No L 79/24 [EN] Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 4. 95 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 17 March 1995 allocating production and import quotas for methyl bromide, import quotas for hydrobromofluorocarbons and consumption quotas for hydrochloro- fluorocarbons for the period 1 January to 31 December 1995 (95/107/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/94 of 15 December 1994 on substances that deplete the ozone layer ('), Whereas Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3093/94 states that without prejudice to Article 4 (8) and unless the substances are intended for destruction by a technology approved by the Parties, for feedstock use in the manufac- ture of other chemicals or for quarantine and preship- ment, the release for free circulation in the Community of controlled substances, for this Decision methyl bromide, hydrobromofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons, imported from third countries shall be subject to quanti- tative limits and that these limits may be modified pursuant to Article 7 (3); Whereas any 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 amounts of substances resulting from the increase of these quantitative limits are allocated to appli- cants intending to import used or recycled substances, or () OJ No L 333, 22. 12. 1994, p. 1. substances to be used as a feedstock for the production of other substances, or substances to be destroyed by a tech- nology approved by the Parties, which does not cause any additional harm to the environment; Whereas the release into free circulation in the Commu- nity of hydrobromoflurocarbons imported from non-Par- ties to the Montreal Protocol shall be prohibited one year after the date of the entry into force of the second amend- ment to the protocol in accordance with Article 8 of the aforesaid Regulation ; Whereas the Commission is required under Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3093/94 in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 16, 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 ; Whereas the Commission published a notice to producers and importers of methyl bromide in the European Community (°) to provide the Commission with details of their historical activities in order to establish the Commu- nity consumption of methyl bromide in 1991, 1992 and 1993 ; . () OJ No C 215, 5. 8. 1994, p. 2. () OJ No C 215, 5. 8. 1994, p. 7.