Commission Decision of 28 April 2006 determining the quantities of methyl bromide permitted to be used for critical uses in the Community from 1 January to 31 December 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (notified under document number C(2006) 1244) (Only the Dutch, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish text is authentic) (2006/350/EC)

ANNEX I The Kingdom of Belgium

a Methyl bromide cannot be used from 1 September to 31 December 2006 unless an essential use authorisation is granted to Belgium for this biocidal use under Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003.
(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Flour mills (17 mills)	2 752
Artefacts (Musea/SGS)a	307
Total	3 059

Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 479 kg.

ANNEX II The Kingdom of Spain

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Strawberry runners (grown at high elevations)	230 000
Strawberry fruit (Huelva, protected)	180 000
Peppers (protected, in Murcia and south of Comunidad Valenciana)	50 000
Cut flowers (Cataluña, carnation, protected and open field)	15 000
Cut flowers (protected, in Cadiz and Sevilla)	39 000
Rice (post-harvest)	36 000
Total	550 000

Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 41 797 kg.

ANNEX III The French Republic

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Specialist sandy-soil carrots (grown in Brittany, harvested by hand and susceptible to Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia violacea)	5 000
Cut flowers: ranunculus, anemone, paeonia and lily of the valley open-field	12 000
Strawberry runners	35 000
Forest nursery	1 500
Orchard replant	7 500
Nursery: orchard, raspberry	2 000
Mills	8 000
Chestnuts	1 800
Seeds sold by PLAN-SPG company	121
Total	72 921

Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 973 kg.

ANNEX IV The Italian Republic

a Methyl bromide cannot be used from 1 September to 31 December 2006 unless an essential use authorisation is granted to Italy for this biocidal use under Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003.
(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Tomato (protected)	495 000
Pepper (protected)	73 000
Melon (protected)	38 000
Eggplant (protected)	40 000
Strawberry fruit (protected)	75 000
Strawberry runners	60 000
Cut flowers (protected)	74 000
Mills and processors	55 000
Artefactsa	5 000
Total	915 000

Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 95 136 kg.

ANNEX V Ireland

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Flour mills	888
Total	888

Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 0 kg.

ANNEX VI The Kingdom of the Netherlands

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Postharvest disinfestations of strawberry runners	120
Total	120

Stocks of methyl bromide available for this critical use in the Member State = 0 kg.

ANNEX VII The Republic of Poland

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Medicinal herbs and dried mushrooms as dry commodities	2 700
Strawberry runners	28 000
Cocoa and coffee	1 836
Total	32 536

Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 915,3 kg.

ANNEX VIII The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

a Methyl bromide cannot be used from 1 September to 31 December 2006 unless an essential use authorisation is granted to the United Kingdom for this biocidal use under Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003.
(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses
Strawberry fruit (protected and open field)	10 000
Ornamental tree production for control of Verticillium wilt	2 500
Raspberry	1 500
Flour and rice mills	7 900
Wheat, maize and rice buildings operated by Quaker Oats, Kelloggs, Weetabix Ltd, Ryecroft and EOM	6 098
Processing plants operated by Warehouse and Spice Grinding Facility (Pataks Foods Ltd); and processing plants associated with herbs and spices operated by British Pepper and Spice Ltd, Lion Foods, and East Anglian Food Ingredients	1 591
Dried commodities (nuts, dried fruit, rice, beans, cereal grains, edible seeds) for Whitworths Ltd	900
Mill, associated biscuit food processing, finished product and storage areas operated by Ryvita Company Ltd (Dorset)	839
Structures — facilities and equipment, processing and storage operated by Whitworths Ltd	450
Occasionally infested spice products (including papadoms) processed by McCormick (UK) Ltd, British Pepper and Spice Ltd, East Anglian Food Ingredients and Pataks Foods Ltd	37
Specialised cheese storesa	1 248
Total	33 063

Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 5 227 kg.