2008/409/EC: Commission Decision of 17 April 2008 on the allocation of quantities of controlled substances allowed for essential uses in the Community in 2008 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2008) 1403) (Text with EEA relevance)

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 155460,00 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 56213,60 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 150832,836 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