Commission Regulation (EC) No 473/2008 of 29 May 2008 on amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustment of CN codes for certain ozone depleting substances and mixtures containing ozone depleting substances
Date: 2008-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, chemical product, dangerous substance, ozone, stratospheric pollutant

30.5.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 140/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 473/2008

of 29 May 2008

on amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards the adjustment of CN codes for certain ozone depleting substances and mixtures containing
ozone depleting substances

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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
Article 6(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In the Combined Nomenclature for 2007, laid down in
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (2), as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 (3),
combined
nomenclature codes (CN codes)
for certain substances
and products have been amended.

the

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, relating to
ozone depleting substances and mixtures containing
ozone depleting substances, refers to some of the CN
codes which were amended by Regulation (EC) No
1214/2007.
that
Annex. In view of the number of changes to be made,
it is appropriate for reasons of clarity to replace that
Annex in its entirety.

therefore necessary to adjust

is

It

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Since Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 entered into force
on 1 January 2008, this Regulation should apply from
the same date.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 is replaced by the
text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2007/540/EC (OJ L 198, 31.7.2007, p. 35).
last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 360/2008 (OJ L 111, 23.4.2008,
p. 9).

(3) OJ L 286, 31.10.2007, p. 1.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX IV

Groups, Combined Nomenclature codes (*) and descriptions for the substances referred to in Annexes I and III

Group

CN code

Description

Group I

2903 41 00

Trichlorofluoromethane

2903 42 00

Dichlorodifluoromethane

2903 43 00
2903 44 10

Trichlorotrifluoroethanes
Dichlorotetrafluoroethanes

2903 44 90

Chloropentafluoroethane

Group II

2903 45 10

Chlorotrifluoromethane

Group III

Group IV

Group V

Group VI

Group VII

Group VIII

Group IX

Mixtures

2903 45 15

Pentachlorofluoroethane

2903 45 20
2903 45 25

Tetrachlorodifluoroethanes
Heptachlorofluoropropanes

2903 45 30

Hexachlorodifluoropropanes

2903 45 35
2903 45 40

Pentachlorotrifluoropropanes
Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropanes

2903 45 45

Trichloropentafluoropropanes

2903 45 50
2903 45 55

2903 46 10
2903 46 20

Dichlorohexafluoropropanes
Chloroheptafluoropropanes

Bromochlorodifluoromethane
Bromotrifluoromethane

2903 46 90

Dibromotetrafluoroethanes

2903 14 00

Carbon tetrachloride

2903 19 10

1,1,1-Trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)

2903 39 11

Bromomethane (methyl bromide)

2903 49 30

Hydrobromofluoromethanes, -ethanes or -propanes

2903 49 11

Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)

2903 49 15

1,1-Dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b)

2903 49 19

Other Hydrochlorofluoromethanes, -ethanes or -propanes (HCFCs)

ex 2903 49 80

Bromochloromethane

3824 71 00

Mixtures containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluoro-
carbons (HFCs)

3824 72 00

Mixtures containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or
dibromo-tetrafluoroethanes

3824 73 00

Mixtures containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs)

3824 74 00

(HCFCs), whether or not
Mixtures containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons
containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not
containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

3824 75 00

Mixtures containing carbon tetrachloride

3824 76 00

Mixtures containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)

3824 77 00

Mixtures containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloro-
methane

(*) An “ex” before a code implies that also other substances than those referred to in the column “Description” may fall under that

subheading.’