Council Regulation (EEC) No 3952/92, of 30 December 1992, amending Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 in order to speed up the phasing-out of substances that deplete the ozone layer

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3952/92 of 30 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 in  order to speed up the phasing-out of substances that deplete the ozone layer
THE  COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  130s thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, according to the latest scientific knowledge, severe depletion over the Antarctic  continues to occur; whereas depletion of the ozone layer over the Northern hemisphere is more  extensive than was previously generally accepted;
Whereas scientific studies forecast further depletion of the ozone layer into the twenty-first  century, unless the production and consumption of the fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons,  halons, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane are brought to an end in the very near  future;
Whereas, except for certain essential uses, it is technically possible to phase out all consumption  of halons by the end of 1993, fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons and carbon tetrachloride by the  end of 1994 and 1,1,1-trichloroethane by the end of 1995;
Whereas the amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted at the second meeting of its Parties entered  into force on 10 August 1992; whereas Annex D of the Protocol adopted at the third meeting of its  Parties entered into force on 27 May 1992;
Whereas the Parties to the Montreal Protocol adopted, at their fourth meeting in Copenhagen, at  which the Community and the Member States played a leading role, additional measures for the  protection of the ozone layer;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 (4) provides for controls on substances that deplete the ozone  layer;
Whereas it is necessary for additional action to be taken at Community level to carry out the  Community's obligations under the Protocol as far as the adjustments are concerned;
Whereas, in the light of recent scientific knowledge and the availability of technologies for  replacing ozone depleting substances, it is appropriate to introduce control measures which are  stricter than those provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and which are, in some cases,  stricter than those of the adjusted Protocol,