L 35374 Official Journal of the European Union 28.12.2013 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 18 December 2013 determining quantitative limits and allocating quotas for substances controlled under Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer, for the period 1 January to 31 December 2014 (notified under document C(2013) 9205) (Only the Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish texts are authentic) (2013/808/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, analytical uses, the production and import of hydro- chlorofluorocarbons for those uses should also be covered by that allocation. Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, (5)  The Commission has published notice to undertakings ) ) intending to import or export controlled substances Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the that deplete the ozone layer to or from the European European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September Union in 2014 and to undertakings intending to 2009 on substapces that deplete the ozone layer ('), and in produce or import these substances for essential particular to Articles 10(2) and 16(1) thereof, laboratory and analytical uses in 2014 (}), and has thereby received declarations on intended imports in 2014. Whereas: (1) The release for free circulation in the Union of imported (6)  The quantitative limits and quotas should be determined for the period 1 January to 31 December 2014, in line with the annual reporting cycle under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. controlled substances is subject to quantitative limits. (2)  The Commission is required to determine those limits and allocate quotas to undertakings. (7)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab- (3)  Furthermore, the Commission is required to determine lished by Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No the quantities of controlled substances other than hydro- 1005/2009, chlorofluorocarbons that may be used for essential laboratory and analytical uses, and the companies that may use them. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: (4)  The determination of the allocated quotas for essential laboratory and analytical uses has to ensure that the quantitative limits set out in Article 10(6) are respected, applying Commission Regulation (EU) No 537/2011 (3. As those quantitative limits include quantities of hydro- Article 1 hlorofl b licensed  for laborat d DT . . CHIOTOTiuOTOCarbons — license or  laboratory an Quantitative limits for release for free circulation () OJ L 286, 31.10.2009, p. 1. The quantities of controlled substances subject to Regulation () Commission Regulation (EU) No 537/2011 of 1 June 2011 on the (EC) No 1005/2009 which may be released for free circulation mechanism for the allocation of quantities of controlled substances in the Union in 2014 from sources outside the Union shall be allowed for laboratory and analytical uses in the Union under Regu- lation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer (O] L 147, - 2.6.2011, p. 4). () O] C 25, 26.1.2013, p. 31. the followings: