Commission Decision of 29 May 2007 on the allocation of import quotas for controlled substances for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2007) 2107) (Only the Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian and Spanish texts are authentic) (2007/382/EC)

Commission Decision

of 29 May 2007

on the allocation of import quotas for controlled substances for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2007) 2107)

(Only the Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian and Spanish texts are authentic)

(2007/382/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 to Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The quantitative limits for the placing on the market in the Community of controlled substances are set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 and Annex III thereto.

(2) Article 4(2)(i)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 prohibits each producer and importer placing any methyl bromide on the market or using any for their own account after 31 December 2004. Article 4(4)(i)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 allows a derogation from this prohibition if methyl bromide is used to meet the licensed requests for critical uses of those users identified as described in Article 3(2)(ii) of that Regulation. The quantity of methyl bromide licensed for critical uses for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 will be published in a separate Commission decision.

(3) Article 4(2)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 allows a derogation from Article 4(2)(i)(d) if methyl bromide is imported or produced for quarantine and pre-shipment (QPS) applications. The amount of methyl bromide that can be imported or produced for these purposes in 2007 must not exceed the average of the calculated level of methyl bromide which a producer or importer placed on the market or used for its own account for QPS in the years 1996, 1997 and 1998.

(4) Article 4(4)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 allows a derogation from Article 4(2) if methyl bromide is imported for destruction or if it is imported for feedstock use.

(5) Article 4(3)(i)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 sets out the total calculated level of hydrochlorofluorocarbons which producers and importers may place on the market or use for their own account in the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

(6) The Commission has published a notice to importers in the Community of controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer(2) and has thereby received declarations on intended imports in 2007.

(7) For hydrochlorofluorocarbons the allocation of quotas to producers and importers is in accordance with the provisions of Commission Decision 2007/195/EC of 27 March 2007 determining 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 of the Parliament and of the Council(3).

(8) For the purpose of ensuring that operators and companies benefit from allocated import quotas in due time and thereby ensure the necessary continuity of their operations, it is appropriate that this Decision should apply from 1 January 2007.

(9) 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.

1. 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 released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community shall be 6 323 800 ozone depleting potential (ODP) kilograms.

2. The quantity of controlled substances of Group III (halons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community shall be 9 849 000 ODP kilograms.

3. The quantity of controlled substances of Group IV (carbon tetrachloride) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community shall be 1 341 330 ODP kilograms.

4. The quantity of controlled substances of Group V (1,1,1-trichloroethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community shall be 400 060 ODP kilograms.

5. The quantity of controlled substances of Group VI (methyl bromide) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community for quarantine and pre-shipment uses, for feedstock and destruction shall be 1 545 646 ODP kilograms.

6. The quantity of controlled substances of Group VII (hydrobromofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for feedstock which may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community shall be 73 ODP kilograms.

7. The quantity of controlled substances of Group VIII (hydrochlorofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community shall be 2 811 286,639 ODP kilograms.

8. The quantity of controlled substances of Group IX (bromochloromethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be released for free circulation in the Community in 2007 from sources outside the Community shall be 156 012 ODP kilograms.

Article 2 U.K.

1. The allocation of import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex I.

2. The allocation of import quotas for halons during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex II.

3. The allocation of import quotas for carbon tetrachloride during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex III.

4. The allocation of import quotas for 1,1,1-trichloroethane during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex IV.

5. The allocation of import quotas for methyl bromide during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex V.

6. The allocation of import quotas for hydrobromofluorocarbons during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex VI.

7. The allocation of import quotas for hydrochlorofluorocarbons during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex VII.

8. The allocation of import quotas for bromochloromethane during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be for the purposes indicated and to the companies indicated in Annex VIII.

9. The import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methyl bromide, hydrobromofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons and bromochloromethane during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be as set out in Annex IX.

Article 3 U.K.

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007 and shall expire on 31 December 2007.

Article 4 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:

• Agropest S.A.

  ul. Górnicza 12/14

  91-765 Łódź Polska

• Albemarle Chemicals

  Étang de la Gaffette

  Boulevard Maritime, BP 28

  F-13521 Port-de-Bouc

• Albemarle Europe

  Parc Scientifique Einstein

  Rue du Bosquet 9

  B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

• Alcobre SA

  Luis I, Nave 6-B

  Polígono industrial Vallecas

  E-28031 Madrid

• Άλφα Γεωργικά Εφόδια Α.Ε.Β.Ε.

  Εθνικής Αντιστάσεως 73,

  GR-152 31 Χαλάνδρι, Αθήνα

  Alfa Agricultural Supplies S.A.

  73, Ethnikis Antistaseos str,

  GR-152 31 Halandri, Athens

• Arkema SA

  Cours Michelet — La Défense 10

  F-92091 Paris-La Défense

• AGC Chemicals Europe

  World Trade Center

  Zuidplein 80

  H-Tower, Level 9

  1077 XV Amsterdam

  Nederland

• AT — Karlovo

  56 A, General Kartzov str.

  Karlovo 4302

  Bulgaria

• Avantec SA

  26, avenue du Petit-Parc

  F-94683 Vincennes

• Blye Engineering Co Ltd

  Naxxar Road

  San Gwann SGN 07

  Malta

• BaySystems Iberia

  Ctra. Vilaseca-La Pineda s/n

  E-43006 Tarragona

• Bromotirrena S.r.l

  Via Torino, 4

  I-04022 Fondi (LT)

• Bang & Bonsomer

  20/22 – 3 Jekaba str.

  Riga, LV-1050

  Latvia

• Chemtura Ltd

  Tenax Road, Trafford Park

  Manchester M17 1WT

  United Kingdom

• Calorie Fluor SA

  503, rue Hélène-Boucher

  ZI Buc — BP 33

  F-78534 Buc Cedex

• Caraïbes froid SARL

  BP 6033

  Ste Thérèse, route du Lamentin

  F-97219 Fort-de-France

• Commissariat à l’énergie atomique

  BP 12

  F-91680 Bruyères le Châtel

• Desautel SAS

  Parc d’entreprises — BP 9

  F-01121 Montluel Cedex

• DuPont de Nemours (Nederland) bv

  Baanhoekweg 22

  3313 LA Dordrecht

  Nederland

• Dyneon GmbH

  D-84504 Burgkirchen

• Dow Deutschland

  Buetzflether Sand

  D-21683 Stade

• Etis d.o.o.

  Tržaška 333

  SI-1000 Ljubljana

• Empor d.o.o.

  Leskoškova 9a

  SI-1000 Ljubljana

• Eurobrom bv

  PO Box 465

  1000 AL Amsterdam

  Nederland

• Freolitus

  Centrinė g. 1D

  LT-54464 Ramučiai, Kauno raj.

  Lietuva

• Fenner-Dunlop bv

  Oliemolenstraat 2

  Drachten

  Nederland

• Fujifilm Electronic Materials Europe

  Keetberglaan 1A

  Haven 1061

  B-2070 Zwijndrecht

• G.A.L Cycle-Air Ltd

  Σινώπης 3, Στρόβολος

  Τ.Θ. 28385, Λευκωσία

  Κύπρος

  G.A.L Cycle-Air Ltd

  3, Sinopis Str., Strovolos

  P.O. Box 28385, Nicosia

  Cyprus

• Galco SA

  Avenue Carton de Wiart 79

  B-1090 Bruxelles

• Galex SA

  BP 128

  F-13321 Marseille Cedex 16

• Harp International Ltd.

  Gellihirion Industrial Estate

  Rhondda Cynon Taff

  Pontypridd CF37 5SX

  United Kingdom

• Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe bv

  Laarderhoogtweg 18

  1101 EA Amsterdam

  Nederland

• Hovione Farmaciencia SA

  Sete Casas

  P-2674-506 Loures

  Portugal

• Ineos Fluor Ltd

  PO Box 13, The Heath

  Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 4QF

  United Kingdom

• Laboratorios Miret SA (Lamirsa)

  Géminis 4

  Polígono industrial Can Parellada

  E-08228 Les Fonts de Terrassa (Barcelona)

• Linde Gaz Polska Sp. z o.o.

  al. Jana Pawła II 41a

  31-864 Kraków

  Polska

• Matero Ltd

  Τ.Θ. 51744

  3508 Λεμεσός

  Κύπρος

  Matero Ltd

  P.O. Box 51744

  3508 Limassol

  Cyprus

• Mebrom nv

  Assenedestraat 4

  B-9940 Rieme Ertvelde

• Βιομηχανία Φωσφορικών Λιπασμάτων Α.Ε.

  Εργοστάσιο Θεσσαλονίκης

  Τ.Θ. 101 83

  GR-541 10 Θεσσαλονίκη

  Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry S.A.

  Thessaloniki Plant

  P.O. Box 10183

  GR-541 10 Thessaloniki

• Poż-Pliszka Sp. z o.o.

  ul. Szczecińska 45

  80-392 Gdańsk

  Polska

• P.U.P.H. SOLFUM Sp. z o.o.

  ul. Ziemiańska 21

  PL-95-070 Rąbień AB

• Refrigerant Products Ltd.

  Banyard Road

  Portbury West

  Bristol BS20 7XH

  United Kingdom

• Rhodia UK Ltd

  PO Box 46

  St Andrews Road, Avonmouth

  Bristol BS11 9YF

  United Kingdom

• Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL

  80, rue de Luzais

  L’Isle d’Abeau Chesnes

  F-38297 St Quentin Fallavier

• Sigma Aldrich Logistik GmbH

  Riedstraße 2

  D-89555 Steinheim

• SJB Chemical Products bv

  Slagveld 15

  3230 AG Brielle

  Nederland

• Solvay Fluor GmbH

  Hans-Böckler-Allee 20

  D-30173 Hannover

• Solvay Organics GmbH

  Hans-Böckler-Allee 20

  D-30173 Hannover

• Solvay Solexis S.p.A.

  Viale Lombardia, 20

  I-20021 Bollate (MI)

• Syngenta Crop Protection

  Surrey Research Park

  30 Priestly Road, Guidford Surrey

  GU2 7YH

  United Kingdom

• Synthesia Española SA

  Conde Borrell, 62

  E-08015 Barcelona

• Tazzetti Fluids S.r.l.

  Corso Europa, 600/a

  I-10088 Volpiano (TO)

• Vrec-Co Import-Export Kft.

  H-6763 Szatymaz

  Kossuth u. 12.

  Magyarország

• Wigmors

  ul. Irysowa 5

  51-117 Wrocław

  Polska

• Wilhelmsen Maritime Service AS

  Wilhelmbarentstraat 50

  3165 AB Rotterdam/Albrandswaard

  Nederland

• Veolia Environmental Services Ltd.

  Bridges Road,

  Ellesmere Port, South Wirrel

  Cheshire CH65 4EQ,

  United Kingdom

• Zephyr Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.

  H-6000 Kecskemét

  Tatár sor 18.

  Magyarország

• Solquimia Iberia SL

  México, 9

  Polígono industrial Centrovía

  E-50196 La Muela (Zaragoza)

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2007.

For the Commission

Stavros Dimas

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I U.K. GROUPS I AND II

Import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for feedstock uses and for destruction during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company U.K.

• Galex S.A. (FR)

• Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe (NL)

• Solvay Fluor GmbH (DE)

• Solvay Solexis SpA (IT)

• Syngenta Crop Protection (UK)

• Tazzetti Fluids S.r.l. (IT)

• Veolia Environmental Services Ltd (UK)

• Wilhelmsen Maritime Service AS (NL)

ANNEX II U.K. GROUP III

Import quotas for halons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for critical uses and for destruction during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company U.K.

• Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (FR)

• Desautel SAS (FR)

• Galex S.A. (FR)

• Poz Pliszka (PL)

• Veolia Environmental Services Ltd (UK)

• Wilhelmsen Maritime Service AS (NL)

ANNEX III U.K. GROUP IV

Import quotas for carbon tetrachloride allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for feedstock uses and for destruction for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company U.K.

• Dow Deutschland (DE)

• Fenner-Dunlop b.v. (NL)

• Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry (EL)

ANNEX IV U.K. GROUP V

Import quotas for 1,1,1–trichloroethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for feedstock uses and for destruction for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company U.K.

• Arkema SA (FR)

• Fujifilm Electronic Materials Europe (BE)

ANNEX V U.K. GROUP VI

Import quotas for methyl bromide allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for quarantine and pre-shipment applications, for feedstock uses and for destruction for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company U.K.

• AT-KARLOVO (BG)

• Agropest S.A. (PL)

• Albemarle Chemicals (FR)

• Albemarle Europe (BE)

• Alfa Agricultural Supplies S.A. (EL)

• Bang & Bonsomer (LV)

• Bromotirrena S.r.l. (IT)

• Chemtura Ltd (UK)

• Eurobrom B.V. (NL)

• Mebrom N.V. (BE)

• PUPH SOLFUM Sp. z o.o (PL)

• Sigma Aldrich Logistik (DE)

• Zephyr Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (HU)

• Veolia Environmental Services Ltd (UK)

ANNEX VI U.K. GROUP VII

Import quotas for hydrobromofluorocarbons allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for feedstock uses for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company U.K.

Hovione Farmaciencia SA (PT)

ANNEX VII U.K. GROUP VIII

Import quotas for hydrochlorofluorocarbons allocated to producers and importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 and in accordance with the provisions of Commission Decision 2007/195/EC and for feedstock uses, process agents, for reclamation, for destruction and other applications allowed under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Producer U.K.

• Arkema SA (FR)

• DuPont de Nemours (Nederland) B.V. (NL)

• Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe B.V. (NL)

• Ineos Fluor Ltd (UK)

• Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry S.A. (EL)

• Rhodia UK Ltd (UK)

• Solvay Fluor GmbH (DE)

• Solvay Organics GmbH (DE)

• Solvay Solexis SpA (IT)

Importer U.K.

• Alcobre S.A. (ES)

• AGC Chemicals Europe (NL)

• Avantec S.A. (FR)

• Bay Systems Iberia (ES)

• Blye Engineering Co Ltd (MT)

• Calorie Fluor S.A. (FR)

• Caraïbes Froid SARL (FR)

• Dyneon GmbH (DE)

• Empor d.o.o. (SI)

• Etis d.o.o. (SI)

• Freolitus (LT)

• Galco S.A. (BE)

• G.AL. Cycle Air Ltd (CY)

• Harp International Ltd (UK)

• Linde Gaz Polska Sp. Z o.o (PL)

• Matero Ltd (CY)

• Mebrom NV (BE)

• Refrigerant Products Ltd. (UK)

• SJB Chemical Products B.V. (NL)

• Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL (FR)

• Solquimia Iberia, S.L. (ES)

• Synthesia Española s.a. (ES)

• Tazzetti Fluids S.r.l. (IT)

• Vrec-Co Export-Import Kft. (HU)

• Wigmors (PL)

• Wilhelmesen Maritime Service AS (NL)

ANNEX VIII U.K. GROUP IX

Import quotas for bromochloromethane allocated to importers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 for feedstock uses during the period 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Company U.K.

• Albemarle Europe (BE)

• Eurobrom B.V. (NL)

• Laboratorios Miret S.A. (LAMIRSA) (ES)

• Sigma Aldrich Logistik GmbH (DE)

ANNEX IX U.K.

(This Annex is not published because it contains confidential commercial information).

(1)

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

(2)

OJ C 171, 22.7.2006, p. 27.

(3)

OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 51.