,00 kilograms (one million thirty thousand ODP-
kilograms).

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

— other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons,

— carbon tetrachloride,

— halons,

— 1,1,1 trichloroethane,

— hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs),

— bromochloromethane.

This notice is addressed to users 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
uses directly from a producer or by import into the Com-
munity and not from a distributor of the substances.

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 is allowed after phase-out.

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, as amended by
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

the Parties

Decision XV/4 of
to the Montreal Protocol
authorised 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 as specified in annex I, subject to the condi-
tions established by the meeting of the Parties in paragraph 2
of its Decision VII/28. For the production of MDIs in the Euro-
pean Community in 2005, the quantity of CFCs 11, 12, 113
in Decision XV/4 is
and 114 authorised by the Parties

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

(EC) 1804/2003 (OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 1).

substances

and mixtures

In accordance with Decision X/19 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. These high
purity
controlled
substances shall be supplied only in re-closable containers or
high pressure cylinders smaller than three litres or in 10 milli-
litre or smaller glass ampoules, marked clearly as substances
that deplete the ozone layer, restricted to laboratory use and
analytical purposes and specifying that used or
surplus
substances should be collected and recycled, if practical. The
material should be destroyed if recycling is not practical.

containing

the Parties

Decision XV/8 of
to the Montreal Protocol
authorises the production and consumption necessary to satisfy
essential uses of controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B
and C (Group II and III substances) of the Montreal Protocol for
laboratory and analytical uses as listed in Annex IV to the
report of the Seventh Meeting of the Parties, subject to the
conditions set out in Annex II to the report of the Sixth
Meeting of the Parties.

for

The procedures
controlled
substances for the above essential uses carried out under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2037/2000 and Regulation (EC) No 2038/2000
is the following:

quantities of

allocating

1. An enterprise that has not been issued with a quota in 2004
and that requests consideration by the Commission for an
essential use quota for the period 1 January 2005 to 31
December 2005 should make itself known to the Commis-
sion no later than 3 September 2004:

Ozone Layer Protection
European Commission
Directorate-General Environment
Unit ENV.C.2 – Climate change
BU5 2/25
B - 1049 Brussels
Fax: (32-2) 299 87 64
Email: env-ods@cec.eu.int

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2. Essential use applications may be made by any user of
substances listed at the beginning of this Notice. For CFCs
for use in MDIs, each applicant should provide the informa-
tion requested on the spreadsheet available on the ODS
website http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ods/home/
home.cfm. For
should
provide the information requested in the form on the
website.

laboratory uses, each applicant

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 3 September 2004 will be
considered by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure set out
in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000.

4. The Commission will issue quotas to those users and shall
notify them of the use for which they have authorisation,

the substance they are authorised to use and the quantity of
the controlled substances concerned.

5. 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
2005 for which production and importation of controlled
substances will be permitted.

6. Those users holding an essential use quota for a controlled
substance for 2005 will be able to make a request to a Com-
munity producer via the ODS website or,
if necessary,
request an import
licence from the Commission for a
controlled substance up to their quota limit. The producer
must 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 authori-
sation.

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BELGIQUE/BELGIË

IRELAND

M. Peter Wittoeck
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/Brussel

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

ITALIA

ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

Mr Jiri Dobiasovsky
Ministry of the Environment of the CR
Air protection Department
Vrsovicka 65
CZ-100 10 Prague 10

DANMARK

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

DEUTSCHLAND

Mr Rolf Engelhardt
Ministry for Environment
Dept. IG 11 5
P.O. Box 120629
DE-53048 Bonn

EESTI

Ms Valentina Laius
Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Estonia
Environment Management and Technology Department
Toompuiestee 24
EE - Tallinn 15172

ΕΛΛΑΣ

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

ESPAŇA

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

FRANCE

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

Mr Alessandro Peru
Dept of Global Environment, International and Regional Conventions
Via Cristoforo Colombo 44
IT-00147 Roma

ΚΥΠΡΟΣ

Dr. Charalambos Hajipakkos
Environment Service
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
CY - Nicosia

LATVIJA

Mr Armands Plate
Ministry of Environment
Environmental Protection Department
Peldu iela 25
LV-1494, Rīga

LIETUVA

Ms Marija Teriosina
Ministry of Environment
Chemicals Management Division
Jaksto str. 4/9
LT - 2600 Vilnius

LUXEMBOURG

M. Pierre Dornseiffer
Administration de l'environnement
Division Air/Brut
16, rue Eugène Ruppert
L-2453 Luxembourg

MAGYARORSZÁG

Mr Robert Toth
PO Box 351
Ministry of Environment and Water
Department for Air Pollution and Noise Control
HU-1394 Budapest

MALTA

Ms Charmaine Vassallo
Malta Environment and Planning Authority
Environment Protection Directorate
Pollution Control, Wastes and Minerals
C/o Quality Control Laboratory
Industrial Estate Kordin
MT - PAOLA

NEDERLAND

Mr M. Hildebrand
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Rijnstraat 8
NL-2500 GX Den Haag

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ÖSTERREICH

Mr Paul Krajnik
Ministry of the Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Manage-
ment
Chemicals Department
Stubenbastei 5
AT-1010 Wien

POLSKA

Mr Janusz Kozakiewicz
Industrial Chemistry Research Institute
8, Rydygiera Street
PL-01-793 Warsaw

PORTUGAL

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

SLOVENIJA

Ms Irena Malesic
Ministry of the Environment
Spacial Planning and Energy
Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
Vojkova 1b
SI-1000 Ljubljana

SLOVENSKO

Mr Lubomir Ziak
Ministry of the Environment
Air Protection Department
Nam. L. Stura 1
SK – 812 35 Bratislava

SUOMI/FINLAND

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

SVERIGE

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

UNITED KINGDOM

Mr Stephen Reeves
Global Atmosphere Division
UK Dept of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3rd floor — zone 3/A3
Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6DE