Notice to undertakings intending to import or export controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer to or from the European Union in 2012 and undertakings intending to request for 2012 a quota for these substances intended for laboratory and analytical uses
Date: 2011-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, chemical product, dangerous substance, export licence, greenhouse gas, import licence, reduction of gas emissions, trade restriction








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9.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/4





Notice to undertakings intending to import or export controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer to or from the European Union in 2012 and undertakings intending to request for 2012 a quota for these substances intended for laboratory and analytical uses
2011/C 75/05






1.


This Notice is addressed to undertakings that are concerned by the Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer (the Regulation) and which intend:






(a)


to import or export to or from the European Union substances listed in Annex I of the Regulation in 2012; or










(b)


to request a quota for laboratory and analytical uses of these substances for 2012.














2.


Following groups of substances are concerned:







Group I


:


CFC 11, 12, 113, 114 or 115




Group II


:


other fully halogenated CFCs




Group III


:


halon 1211, 1301 or 2402




Group IV


:


carbon tetrachloride




Group V


:


1,1,1 trichloroethane




Group VI


:


methyl bromide




Group VII


:


hydrobromofluorocarbons




Group VIII


:


hydrochlorofluorocarbons




Group IX


:


bromochloromethane














3.


Any import or export of substances exempted from the general import or export ban requires a licence by the Commission, except in cases of transit, temporary storage, customs-warehousing or free zone procedure as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 450/2008, lasting not longer than 45 days. Furthermore, any production of controlled substances requires prior authorisation.










4.


Imports for free circulation in the European Union are subject to quantitative limits, determined by the Commission on the basis of the import declarations for controlled substances for the following uses:






(a)


laboratory and analytical uses (subject to a production/import quota and quantitative limitation);










(b)


critical uses (halons);










(c)


feedstock uses;










(d)


process agent uses.














5.


Quotas for production and imports for laboratory and analytical uses will be allocated in accordance with Article 10(6) of the Regulation. The request for a quota for laboratory and analytical uses follows the same procedure as indicated below for imports.










6.


Any undertaking that wishes to import or export controlled substances in 2012 and that has not requested an import or export licence (before 2010 referred to as export authorisation) in the previous years, needs to notify the Commission by submitting no later than 16 May 2011 the registration form available online at http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/env/review_2037/library. Following the registration, undertakings need to follow the procedure described in paragraph 7.










7.


Undertakings that are registered in the Main-ODS-database as importer or exporter should complete and submit the relevant declaration form available online in the Main-ODS-database (http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ozone/ods_en.htm).










8.


The declaration forms in the Main-ODS-database will be available as of 16 May 2011.










9.


Only duly completed declaration forms that are free of errors received by 30 June 2011 will be considered as valid by the Commission.
Undertakings are encouraged to submit their declaration as soon as possible and sufficiently ahead of the deadline to allow for potential corrections within the declaration period.










10.


The submission of a declaration by itself does not give any right to perform imports, exports or, in the case of controlled substance for laboratory and analytical uses, production. Before an import, export or production takes place in 2012, undertakings must have submitted a corresponding declaration and must apply for a licence using the online application form available online in the Main-ODS-database.