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 layer [1], 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 layer [2] 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/EC [3] 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:

Article 1

Definitions

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

(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;

(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

(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.

Article 2

Basis 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 II [4].

Article 3

Quotas 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‘檚 market share for refrigeration of the total indicative quantity assigned for refrigeration in 2004;

(b) the producer‘檚 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‘檚 market share for refrigeration of the total indicative quantity assigned for refrigeration in 2004;

(b) the producer‘檚 market share for solvents of the total indicative quantity assigned for solvents in 2004.

Article 4

Quotas 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.

Article 5

Decision 2005/103/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:

Arkema S.A.

Cours Michelet ‘�La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris-La Défense

Arkema Qu铆mica 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 脡lectrolyse France

12, cours Albert 1er

F-75383 Paris

Solvay Fluor GmbH

Hans-B枚ckler-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 V盲sby

Advanced Chemical SA

C/ Balmes 69, pral. 3o

E-08007 Barcelona

Alcobre SA

C/ Luis I, Nave 6-B

Pol铆gono 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.

Lesko拧kova 9a

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Etis d.o.o.

Tr啪a拧ka 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

Centrin臈 g. 1D

LT-54464 Ramu膷iai, 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"

Lazdij懦 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 Mart铆 s/n

E-08107 Martorell (Barcelona)

Linde Gaz Polska Sp. z o.o.

ul. Jana Paw艂a II 41a

31-864 Krak贸w

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 D眉sseldorf

OU A Sektor

Kasteheina 6-9

EE-31024 Kohtla-J盲rve

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‘檌sle d‘檃beau-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. Centrov铆a

E-50196 La Muela (Zaragoza)

Synthesia Espa帽ola 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. Raszy艅ska 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 Yhti枚 Oy

Lappeentie 12

FI-55100 Imatra

Wigmors

ul. Irysowa 5

51-117 Wroc艂aw

Polska

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2007.

For the Commission

Stavros Dimas

Member of the Commission

[1] 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.

[2] OJ L 333, 22.12.1994, p. 1.

[3] OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 65.

[4] Annex II is not published nor notified to all the addressees because it contains confidential information.

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ANNEX I

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

Market | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |

Refrigeration | 2054,47 | 2094,63 | 1744,59 |

Foam Production | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 |

Solvents | 66,17 | 67,01 | 55,81 |

Total | 2120,64 | 2161,64 | 1800,40 |

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