PROTECTION
OF THE
OZONE LAYER
Ilona Jancarova
2015
INTERNATIONAL
BACKGROUND
• Wienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone
Layer (1985)
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozonen Layer (1987)
• Amendments: London 1990
Copenhagen 1992,
Montreal 1997,
Beijing 1999
CFCs reduction and phase out
EU LEGISLATION
• Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/94 on substances
that deplete the ozone layer
• Regulation 2037/2000 on substances that deplete
the ozone layer
• Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009
on substances that deplete the ozone layer
REGULATION 1005/2009
• Controlled substances means substances listed in
Annex I, including their isomers, whether alone or in
a mixture, and whether they are virgin, recovered,
recycled or reclaimed;
• New substances means substances listed in Annex
II, whether alone or in a mixture, and whether they
are virgin, recovered, recycled or reclaimed;
- subject to requirements laid down
in Chapter VI of the regulation
REGULATION 1005/2009
Scope of Regulation:
• Controlled substances
• New substances
• Products and equipment containing or
relying on controlled substances
REGULATION 1005/2009
Rules on:
• the production,
• import, export,
• placing on the market,
• use,
• recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of
substances that deplete the ozone layer,
• the reporting of information
substances and of products and equipment
containing or relying on those substances
REGULATION 1005/2009
Ban on:
• Production
• Placing on the market
• Use
• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, carbon
tetreachlorides, methylbromide and
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
REGULATION 1005/2009
Phase out by 2004: Progressive stop by 2025:
• Production Production
• Placing on the market
• Use
• Methyl bromides Hydrofluorocarbons
(HCFCs)
The production, the placing on the market and the use of
controlled substances shall be prohibited.(Art.4,5)
• General rule exceptions
REGULATION 1005/2009
1. Rules related to the production, the placing on the
market and the use of controlled substances and
equipment containing or relying on those substances
• Exemptions and exceptions from the ban (Art. 7-13)
• Substances for essential use, laborartory uses etc.
• Quantitative limits and quotas
• License system
• Rules related to maintenance of equipment containing ozone
depleting substances
• Recycling of ozone depleting substances
• Monitoring and reporting requirements
REGULATION 1005/2009
• Export of substances to countries non participating
to Montreal Protocol is prohibited
• Export of substances other than HCFCs to all
countries is prohibited
• Import of substances from countries which are not
party to the Montreal Protocol is forbidden (Art. 8)
• Import and export of substances from third countries
based on licences issued by the Commission
REGULATION 1005/2009
Enforcement:
• Effective, proportional and deterrent sanctions
• Illegal production, importation, exportation, placing
on the market or use of ozone-depleting substances
is a crime according to Directive 2008/99/EC on the
protection of the environment through criminal law