2007/382/EC: Commission Decision of 29 May 2007 on the allocation of import quotas for controlled substances for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2007) 2107)
Date: 2007-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, dangerous substance, import restriction, market approval, market-sharing agreement, stratospheric pollutant

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 May 2007

on the allocation of
import quotas for controlled substances for the period 1 January to
31 December 2007 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the
Council

(notified under document number C(2007) 2107)

(Only the Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese,
Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian and Spanish texts are authentic)

(2007/382/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2007 will be published in a separate Commission
decision.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on
‘substances that deplete the ozone layer’ (1), and in particular to
Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The quantitative limits for the placing on the market in
the Community of controlled substances are set out in
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 and Annex
III thereto.

Article 4(2)(i)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000
prohibits
each producer and importer placing any
methyl bromide on the market or using any for their
own account after 31 December 2004. Article 4(4)(i)(b)
of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 allows a derogation
from this prohibition if methyl bromide is used to meet
the licensed requests for critical uses of
those users
identified as described in Article 3(2)(ii) of that Regu-
lation. The quantity of methyl bromide licensed for
critical uses for the period 1 January to 31 December

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Article 4(2)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 allows
a derogation from Article 4(2)(i)(d) if methyl bromide is
imported or produced for quarantine and pre-shipment
(QPS) applications. The amount of methyl bromide that
can be imported or produced for these purposes in 2007
must not exceed the average of the calculated level of
methyl bromide which a producer or importer placed on
the market or used for its own account for QPS in the
years 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Article 4(4)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 allows a
if methyl bromide is
derogation from Article 4(2)
imported for destruction or
imported for
if
feedstock use.

is

it

Article 4(3)(i)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 sets
out the total calculated level of hydrochlorofluorocarbons
which producers and importers may place on the market
or use for their own account in the period 1 January to
31 December 2007.

The Commission has published a notice to importers in
the Community of controlled substances that deplete the
ozone layer (2) and has thereby received declarations on
intended imports in 2007.

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

lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ C 171, 22.7.2006, p. 27.

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(7)

(8)

(9)

For hydrochlorofluorocarbons the allocation of quotas to
producers and importers
in accordance with the
is
provisions of Commission Decision 2007/195/EC of 27
March 2007 determining a mechanism for the allocation
of quotas to producers and importers for hydrochloro-
fluorocarbons for the years 2003 to 2009 under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the Parliament and of the
Council (1).

the purpose of

ensuring that operators

For
and
companies benefit from allocated import quotas in due
time and thereby ensure the necessary continuity of their
it is appropriate that this Decision should
operations,
apply from 1 January 2007.

The measures provided for
in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab-
lished
by Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

shipment uses,
1 545 646 ODP kilograms.

for

feedstock

and destruction shall be

The quantity of controlled substances of Group VII
6.
(hydrobromofluorocarbons)
to Regulation (EC) No
subject
2037/2000 for feedstock which may be released for free circu-
lation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the
Community shall be 73 ODP kilograms.

The quantity of controlled substances of Group VIII
7.
to Regulation (EC) No
subject
(hydrochlorofluorocarbons)
2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the
Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community
shall be 2 811 286,639 ODP kilograms.

The quantity of controlled substances of Group IX
8.
(bromochloromethane)
(EC) No
2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the
Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community
shall be 156 012 ODP kilograms.

Regulation

subject

to

Article 1

Article 2

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 Community in 2007 from sources outside
the
Community shall be 6 323 800 ozone depleting potential
(ODP) 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 Community in 2007 from sources
outside the Community shall be 9 849 000 ODP 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 Community in
2007 from sources outside
be
1 341 330 ODP kilograms.

the Community

shall

4.
The quantity of controlled substances of Group V (1,1,1-
trichloroethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that
may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007
from sources outside the Community shall be 400 060 ODP
kilograms.

The quantity of controlled substances of Group VI (methyl
5.
bromide) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may
be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from
sources outside the Community for quarantine and pre-

(1) OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 51.

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
indicated and to the
2007 shall be
companies indicated in Annex I.

the purposes

for

The allocation of import quotas for halons during the
2.
period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the
purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex II.

3.
The allocation of import quotas for carbon tetrachloride
during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be
for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in
Annex III.

4.
The allocation of import quotas for 1,1,1-trichloroethane
during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be
for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in
Annex IV.

The allocation of

import quotas for methyl bromide
5.
during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be
for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in
Annex V.

6.
The allocation of import quotas for hydrobromofluoro-
carbons during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007
shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies
indicated in Annex VI.

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The allocation of import quotas for hydrochlorofluoro-
7.
carbons during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007
shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies
indicated in Annex VII.

bromide, hydrobromofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons
and bromochloromethane during the period 1 January to 31
December 2007 shall be as set out in Annex IX.

8.
The allocation of import quotas for bromochloromethane
during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be
for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in
Annex VIII.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007 and shall expire
on 31 December 2007.

9.
The import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113,
114 and 115, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons,
carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methyl
halons,

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:

Article 4

Agropest S.A.
ul. Górnicza 12/14
91-765 Łódź Polska

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

Άλφα Γεωργικά Εφόδια Α.Ε.Β.Ε.
Εθνικής Αντιστάσεως 73,
GR-152 31 Χαλάνδρι, Αθήνα

Alfa Agricultural Supplies S.A.
73, Ethnikis Antistaseos str,
GR-152 31 Halandri, Athens

AGC Chemicals Europe
World Trade Center
Zuidplein 80
H-Tower, Level 9
1077 XV Amsterdam
Nederland

Avantec SA
26, avenue du Petit-Parc
F-94683 Vincennes

BaySystems Iberia
Ctra. Vilaseca-La Pineda s/n
E-43006 Tarragona

Bang & Bonsomer
20/22 – 3 Jekaba str.
Riga, LV-1050
Latvia

Calorie Fluor SA
503, rue Hélène-Boucher
ZI Buc — BP 33
F-78534 Buc Cedex

Commissariat à l’énergie atomique
BP 12
F-91680 Bruyères le Châtel

Albemarle Chemicals
Étang de la Gaffette
Boulevard Maritime, BP 28
F-13521 Port-de-Bouc

Alcobre SA
Luis I, Nave 6-B
Polígono industrial Vallecas
E-28031 Madrid

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

AT — Karlovo
56 A, General Kartzov str.
Karlovo 4302
Bulgaria

Blye Engineering Co Ltd
Naxxar Road
San Gwann SGN 07
Malta

Bromotirrena S.r.l
Via Torino, 4
I-04022 Fondi (LT)

Chemtura Ltd
Tenax Road, Trafford Park
Manchester M17 1WT
United Kingdom

Caraïbes froid SARL
BP 6033
Ste Thérèse, route du Lamentin
F-97219 Fort-de-France

Desautel SAS
Parc d’entreprises — BP 9
F-01121 Montluel Cedex

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

Dow Deutschland
Buetzflether Sand
D-21683 Stade

Empor d.o.o.
Leskoškova 9a
SI-1000 Ljubljana

Freolitus
Centrinė g. 1D
LT-54464 Ramučiai, Kauno raj.
Lietuva

Fujifilm Electronic Materials Europe
Keetberglaan 1A
Haven 1061
B-2070 Zwijndrecht

Galco SA
Avenue Carton de Wiart 79
B-1090 Bruxelles

Harp International Ltd.
Gellihirion Industrial Estate
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Pontypridd CF37 5SX
United Kingdom

Hovione Farmaciencia SA
Sete Casas
P-2674-506 Loures
Portugal

Laboratorios Miret SA (Lamirsa)
Géminis 4
Polígono industrial Can Parellada
E-08228 Les Fonts de Terrassa (Barcelona)

Matero Ltd
Τ.Θ. 51744
3508 Λεμεσός
Κύπρος

Matero Ltd
P.O. Box 51744
3508 Limassol
Cyprus

Βιομηχανία Φωσφορικών Λιπασμάτων Α.Ε.
Εργοστάσιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Τ.Θ. 101 83
GR-541 10 Θεσσαλονίκη

Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry S.A.
Thessaloniki Plant
P.O. Box 10183
GR-541 10 Thessaloniki

Dyneon GmbH
D-84504 Burgkirchen

Etis d.o.o.
Tržaška 333
SI-1000 Ljubljana

Eurobrom bv
PO Box 465
1000 AL Amsterdam
Nederland

Fenner-Dunlop bv
Oliemolenstraat 2
Drachten
Nederland

G.A.L Cycle-Air Ltd
Σινώπης 3, Στρόβολος
Τ.Θ. 28385, Λευκωσία
Κύπρος

G.A.L Cycle-Air Ltd
3, Sinopis Str., Strovolos
P.O. Box 28385, Nicosia
Cyprus

Galex SA
BP 128
F-13321 Marseille Cedex 16

Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe bv
Laarderhoogtweg 18
1101 EA Amsterdam
Nederland

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

Linde Gaz Polska Sp. z o.o.
al. Jana Pawła II 41a
31-864 Kraków
Polska

Mebrom nv
Assenedestraat 4
B-9940 Rieme Ertvelde

Poż-Pliszka Sp. z o.o.
ul. Szczecińska 45
80-392 Gdańsk
Polska

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P.U.P.H. SOLFUM Sp. z o.o.
ul. Ziemiańska 21
PL-95-070 Rąbień AB

Rhodia UK Ltd
PO Box 46
St Andrews Road, Avonmouth
Bristol BS11 9YF
United Kingdom

Sigma Aldrich Logistik GmbH
Riedstraße 2
D-89555 Steinheim

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

Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
Viale Lombardia, 20
I-20021 Bollate (MI)

Synthesia Española SA
Conde Borrell, 62
E-08015 Barcelona

Vrec-Co Import-Export Kft.
H-6763 Szatymaz
Kossuth u. 12.
Magyarország

Wilhelmsen Maritime Service AS
Wilhelmbarentstraat 50
3165 AB Rotterdam/Albrandswaard
Nederland

Zephyr Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
H-6000 Kecskemét
Tatár sor 18.
Magyarország

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2007.

Refrigerant Products Ltd.
Banyard Road
Portbury West
Bristol BS20 7XH
United Kingdom

Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL
80, rue de Luzais
L’Isle d’Abeau Chesnes
F-38297 St Quentin Fallavier

SJB Chemical Products bv
Slagveld 15
3230 AG Brielle
Nederland

Solvay Organics GmbH
Hans-Böckler-Allee 20
D-30173 Hannover

Syngenta Crop Protection
Surrey Research Park
30 Priestly Road, Guidford Surrey
GU2 7YH
United Kingdom

Tazzetti Fluids S.r.l.
Corso Europa, 600/a
I-10088 Volpiano (TO)

Wigmors
ul. Irysowa 5
51-117 Wrocław
Polska

Veolia Environmental Services Ltd.
Bridges Road,
Ellesmere Port, South Wirrel
Cheshire CH65 4EQ,
United Kingdom

Solquimia Iberia SL
México, 9
Polígono industrial Centrovía
E-50196 La Muela (Zaragoza)

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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 2007.

Company

Galex S.A. (FR)

Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe (NL)

Solvay Fluor GmbH (DE)

Solvay Solexis SpA (IT)

Syngenta Crop Protection (UK)

Tazzetti Fluids S.r.l. (IT)

Veolia Environmental Services Ltd (UK)

Wilhelmsen Maritime Service AS (NL)

ANNEX II

GROUP III

Import quotas for halons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for critical uses and
for destruction during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (FR)

Desautel SAS (FR)

Galex S.A. (FR)

Poz Pliszka (PL)

Veolia Environmental Services Ltd (UK)

Wilhelmsen Maritime Service AS (NL)

ANNEX III

GROUP IV

Import quotas for carbon tetrachloride allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for
feedstock uses and for destruction for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company

Dow Deutschland (DE)

Fenner-Dunlop b.v. (NL)

Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry (EL)

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ANNEX IV

GROUP V
Import quotas for 1,1,1–trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for
feedstock uses and for destruction for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company

Arkema SA (FR)

Fujifilm Electronic Materials Europe (BE)

ANNEX V

GROUP VI

Import quotas for methyl bromide allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for
quarantine and pre-shipment applications,
for feedstock uses and for destruction for the period 1 January to 31
December 2007.

Company

AT-KARLOVO (BG)

Agropest S.A. (PL)

Albemarle Chemicals (FR)

Albemarle Europe (BE)

Alfa Agricultural Supplies S.A. (EL)

Bang & Bonsomer (LV)

Bromotirrena S.r.l. (IT)

Chemtura Ltd (UK)

Eurobrom B.V. (NL)

Mebrom N.V. (BE)

PUPH SOLFUM Sp. z o.o (PL)

Sigma Aldrich Logistik (DE)

Zephyr Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (HU)

Veolia Environmental Services Ltd (UK)

ANNEX VI

GROUP VII

Import quotas for hydrobromofluorocarbons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000
for feedstock uses for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company

Hovione Farmaciencia SA (PT)

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ANNEX VII

GROUP VIII

Import quotas for hydrochlorofluorocarbons allocated to producers and importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000 and in accordance with the provisions of Commission Decision 2007/195/EC and for feedstock uses, process
agents, for reclamation, for destruction and other applications allowed under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000
for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Producer

Arkema SA (FR)

DuPont de Nemours (Nederland) B.V. (NL)

Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe B.V. (NL)

Ineos Fluor Ltd (UK)

Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry S.A. (EL)

Rhodia UK Ltd (UK)

Solvay Fluor GmbH (DE)

Solvay Organics GmbH (DE)

Solvay Solexis SpA (IT)

Importer

Alcobre S.A. (ES)

AGC Chemicals Europe (NL)

Avantec S.A. (FR)

Bay Systems Iberia (ES)

Blye Engineering Co Ltd (MT)

Calorie Fluor S.A. (FR)

Caraïbes Froid SARL (FR)

Dyneon GmbH (DE)

Empor d.o.o. (SI)

Etis d.o.o. (SI)

Freolitus (LT)

Galco S.A. (BE)

Harp International Ltd (UK)

Linde Gaz Polska Sp. Z o.o (PL)

Matero Ltd (CY)

Mebrom NV (BE)

Refrigerant Products Ltd. (UK)

SJB Chemical Products B.V. (NL)

Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL (FR)

Solquimia Iberia, S.L. (ES)

Synthesia Española s.a. (ES)

Tazzetti Fluids S.r.l. (IT)

Vrec-Co Export-Import Kft. (HU)

Wigmors (PL)

G.AL. Cycle Air Ltd (CY)

Wilhelmesen Maritime Service AS (NL)

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ANNEX VIII

GROUP IX

Import quotas for bromochloromethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for
feedstock uses during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company

Albemarle Europe (BE)

Eurobrom B.V. (NL)

Laboratorios Miret S.A. (LAMIRSA) (ES)

Sigma Aldrich Logistik GmbH (DE)

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

ANNEX IX