The new EU Regulation on Ozone Depleting Substances implementing the Montreal Protocol by Etienne Gonin.

1. The New EU Regulation
on Ozone Depleting Substances
implementing the Montreal Protocol
Ozone Team – DG Climate Action
European Commission

2. Regulation (EC) 1005/2009
on substances that deplete the ozone layer
Reviewed and simplified Regulation (EC) 2037/2000
Directly applicable in all EU Member States as of 01/01/2010
Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (as adjusted in 2007) but
more ambitious
Covers with the same approach all controlled substances
Addresses future challenges to ensure the timely recovery of the
ozone layer (incl. illegal trade, ODS banked in products and
equipment)
Controls all uses: even, to a certain extent, those not controlled under
or exempted by the Montreal Protocol (e.g. feedstock and QPS)

3. The Global Context
1.800.000
Global ODS
1.600.000
1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000
600.000
400.000
200.000
0
Baseline 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
A5 A2 EC

4. The EU Context
EU ODS
700.000
600.000
500.000
400.000
300.000
200.000
100.000
0
Baseline 1990 2000 2005
-100.000
CFCs Halons Other Fully Halogenated CFCs
Carbon Tetrachloride Methyl Chloroform HCFCs
HBFCs Bromochloromethane Methyl Bromide

5. Main measures applicable (1)
Production ban, except HCFCs subject to
tight limits and for exempted uses
Placing on the market only for exempted
uses, subject to yearly determined
quantitative limits
(e.g. feedstock, lab uses, critical uses)
and: use bans, including for HCFCs

6. Main measures applicable (2)
Placing on the market bans for products
and equipment containing ODS
Licensing required for imports and exports
Obligation to recover, emission reduction
(e.g. qualified personnel only, leakage
controls)
Reporting obligations

7. Controlled Substances - HCFCs
Production until 2020 only (in line with Decision
XIX/6)
Phase down steps (% of the 1997 baseline):
2010: 35%
2014: 14%
2017: 7%

8. HCFCs
Production until 2020 (Decision XIX/6) but no
‘servicing end tail’ and additional reductions - for
export only
Placing on the market until 2015
For maintenance/servicing of existing RAC, but
reclaimed HCFCs only, recycled HCFCs may be
used in own installations or by the servicing
company
Labelling of containers and equipment
Case-by-case exemption
not beyond 2019
Substances and products/equipment

9. Products and Equipment (P&E)
Inclusion of products and equipment relying on
ODS to close loopholes
Generalised placing on the market ban
Applicable also to P&E manufactured before
entering into force of the respective use bans
Exemption for P&E serving exempted uses
Case-by-case exemption for P&E containing
HCFC, but not beyond 2019

10. Trade
Leading principles
Broader definition of “import” to cover movements
under all custom procedures, including transit
Trade in ODS and products and equipment only
as far as the use is authorised in the EU
Conditions for import and export are congruent
(except exports of virgin HCFCs until 2020, imports
banned)

11. Trade – Import
General import ban for ODS and P&E
containing or relying on ODS, exemptions
only for
ODS for essential laboratory and analytical uses
ODS for feedstock or processing agents
ODS for destruction
Methyl Bromide for emergency uses and halons for critical uses
P&E for essential analytical and laboratory uses
P&E containing or relying on halons for critical uses
P&E containing or relying on HCFC (if authorised on case-by-case
basis)

12. Trade - Export
General export ban for ODS and P&E containing or
relying on ODS, exemptions for
ODS for essential laboratory and analytical uses referred
to in Art. 10
Halons for critical uses listed in Annex VI
ODS for feedstock or process agent uses
P&E for essential analytical and laboratory uses
P&E containing or relying on halon for critical uses
P&E containing or relying on HCFC (if authorised on case-
by-case basis)

13. Trade - Licensing
Applicable to all entries/exits under all customs
procedures, except temporary storage and transit
Applicable to products and equipment
Legal basis to refuse licences under the iPIC system

14. Emissions & Banks
Mandatory recovery of controlled substances from RAC
and heat pump equipment maintained (baseline)
Admissible destruction technologies listed in
Annex VII
Other products and equipment: Recovery of ODS
mandatory if technically and economically feasible
=> legal basis to establish a list of such products

15. Phase out of Ozone Depleting Substances:
Remaining Challenges & Uncertainties
Manage the accelerated phase-out of HCFCs
Default substitutes are (high GWP) HFCs
Emissions of HFCs to be avoided
Low GWP solutions need to be promoted
Avoid emissions of ODS “banked” in products and equipment
incl. stocks of “unwanted” ODS

16. Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP) and
Global Warming Potential (GWP)
ODP M GWP KP
P (4AR)
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 0.6 – 1.0 Y 4,750 – 14,420 N
Halons 3 -10 Y 404 – 7,140 N
Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) 1.1 Y 1,400 N
Methyl chloroform (CHCl3) 0.1 Y 146 N
Methyl bromide (CH3Br) 0.6 Y 5 N
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons 0.01 – 0.5 Y 77 – 2,310 N
(HCFCs)
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) -- N 77 – 14,800 Y

17. More information on
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ozone/