22.12. 94 Official Journal of the:European Communities No L 333/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3093/94 of 15 December 1994 on substances that deplete the ozone layer THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 103s (1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty (3), Whereas it is established that continued emissions of ozone-depleting substances . at current levels cause significant damage to the ozone layer; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 of 4 March 1991 on substances that deplete the ozone layer () was amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3952/92 (5); whereas on the occasion of this amendment it is desirable, in the interests of clarity, to recast that Regulation; Whereas in view of the Community’s responsibilities for the environment and trade, all Member States and the (1) OJ No C 232, 28. 8. 1993, p. 6. (2) O] No C 52, 19. 2. 1994, p. 8. (3) European Parliament opinion of 8 February 1994 (O] No C 61, 28. 2. 1994, p. 114). Council common position of 27 July 1994 (O] No C 301, 27. 10. 1994, p. 1). European Parliament decision of 17 November 1994 (not yet published in the Official Journal). ' (4) O No L 67, 14. 3. 1991, p. 1. (%) OJ No L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 41. Community have ‘become Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer as amended by the Parties to the Protocol at their second meeting in London; Whereas, in the light of recent scientific evidence, at their fourth meeting in Copenhagen, at which the Community and the Member States played a leading role, the Parties to the Montreal Protocol adopted a second amendment “to the Protocol comprising additional measures for the protection of the ozone layer; Whereas it is necessary for action to be taken at Community level to carry out the Community’s obligations under the Convention and the second amendment to the Protocol, in particular to control the production and supply of methyl bromide and hydrobromofluorocarbons and the supply and use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons within the Community; Whereas in the light of scientific evidence in particular it is appropriate in certain cases to introduce control measures which are more severe than those of the second amendment to the Protocol; Whereas a periodical review of the permitted uses of ozone-depleting substances by means of the committee procedure is desirable; . Whereas it is necessary to keep under review the evolution of the market in ozone-depleting substances,