30.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/7
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 August 2005
on the allocation of quantities of controlled substances allowed for essential uses in the Community in 2005 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2005) 333)
(Only the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/626/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Community has already phased out the production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbons, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride,1,1,1-trichloroethane, hydrobromofluorocarbon and bromo-chloromethane.
(2) Each year the Commission is required to determine essential uses for these controlled substances, the quantities that may be used and the companies that may use them.
(3) Decision IV/25 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, hereinafter ‘the Montreal Protocol’, sets out the criteria used by the Commission for determining any essential uses and authorises the production and consumption necessary to satisfy essential uses of controlled substances in each Party.
(4) Decision XV/8 of the Parties 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, Decision VII/11 and Decision XI/15 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.
(5) Pursuant to paragraph 3 of Decision XII/2 of the Twelfth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on measures to facilitate the transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs), Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Norway, Portugal, The Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom have notified the United Nations Environment Programme (2) that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are no longer essential for the manufacture of CFC-MDIs that contain active ingredients belonging to the therapeutic categories of ‘short-acting beta agonist bronchiodilators’, ‘inhaled steroids’ and ‘anticholinergic bronchiodilators’. Article 4(4)(i)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 prevents CFCs from being used and placed on the market unless they are considered essential under the conditions described in Article 3(1) of that Regulation. These non-essentiality determinations have reduced the demand for CFCs in the Community. In addition, Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 prevents CFC-MDI products being imported and placed on the market unless the CFCs in these products are considered essential under the conditions described in Article 3(1).
(6) The Commission has published a Notice (3) on the 22 July 2004 to those companies in the Community of 25 Member States that request consideration by the Commission for the use of controlled substances for essential uses in the Community in 2005 and has received declarations on intended essential uses of controlled substances in 2005.
(7) For the purpose of ensuring that interested companies and operators may continue to benefit in due time from the licensing system, it is appropriate that the present decision shall apply from 1 January 2005.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee established by Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000,
1.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group I (chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may be used for essential medical uses in the Community in 2005 shall be 1 029 770,00 ODP (4) kilograms.
2.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group I (chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115) and Group II (other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2005 shall be 63 081,71 ODP kilograms.
3.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group III (halons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory use in the Community in 2005 shall be 70,705 ODP kilograms.
4.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group IV (carbon tetrachloride) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2005 shall be 145 240,293 ODP kilograms.
5.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group V (1,1,1-trichloroethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the European Union in 2005 shall be 815,30 ODP kilograms.
6.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group VII (hydrobromofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2005 shall be 3,04 ODP kilograms.
7.   The quantity of controlled substances of group IX (bromochloromethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2005 shall be 12,048 ODP kilograms.
The chlorofluorocarbon metered-dose inhalers (CFC-MDIs) listed in Annex I shall not be placed on markets that have determined CFCs for these products to be non-essential.
During the period 1 January to 31 December 2005 the following rules shall apply:
1. The allocation of essential medical use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 shall be to the companies indicated in Annex II.
2. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex III.
3. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for halons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex IV.
4. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for carbon tetrachloride shall be to the companies indicated in Annex V.
5. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for 1,1,1-trichloroethane shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VI.
6. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for hydrobromofluorocarbons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VII.
7. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for bromochloromethane shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VIII.
8. The essential use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, hydrobromofluorocarbons and bromochloromethane shall be as set out in Annex IX.
This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:
3M Health Care Ltd
3M House Morley Street
Loughborough
Leicestershire LE11 1EP
United Kingdom
Aventis
London Road, Holmes Chapel
Cheshire CW4 8BE
United Kingdom
Bespak PLC
North Lynn Industrial Estate
King's Lynn
PE30 2JJ — Norfolk
United Kingdom
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Binger Straße 173
D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein
Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA
Via Palermo 26/A
I-43100 Parma
GlaxoSmithKline
Speke Boulevard
Speke
L24 9JD — Liverpool
United Kingdom
IG Sprühtechnik GmbH
Im Hemmet 1
D-79664 Wehr
Inyx Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Astmoor Industrial Estate
9 Arkwright Road RUNCORN
Cheshire WA7 1NU
United Kingdom
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals SA
Siedziba w Poznaniu
ul. Grunwaldzka 189
60-322 Poznań
Poland
IVAX Ltd
Unit 301 Industrial Park
Waterford
Ireland
Laboratorio Aldo Union SA
Baronesa de Maldá, 73
Espluges de Llobregat
E-08950 Barcelona
SICOR S.p.A
Via Terrazzano 77
I-20017 Rho (MI)
Valeas SpA Pharmaceuticals
Via Vallisneri, 10
I-20133 Milano
Valois SA
50, avenue de l'Europe
F-78160 Marly Le Roi
Valvole Aerosol Research Italiana (VARI)
Spa — LINDAL Group Italia
Via del Pino, 10
Olginate (LC)
I-23854
Acros Organics bvba
Janssen Pharmaceuticalaan 3a
B-2440 Geel
Agfa-Gevaert NV
Septestraat 27
B-2640 Mortsel
Bie & Berntsen
Sandbækvej 7
DK-2610 Rødovre
Biosolove BV
Waalreseweg 17
5554 HA Valkenswaard
Nederland
Carl Roth GmbH
Schoemperlenstraße 3—5
D-76185 Karlsruhe
Elcom Group
Okružní 988
CZ-735 14 Orlová-Lutyně
Health Protection Inspectorate-Laboratories
Paldiski mnt 81
EE-10617 Tallinn
Honeywell Specialty Chemicals
Wunstorfer Straße 40
Postfach 100262
D-30918 Seelze
Ineos Fluor Ltd
PO Box 13, The Heath
Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QF
United Kingdom
Institut scientifique de service public (ISSeP)
Rue du Chéra, 200
B-4000 Liège
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Krakenstraat 3
B-3000 Leuven
LGC Promochem GmbH
Mercatorstraße 51
D-46485 Wesel
Mallinckrodt Baker BV
Teugseweg 20
7418 AM Deventer
Nederland
Merck KGaA
Frankfurter Straße 250
D-64293 Darmstadt
Mikro+Polo d.o.o.
Zagrebška cesta 22
SI-2000 Maribor
Ministry of Defense
Directorate Material RNLNavy
PO Box 2070
2500 ES The Hague
Nederland
Panreac Quimica SA
Riera de Sant Cugat, 1
E-08110 Montcada I Reixac (Barcelona)
Rohs Chemie GmbH
Berliner Str. 54
D-53819 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid
Sanolabor d.d.
Leskovškova 4
SI-1000 Ljubljana
SDS Solvants, Documentation, Synthèses SA
Z.I. de Valdonne, BP 4
F-13124 Peypin
Sigma Aldrich Chemie GmbH
Riedstraße 2
D-89555 Steinheim
Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL
80, rue de Luzais
L'Isle-d'Abeau Chesne
F-38297 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier
Sigma Aldrich Company Ltd
The Old Brickyard
New Road Gillingham SP8 4XT
United Kingdom
Sigma Aldrich Laborchemikalien
Wunstorfer Straße 40, Postfach 100262
D-30918 Seelze
VWR I.S.A.S.
201 rue Carnot
F-94126 Fontenay-sous-Bois
YA-Kemia Oy — Sigma-Aldrich Finland
Teerisuonkuja 4
FI-00700 Helsinki
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2005 and shall expire on 31 December 2005.