Environment: substances depleting the ozone layer, allocation of hydrochlorofluorocarbons HCFCs, base year

In this procedure without report, the European Parliament adopted one technical amendment to the Commission's proposal. The original proposal took 1996 as the base year for calculating the quotas. However, the market has changed considerably in the meantime with a number of new importers entering the market, who would all be deprived of a quota allocation in the future if the base date remained unchanged. The amendment suggests 1999 as the new base date, which will enable more companies to obtain a share of the market.�