Commission Decision of 27 March 2007 determining a mechanism for the allocation of quotas to producers and importers of hydrochlorofluorocarbons for the years 2003 to 2009 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2007) 819_2) (Only the Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, German, Greek, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2007/195/EC)

Commission Decision

of 27 March 2007

determining a mechanism for the allocation of quotas to producers and importers of hydrochlorofluorocarbons for the years 2003 to 2009 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2007) 819_2)

(Only the Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, German, Greek, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2007/195/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 4(3)(ii) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Community measures, as in particular contained in Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/94 of 15 December 1994 on substances that deplete the ozone layer(2) which was replaced by Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, have led over several years to a reduction of overall consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).

(2) In the context of that reduction, quotas for individual producers and importers were fixed based on historical market shares and calculated by reference to the ozone depleting potential of those substances.

(3) Since 1997 the market for those substances in respect of different uses has been stable. Almost two-thirds of the HCFCs were used for the production of foam until this use of HCFCs was banned on 1 January 2003.

(4) In order to not disadvantage users of HCFCs making non-foam products from 1 January 2003 which would occur if the allocation system were to be based on historical market share of the use of HCFCs for foam products, it is appropriate to provide for a new allocation mechanism for the use of HCFCs after that date for the manufacture of non-foam products. For 2004 to 2009, the allocation system considered most appropriate was that based solely on the average, historical market share of HCFCs used for non-foam production.

(5) While it is appropriate to limit the quotas available to each importer to their respective percentage market share in 1999 and for each importer in the Member States that acceded on the 1 May 2004 to the average of its percentage market share in 2002 and 2003, provision should also be made to reallocate to registered HCFCs importers any import quota which has not been claimed and allocated in a given year.

(6) Commission Decision 2005/103/EC(3) which determined a mechanism for the allocation of quotas to producers and importers for hydrochlorofluorocarbons for the years 2003 to 2009 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 should be amended in order to take account of a revised base date for producers and importers in the Member States that acceded on the 1 May 2004 and the increased quota for hydrochlorofluorocarbons (Group VIII) in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, as amended by the 2005 Act of Accession and the historical market share of undertakings in the Member States that acceded on the 1 January 2007.

(7) In the interests of legal clarity and transparency Decision 2005/103/EC should therefore be replaced.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘Market share for refrigeration’ means the average market share of sales of hydrochlorofluorocarbons for refrigeration applications of a producer in the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 as a percentage of the total market for refrigeration applications;

(b)

‘Market share for foam production’ means the average market share of sales of hydrochlorofluorocarbons for foam production of a producer in the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 as a percentage of the total market for foam production; and

(c)

‘Market share for solvent uses’ means the average market share of sales of hydrochlorofluorocarbons for solvent uses of a producer in the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 as a percentage of the total market for solvent uses.

Article 2 U.K. Basis for the calculation of quotas

The indicative quantities assigned for the consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons for refrigeration, foam production and solvents from the producers share of the calculated levels set out in Article 4(3)(i)(e) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, shall be as set out in Annex I to this Decision.

The market shares for each producer in the respective markets shall be as set out in Annex II(4).

Article 3 U.K. Quotas for producers

1. For 2007, for each producer the quota of the calculated level of hydrochlorofluorocarbons set out in Article 4(3)(i)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which it places on the market or uses for its own account shall not exceed the sum of the following:

(a) the producer’s market share for refrigeration of the total indicative quantity assigned for refrigeration in 2004;

(b) the producer’s market share for solvents of the total indicative quantity assigned for solvents in 2004.

2. For the years 2008 and 2009, for each producer the quota of the calculated level of hydrochlorofluorocarbons set out in Article 4(3)(i)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which it places on the market or uses for its own account shall not on a pro rata basis exceed the sum of the following:

(a) the producer’s market share for refrigeration of the total indicative quantity assigned for refrigeration in 2004;

(b) the producer’s market share for solvents of the total indicative quantity assigned for solvents in 2004.

Article 4 U.K. Quotas for importers

The calculated level of hydrochlorofluorocarbons that each importer may place on the market or use for its own account shall not exceed, as a percentage of the calculated levels set out in Article 4(3)(i)(d), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, the percentage share assigned to it in 1999.

By way of derogation the calculated level of hydrochlorofluorocarbons that each importer in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia may place on the market or use for its own account shall not exceed, as a percentage of the calculated levels set out in Article 4(3)(i)(d), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, the average of its percentage market share in 2002 and 2003.

Any amounts, however, which cannot be placed on the market, because importers entitled to do so did not apply for an import quota, shall be reallocated between those importers that have been given an import quota.

The amount unallocated shall be divided between each importer and calculated on a proportional basis by reference to the size of the quotas already determined for those importers.

Article 5 U.K.

Decision 2005/103/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 6 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:

• Arkema S.A.

  Cours Michelet — La Défense 10

  F-92091 Paris-La Défense

• Arkema Química SA

  Avenida de Burgos 12, planta 7

  E-28036 Madrid

• DuPont de Nemours (Nederland) bv

  Baanhoekweg 22

  3313 LA Dordrecht

  Nederland

• Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe bv

  Laarderhoogtweg 18,

  1101 EA Amsterdam

  Nederland

• Ineos Fluor Ltd

  PO Box 13

  The Heath

  Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QF

  United Kingdom

• Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry S.A.

  Thessaloniki Plant

  P.O. Box 10183

  GR-541 10 Thessaloniki

• Rhodia UK Ltd

  PO Box 46 — St Andrews Road

  Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 9YF

  United Kingdom

• Solvay Électrolyse France

  12, cours Albert 1^er

  F-75383 Paris

• Solvay Fluor GmbH

  Hans-Böckler-Allee 20

  D-30173 Hannover

• Solvay Ibérica SL

  C/ Mallorca 269

  E-08008 Barcelona

• Solvay Solexis SpA

  Viale Lombardia, 20

  I-20021 Bollate (MI)

• AB Ninolab

  P.O. Box 137

  S-194 22 Upplands Väsby

• Advanced Chemical SA

  C/ Balmes 69, pral. 3^o

  E-08007 Barcelona

• Alcobre SA

  C/ Luis I, Nave 6-B

  Polígono Industrial Vallecas

  E-28031 Madrid

• AGC Chemicals Europe

  World Trade Center

  Zuidplein 80

  H-Tower, Level 9

  1077 XV Amsterdam

  Nederland

• Avantec

  26, avenue du Petit-Parc

  F-94683 Vincennes Cedex

• BaySystems Iberia S/A

  Crta. Vilaseca

  La Pineda s/n

  E-43006 Tarragona

• Blye Engineering Co. Ltd

  Naxxar Road

  San Gwann SGN 07

  Malta

• BOC Gazy

  ul. Pory 59

  02-757 Warzawa

  Polska

• Boucquillon nv

  Nijverheidslaan 38

  B-8540 Deerlijk

• Calorie Fluor

  503, rue Hélène-Boucher

  Z.I. Buc

  B.P. 33

  F-78534 Buc Cedex

• Caraibes Froids SARL

  B.P. 6033

  Sainte-Thérèse

  4,5 km, route du Lamentin

  F-97219 Fort-de-France (Martinique)

• Celotex Limited

  Lady Lane Industrial Estate

  Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk,

  IP7 6BA

  United Kingdom

• Efisol

  14/24, rue des Agglomérés

  F-92024 Nanterre Cedex

• Empor d.o.o.

  Leskoškova 9a

  SI-1000 Ljubljana

• Etis d.o.o.

  Tržaška 333

  SI-1000 Ljubljana

• Fibran S.A.

  6th km Thessaloniki

  Oreokastro

  P.O. Box 40306

  GR-560 10 Thessaloniki

• Fiocco Trade SL

  C/ Molina 16, pta. 5

  E-46006 Valencia

• Freolitus JSC

  Centrinė g. 1D

  LT-54464 Ramučiai, Kauno raj.

  Lietuva

• G.AL.Cycle-Air Ltd

  3, Sinopis Str., Strovolos

  P.O. Box 28385

  Nicosia, Cyprus

• Galco S.A.

  Avenue Carton de Wiart 79

  B-1090 Bruxelles

• Galex S.A.

  B.P. 128

  F-13321 Marseille Cedex 16

• UAB ‘Genys’

  Lazdijų 20

  LT-46393 Kaunas

  Lietuva

• GU Thermo Technology Ltd

  Greencool Refrigerants

  Unit 12

  Park Gate Business Centre

  Chandlers Way, Park Gate

  Southampton SO31 1FQ

  United Kingdom

• Harp International

  Gellihirion Industrial Estate

  Rhondda Cynon Taff

  Pontypridd CF37 5SX

  United Kingdom

• H&H International Ltd.

  Richmond Bridge House

  419 Richmond Road

  Richmond TW1 2EX

  United Kingdom

• ICC Chemicals Ltd.

  Northbridge Road

  Berkhamsted

  Hertfordshire HP4 1EF

  United Kingdom

• Kal y Sol

  P.I. Can Roca

  C/ Sant Martí s/n

  E-08107 Martorell (Barcelona)

• Linde Gaz Polska Sp. z o.o.

  ul. Jana Pawła II 41a

  31-864 Kraków

  Polska

• Matero Ltd

  37 St. Kyriakides Ave.

  CY-3508 Limassol

• Mebrom

  Assenedestraat 4

  B-9940 Rieme-Ertvelde

• Nagase Europe Ltd

  Berliner Allee 59

  D-40212 Düsseldorf

• OU A Sektor

  Kasteheina 6-9

  EE-31024 Kohtla-Järve

• Plasfi SA

  Ctra. Montblanc s/n

  E-43420 Sta. Coloma de Queralt

  (Tarragona)

• Prodex-System sp. z o.o.

  ul. Artemidy 24

  01-497 Warszawa

  Polska

• PW Gaztech

  ul. Kopernika 5

  11-200 Bartoszyce

  Polska

• Quimidroga SA

  C/ Tuset 26

  E-08006 Barcelona

• Refrigerant Products Ltd.

  Banyard road

  Portbury West

  Bristol BS 20 7XH

  United Kingdom

• Resina Chemie bv

  Korte Groningerweg 1A

  9607 PS Foxhol

  Nederland

• Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL

  80, rue de Luzais

  L’isle d’abeau-Chesnes

  F-38297 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier

• Sigma Aldrich Company Ltd

  The Old Brickyard

  New Road

  Gillingham SP8 4XT

  United Kingdom

• SJB Chemical Products bv

  Slagveld 15

  3230 AG Brielle

  Nederland

• Solquimia Iberia SL

  C/ Mexico 9, P.I. Centrovía

  E-50196 La Muela (Zaragoza)

• Synthesia Española SA

  C/ Conde Borrell 62

  E-08015 Barcelona

• Tazzetti Fluids Srl

  Corso Europa, 600/a

  I-10088 Volpiano (TO)

• Termo-Schiessl Sp. z o.o.

  ul. Raszyńska 13

  05-500 Piaseczno

  Polska

• Universal Chemistry & Technology SpA

  Viale A. Filippetti, 20

  I-20122 Milano

• Vrec-Co Export-Import Kft.

  Kossuth u. 12

  H-6763 Szatymaz

• Vuoksi Yhtiö Oy

  Lappeentie 12

  FI-55100 Imatra

• Wigmors

  ul. Irysowa 5

  51-117 Wrocław

  Polska

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2007.

For the Commission

Stavros Dimas

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I U.K.

Indicative quantities assigned for 2006, 2007 and 2008 in tonnes/ozone-depleting potential.

Market	2006	2007	2008
Refrigeration	2 054,47	2 094,63	1 744,59
Foam Production	0,0	0,0	0,0
Solvents	66,17	67,01	55,81
Total	2 120,64	2 161,64	1 800,4

(1)

OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 published in OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)

OJ L 333, 22.12.1994, p. 1.

(3)

OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 65.

(4)

Annex II is not published nor notified to all the addressees because it contains confidential information.