{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2077/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/2077",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2077/2004 of 3 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the use of processing agents",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2077",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2077/2004\nof 3 December 2004\namending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the use of processing agents\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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, and in particular the third sentence of the fifteenth indent of Article 2 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nTaking account of new information and technical developments reported by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel in its progress report dated April 2002 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 and Decision XV/6 adopted at the 10th (1998) and 15th Meetings (2003) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, respectively.\n(2)\nMore 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).\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 2037/2000 should be amended accordingly.\n(4)\nThe 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.\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1804/2003 (OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, April 2002, Volume 1, Progress report on Processing Agents."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "10th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 1998, Decision X/14: Process agents."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "15th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 2003, Decision XV/6: List of Uses of Controlled Substances as Process Agents."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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