Substances that deplete the ozone layer

The Environment Council agreed its common position on this proposal for a regulation. The Council agreed on certain changes and on strengthening import controls of regulated substances, mainly in order to combat trafficking in these products. This common position also lays down stricter measures for HCFCs and methylbromide than in the amendment to the Montreal protocol (which sought to eliminate HCFCs, methylbromide and HCFCs in the long term): - for HCFCs, provision has been made for a ceiling on consumption with effect from 1 January 1995 of 2.6% of the calculated consumption of CFCs and HCFCs in 1989 and a timetable has been established for reductions starting in 2004 and resulting in elimination in 2015; - for methylbromide, provision has been made for a reduction of 25% for 1998, in addition to the ceiling on production and consumption at 1991 levels as of 1 January 1995 set in the amendment to the protocol.�