Commission Regulation (EC) No 473/2008

of 29 May 2008

on amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustment of CN codes for certain ozone depleting substances and mixtures containing ozone depleting substances

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 6(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In the Combined Nomenclature for 2007, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff [2], as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 [3], the combined nomenclature codes (CN codes) for certain substances and products have been amended.

(2) Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, relating to ozone depleting substances and mixtures containing ozone depleting substances, refers to some of the CN codes which were amended by Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007. It is therefore necessary to adjust that Annex. In view of the number of changes to be made, it is appropriate for reasons of clarity to replace that Annex in its entirety.

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

(4) Since Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 entered into force on 1 January 2008, this Regulation should apply from the same date.

(5) 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros Dimas

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/540/EC (OJ L 198, 31.7.2007, p. 35).

[2] OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 360/2008 (OJ L 111, 23.4.2008, p. 9).

[3] OJ L 286, 31.10.2007, p. 1.

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ANNEX

"ANNEX IV

Groups, Combined Nomenclature codes [1] and descriptions for the substances referred to in Annexes I and III

Group | CN code | Description |

Group I | 29034100 | Trichlorofluoromethane |

29034200 | Dichlorodifluoromethane |

29034300 | Trichlorotrifluoroethanes |

29034410 | Dichlorotetrafluoroethanes |

29034490 | Chloropentafluoroethane |

Group II | 29034510 | Chlorotrifluoromethane |

29034515 | Pentachlorofluoroethane |

29034520 | Tetrachlorodifluoroethanes |

29034525 | Heptachlorofluoropropanes |

29034530 | Hexachlorodifluoropropanes |

29034535 | Pentachlorotrifluoropropanes |

29034540 | Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropanes |

29034545 | Trichloropentafluoropropanes |

29034550 | Dichlorohexafluoropropanes |

29034555 | Chloroheptafluoropropanes |

Group III | 29034610 | Bromochlorodifluoromethane |

29034620 | Bromotrifluoromethane |

29034690 | Dibromotetrafluoroethanes |

Group IV | 29031400 | Carbon tetrachloride |

Group V | 29031910 | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) |

Group VI | 29033911 | Bromomethane (methyl bromide) |

Group VII | 29034930 | Hydrobromofluoromethanes, -ethanes or -propanes |

Group VIII | 29034911 | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) |

29034915 | 1,1-Dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b) |

29034919 | Other Hydrochlorofluoromethanes, -ethanes or -propanes (HCFCs) |

Group IX | ex29034980 | Bromochloromethane |

Mixtures | 38247100 | Mixtures containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) |

38247200 | Mixtures containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromo-tetrafluoroethanes |

38247300 | Mixtures containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs) |

38247400 | Mixtures containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) |

38247500 | Mixtures containing carbon tetrachloride |

38247600 | Mixtures containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) |

38247700 | Mixtures containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane |

[*] An "ex" before a code implies that also other substances than those referred to in the column "Description" may fall under that subheading."

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