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The legislation in question, Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000, replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/94 on substances that deplete the ozone layer, in order to adapt the European Community rules to the technical developments which had occurred since the adoption of 3093/94 and to render it compatible with the changes made to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
The Regulation applies to:
- the production, importation, exportation, placing on the market, use, recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methyl bromide (MBr), hydrobromofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and bromochloromethane, hereinafter referred to as "regulated substances", and, in certain cases, products or equipment containing these substances;
- the information to be reported concerning these substances;
- inspections and penalties;
- new substances.
The Regulation provides for a phased restriction on the use, placing on the market, production and importation of virgin HCFCs, with the deadline for final elimination set at:
- 31 December 2009 for the placing on the market, use and importation of HCFCs
- 1 January 2015 for all HCFCs, including recovered substances
- 31 December 2025 for the production of HCFCs.
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