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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)

EU Decision 2007/195 · Adopted 27 March 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom

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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 layerf1, 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 layerf2 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/ECf3 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:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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.

f2

OJ L 333, 22.12.1994, p. 1.

f3

OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 65.

Contents

  1. 1Definitions
  2. 2Basis for the calculation of quotas
  3. 3Quotas for producers
  4. 4Quotas for importers
  5. 5Article 5
  6. 6Article 6
  7. Signature
  8. Annex IAnnex I

1Definitions

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

  1. (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;

  2. (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

  3. (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.

2Basis 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 IIf1.

3Quotas 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.

4Quotas 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.

5

Decision 2005/103/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

6

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 1er

    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. 3o

    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

Signature

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2007.

For the Commission

Stavros Dimas

Member of the Commission

Annex I

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

Market200620072008
Refrigeration2 054,472 094,631 744,59
Foam Production0,00,00,0
Solvents66,1767,0155,81
Total2 120,642 161,641 800,4