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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/590 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 February 2024 on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009note, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,Whereas:
(1)In view of the responsibilities of the Union under Decision X/14 and subsequent decisions of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/590 limits the use of ozone-depleting substances listed in Annex I to that Regulation as process agents.
(2)Commission Decision 2010/372/EUnote established a list of undertakings’ operating installations in which the use of ozone-depleting substances as process agents is to be permitted under certain conditions. Regulation (EU) 2024/590 allows for the continuation of operation of still existing installations.
(3)The list of companies operating relevant installations should be updated and the maximum quantities used for make-up or consumption and the maximum emission levels should be adjusted taking into account the quantities reported by the companies in recent years and their expected needs in the coming years.
(4)For reasons of legal clarity, Decision 2010/372/EU should therefore be repealed.
(5)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on ozone-depleting substances established by Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2024/590,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1Definitions#
1.‘Make-up’ means the total quantity of an ozone depleting substance in metric tonnes, whether virgin, recovered or reclaimed, that has not been used in the process cycle before and that is fed newly into the process cycle.
2.‘Emission’ means the total quantity of an ozone depleting substance in metric tonnes released into the atmosphere, water or soil during the process agent use and related storage and handling on the site of the installation.
Article 2Permitted process agent uses and threshold for emissions and quantities#
1.The list of undertakings for which the use of ozone-depleting substances listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/590 as process agents shall continue to be permitted is established in Annex I to this Decision.
2.Each undertaking listed in Annex I shall only use the substance and the process set out in that Annex.
3.The quantities which may be used annually as make-up and which may be emitted annually by each undertaking shall not exceed the quantities set out in Annex I.
Article 3Notification of decommissioning#
In case of decommissioning of the installations concerned, the undertakings listed in Annex I shall, within three months, notify the Commission and the competent authority of the Member State in which the installation was located thereof.
Article 4Addressees#
This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:Arkema France SA Esplanade du Général de Gaulle 5192800 PUTEAUX La DéfenseFRANCECovestro Deutschland AGKaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 6051373 LeverkusenGERMANYTeijin Aramid BVOosterhorn 69930 AD DelfzijlNETHERLANDS
Article 5Repeal#
Decision 2010/372/EU is repealed.References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
Annex I
Permitted process agent uses and threshold for emissions and quantitiesnote
Annex II · Correlation table
| Commission Decision 2010/372/EU | This Decision |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 1 |
| Article 2 | Article 2 |
| Article 3 | - |
| Article 4 | Article 3 |
| Article 5 | - |
| Article 6 | Article 4 |
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