Introductory text

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^f1, and in particular the third sentence of the fifteenth indent of Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

Taking account of new information and technical developments reported by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel in its progress report dated April 2002^f2 on controlled substances used as chemical processing agents, Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 should be modified as a result of Decision X/14^f3 and Decision XV/6^f4 adopted at the 10th (1998) and 15th Meetings (2003) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, respectively.

More specifically, Decision XV/6 adds the processing agent carbon tetrachloride for producing cyclodime (a solvent); and deletes the use of CFC 113 as a process agent in the manufacture of vinorelbine (a pharmaceutical product) and the use of carbon tetrachloride as a process agent in the production of tralomethrine (an insecticide).

Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 should be amended accordingly.

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

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