31. 12. 94 Official Journal of the Eutopean Communities No L 350/117 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1994 allocating import quotas for the fully hal genated chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, the other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachlpride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane for e period 1 January to 31 December (94/826/HC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 of 4 March 1991 on substances that deplete the ozone layer ("), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3952/92 (3, Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 states that the release into free circulation of the chlorofluoro- carbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, the other fully haloge- nated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane imported into the Community from third countries is to be subject to quantitative limits ; Whereas an increase of these quantitative limits may not lead to a Community consumption of controlled substances beyond the quantitative limits established according to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer; Whereas the release into free circulation in the Commu- nity of the aforesaid substances imported from non-Par- ties is prohibited in accordance with Article 5 of the aforesaid Regulation ; Whereas the Commission is required under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 594/91, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 12, to allocate quotas to undertakings that request import quotas; Whereas the Commission has published a notice to importers in the European Community of controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer (°) regarding the same Regulation and has thereby received applications for import quotas ; () OJ No L 67, 14. 3. 1991, p. 1. () OJ No L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 41. () OJ No C 215, 5. 8. 1994, p. 2. hereas after the 1 January 1995 the only imports of irgin ozone depleting substances for non-feedstock uses ill be for 1,1,1-trichloroethane ; Whereas the applications for the import quotas of 1,1,1- trichloroethane exceed the import quotas available for allocation under Article 3 (2) as amended, by 558 % ; ereas the Commission consequently cannot fully atisfy the applications and has to allocate import quotas o the applicants, taking primarily the different environ- ental impact of the potential imports, the individual ackground of the applicants in importing the respective ubstances and the amounts applied for into considera- ion ; ereas some companies which have applied for an mport quota for 1995 did not import any of these ubstances before, while others imported large quantities f substances in the reference year and/or in the following ears ; hereas some of the applications from the producers of DS in the Community have been made for specific ontingency purposes of possible breakdown of produc- jon, technical fajlure and non-availability of the ubstances in the Community ; hereas the quantity released into free circulation in the ommunity for such specified contingency purposes shall nly be authorized if an equivalent amount of the same ubstance will not be produced in the Community in the ame control period ; hereas the allocations of the individual quotas to the pplicants must be based on the principles of continuity, quality and proportionality ; hereas Article 12 of the same Regulation sets out the rocedure according to which decisions can be taken oncerning the implementation of the Regulation ; hereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 12 of the same Regulation,