30.5.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 140/9


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 473/2008

of 29 May 2008

on amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustment of CN codes for certain ozone depleting substances and mixtures containing ozone depleting substances

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 6(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In the Combined Nomenclature for 2007, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (2), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 (3), the combined nomenclature codes (CN codes) for certain substances and products have been amended.

(2)

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, relating to ozone depleting substances and mixtures containing ozone depleting substances, refers to some of the CN codes which were amended by Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007. It is therefore necessary to adjust that Annex. In view of the number of changes to be made, it is appropriate for reasons of clarity to replace that Annex in its entirety.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)

Since Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 entered into force on 1 January 2008, this Regulation should apply from the same date.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/540/EC (OJ L 198, 31.7.2007, p. 35).

(2)   OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 360/2008 (OJ L 111, 23.4.2008, p. 9).

(3)   OJ L 286, 31.10.2007, p. 1.


ANNEX

‘ANNEX IV

Groups, Combined Nomenclature codes (*1) and descriptions for the substances referred to in Annexes I and III

Group

CN code

Description

Group I

2903 41 00

Trichlorofluoromethane

2903 42 00

Dichlorodifluoromethane

2903 43 00

Trichlorotrifluoroethanes

2903 44 10

Dichlorotetrafluoroethanes

2903 44 90

Chloropentafluoroethane

Group II

2903 45 10

Chlorotrifluoromethane

2903 45 15

Pentachlorofluoroethane

2903 45 20

Tetrachlorodifluoroethanes

2903 45 25

Heptachlorofluoropropanes

2903 45 30

Hexachlorodifluoropropanes

2903 45 35

Pentachlorotrifluoropropanes

2903 45 40

Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropanes

2903 45 45

Trichloropentafluoropropanes

2903 45 50

Dichlorohexafluoropropanes

2903 45 55

Chloroheptafluoropropanes

Group III

2903 46 10

Bromochlorodifluoromethane

2903 46 20

Bromotrifluoromethane

2903 46 90

Dibromotetrafluoroethanes

Group IV

2903 14 00

Carbon tetrachloride

Group V

2903 19 10

1,1,1-Trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)

Group VI

2903 39 11

Bromomethane (methyl bromide)

Group VII

2903 49 30

Hydrobromofluoromethanes, -ethanes or -propanes

Group VIII

2903 49 11

Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)

2903 49 15

1,1-Dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b)

2903 49 19

Other Hydrochlorofluoromethanes, -ethanes or -propanes (HCFCs)

Group IX

ex 2903 49 80

Bromochloromethane

Mixtures

3824 71 00

Mixtures containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

3824 72 00

Mixtures containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromo-tetrafluoroethanes

3824 73 00

Mixtures containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs)

3824 74 00

Mixtures containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

3824 75 00

Mixtures containing carbon tetrachloride

3824 76 00

Mixtures containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)

3824 77 00

Mixtures containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane


(*1)  An “ex” before a code implies that also other substances than those referred to in the column “Description” may fall under that subheading.’