31.12.92 Official fournal of the European Communities No L 405/41 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3952/92 ° of 30 December 1992 amendlng Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 in order to speed up the phasing-out of substances that deplete the ozone layer THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,- Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130s thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), ' Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas, according to the latest scientific knowledge, severe depletion over the Antarctic continues to occur; whereas depletion of the ozone layer over the Northern hemisphere is more extensive than was previously generally accepted; ‘ Whereas scientific studies forecast further depletion of the ozone layer into the twenty-first century, unless the production and consumption of the fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and _1,1,1-trichloroethane are brought to an end in the very near future; Whereas, except for certain essential uses, it is technically possible to phase out all consumption of halons by the end of 1993, fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons and carbon tetrachloride by the end of 1994 and 1,1,1-trichloroethane by the end of 1995; - Whereas the amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted at the second meeting of its Parties entered into force on 10 August 1992; whereas Annex D of the Protocol adopted at the third meeting of its Parties entered into force on 27 May 1992; Whereas the Parties to the Montreal Protocol adopted, at their fourth meeting in Copenhagen, at which the’ Community and the Member States played a leading role, additional measures for the protection of the ozone layer; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 (4) provides for controls on substances that deplete the ozone layer; (1) O] No C 90, 10. 4. 1992, p. 16. (2) O] No C 305, 23. 11. 1992. () O] No C 223, 31. 8. 1992, p. 62. - (*) O] No L 67, 14. 3.1991, p. 1. Whereas it is necessary for additional action to be taken at Community level to carry out the Community’s obligations under the Protocol as far as the adjustments are’ concerned; . Whereas, in the light of recent scientific knowledge and the availability of technologies for  replacing ozone depleting substances, it is appropriate to introduce control measures which™ are stricter than those provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and which are, in some cases, stricter than those of the adjusted Protocol, HAS 'ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: . Article 1 Control of the production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 The following changes are hereby made to Articles 10 (1) and 11 (1) of, and Annex Il to, Regulation (EEC) No 594/91: 1. in the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 10 (1), ‘and in the following 12-month period’, shall be deleted; 2. the third indent of the first subparagraph of Article 10 (1) shall be deleted; 3. in the fourth indent of the first subparagraph of Article 10 (1), 1996’ shall be replaced by ‘1994’; 4. the fifth indent of the first ~subparagraph of Article 10 (1) shall be deleted; 5. in the sixth indent of the first subparagraph of Article»lO (1): — ‘30 ]une 1997’ shall be replaced by ‘31 December 1994, — the following shall be added: ‘However, for those Member States whose calculated level of production of chlorofluorocarbons was less than 15 000 tonnes in 1986, the calculated level of their production in the period 1 January to 31 December 1995 shall not exceed 15% of the calculated level of their production in 1986 and there shall be no production of chloroﬂuorocarbons after 31 December 1995’