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 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Community has already phased out the production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbons, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, hydrobromofluorocarbon and bromochloromethane.
(2) Each year the Commission is required to determine essential uses for these controlled substances, the quantities that may be used and the companies that may use them.
(3) Decision IV/25 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, hereinafter ‘the Montreal Protocol’, sets out the criteria used by the Commission for determining any essential uses and authorises the production and consumption necessary to satisfy essential uses of controlled substances in each Party.
(4) Decision XIX/13 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol authorises the production in the European Community of 200 tonnes of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in 2008 for the manufacturing and use of Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs) qualifying for essential uses of CFCs as defined in Decision IV/25.
(5) Decision XIX/18 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol authorises the production and consumption necessary to satisfy essential uses of controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B and C (Group II and III substances) of the Montreal Protocol for laboratory and analytical uses as listed in Annex IV to the report of the Seventh Meeting of the Parties, subject to the conditions set out in Annex II to the report of the Sixth Meeting of the Parties, as well as Decisions VII/11, XI/15 and XV/5 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. Decision XVII/10 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol authorises the production and consumption of the controlled substance listed in Annex E of the Montreal Protocol necessary to satisfy laboratory and analytical uses of methyl bromide.
(6) Pursuant to paragraph 3 of Decision XII/2 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on measures to facilitate the transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free MDIs, all Member States have notified (2) the United Nations Environment Programme the active ingredients for which chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are no longer essential for the manufacture of CFC-MDIs for placing on the market of the European Community.
(7) Article 4(4)(i)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 prevents CFCs from being used and placed on the market unless they are considered essential under the conditions described in Article 3(1) of that Regulation. These non-essentiality determinations have therefore reduced the demand for CFCs used in MDIs that are placed on the market of the European Community. In addition, Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 prevents CFC-MDI products being imported and placed on the market unless the CFCs in these products are considered essential under the conditions described in Article 3(1).
(8) The Commission has published a Notice (3) on the 18 July 2007 to those companies in the Community of 27 Member States that request consideration by the Commission for the use of controlled substances for essential uses in the Community in 2008 and has received declarations on intended essential uses of controlled substances for 2008.
(9) For the purpose of ensuring that interested companies and operators may continue to benefit in due time from the licensing system, it is appropriate that the present decision shall apply from 1 January 2008.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee established by Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

1. The quantity of controlled substances of Group I (chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may be used for essential medical uses in the Community in 2008 shall be 155 460,00 ozone-depleting potential (ODP) kilograms.

2. The quantity of controlled substances of Group I (chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115) and Group II (other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2008 shall be 56 213,60 ODP kilograms.

3. The quantity of controlled substances of Group III (halons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory use in the Community in 2008 shall be 418,7 ODP kilograms.

4. The quantity of controlled substances of Group IV (carbon tetrachloride) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2008 shall be 150 832,836 ODP kilograms.

5. The quantity of controlled substances of Group V (1,1,1-trichloroethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the European Union in 2008 shall be 381,5 ODP kilograms.

6. The quantity of controlled substances of Group VI (methyl bromide) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for laboratory and analytical uses in the Community in 2008 shall be 150,00 ODP kilograms.

7. The quantity of controlled substances of Group VII (hydrobromofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2008 shall be 0,96 ODP kilograms.

8. The quantity of controlled substances of group IX (bromochloromethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2008 shall be 13,368 ODP kilograms.

The chlorofluorocarbon metered-dose inhalers listed in Annex I shall not be placed on markets where the Competent Authority has determined chlorofluorocarbons for metered-dose inhalers on those markets to be non-essential.

During the period 1 January to 31 December 2008 the following rules shall apply:
1. The allocation of essential medical use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 shall be to the companies indicated in Annex II.

2. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex III.

3. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for halons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex IV.

4. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for carbon tetrachloride shall be to the companies indicated in Annex V.

5. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for 1,1,1-trichloroethane shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VI.

6. The allocation of laboratory and analytical critical use quotas for methyl bromide shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VII.

7. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for hydrobromofluorocarbons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VIII.

8. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for bromochloromethane shall be to the companies indicated in Annex IX.

9. The essential use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, hydrobromofluorocarbons and bromochloromethane shall be as set out in Annex X.

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2008 and shall expire on 31 December 2008.

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:


Acros Organics bvba
Janssen Pharmaceuticalaan 3A°
B-2440 Geel

Airbus France
Service EVICS
BP M6322
Route de Bayonne 316
F-31060 Toulouse Cedex 16

Bie & Berntsen
Sandbækvej 7
DK-2610 Rødovre

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Binger Straße 173
D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein

Carlo Erba Reactifs-SDS
ZI de Valdonne, BP 4
F-13124 Peypin

Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA
Via Palermo 26/A
I-43100 Parma

CNRS — Département Galilée
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur — Siège Social
Boulevard de l'Observatoire, BP 4229
F-06304 Nice Cedex 4

Eras Labo
222 RN 90
F-38330 Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes

Harp International
Gellihirion Industrial Estate
Rhondda, Cynon Taff
Pontypridd CF37 5SX
United Kingdom

Health Protection Inspectorate-Laboratories
Paldiski mnt 81
EE-10617 Tallinn

Honeywell Specialty Chemicals Seelze GmbH
Wunstorfer Straße 40
Postfach 100262
D-30918 Seelze

Ineos Fluor Ltd
PO Box 13
The Heath
Runcorn
Cheshire WA7 4QX
United Kingdom

Laboratorio Aldo-Union SA
Baronesa de Maldá 73
Espluges de Llobregat
E-08950 Barcelona

LGC Standards GmbH
Mercatorstraße 51
D-46485 Wesel

Mallinckrodt Baker EMEA
Teugseweg 20
7418 AM Deventer
Nederland

Mebrom
Assenedestraat 4
B-9940 Rieme Ertvelde

Merck KGaA
Frankfurter Straße 250
D-64271 Darmstadt

Mikro+Polo d.o.o.
Zagrebška cesta 22
SI-2000 Maribor

Ministry of Defense
Defence Fuel Lubricants and Chemicals Service/Chemical Laboratory
PO Box 10.000
1780 CA Den Helder
Nederland

Panreac Química SAU
Pol. Ind. Pla de la Bruguera
C/Garraf 2
E-08211 Castellar del Vallès — Barcelona

Sanolabor d.d.
Leskoškova 4
Ljubljana
Slovenia

SICOR SpA
Via Terrazzano 77
I-20017 Rho

Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL
80, rue de Luzais
L'Isle d'Abeau Chesnes
F-38297 St-Quentin-Fallavier

Sigma Aldrich Company
The Old Brickyard, New Road
Gillingham SP8 4XT
United Kingdom

Sigma Aldrich Laborchemikalien GmbH
Wunstorfer Straße 40
D-30926 Seelze

Sigma Aldrich Logistik GmbH
Riedstraße 2
D-89555 Steinheim

Tazzetti Fluids SRL
Corso Europa n. 600/a
I-10070 Volpiano (TO)

Valeas SpA Pharmaceuticals
Via Vallisneri, 10
I-20133 Milano

Valvole Aerosol Research Italiana (VARI) SpA — LINDAL Group Italia
Via del Pino, 10
I-23854 Olginate (LC)


VWR I.SAS.
201, rue Carnot
F-94126 Fontenay-sous-Bois