10.6.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 139/31 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 14 December 1999 allocating import quotas for the fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, hydrobromofluorocarbons and methyl bromide for the period 1 January to 31 December 2000 and in addition, allocating placing on the market quotas for hydrochlorofluorocarbons for the period 1 January to 31 December 2000 (notified under document number C(1999) 4434) (Only the Spanish, German, Danish, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/379/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 (') and in particular to Articles 4(8) and 7(2) thereof; 1) 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 tech- nology approved by the Parties, for feedstock use in the manufacture of other chemicals or for quarantine and preshipment, the release for free circulation in the Community of controlled substances imported from third countries shall be subject to quantitative limits; Whereas the quantitative limits for the release into free circulation in the Community of controlled substances are set out in Annex Il and Article 4(8) of Regulation (EC) 3093/94; Whereas these limits may be modified pursuant to Article 7(3); Whereas any modification of these quantitative limits may not lead to Community consumption of controlled substances exceeding the quantitative limits established () O L 333, 22.12.1994, p. 1. according to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer; Whereas Article 4(8) of Regulation (EC) No 3093/94 defines the total calculated level of hydrochlorofluoro- carbons (HCFCs) which producers and importers may place on the market or use for their own account in the period 1 January to 31 December 1995 and in each 12-month period thereafter; whereas this corresponds to a quantity of 8 079 ODP tonnes; Whereas the Commission is required, under Article 4(8), in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16, to assign a quota to each producer or importer when the total quantity of HCFCs which producers and importers place on the market or use for their own account reaches 80 % of the quantitative limit estab- lished or at the latest on 1 January 2000, whichever comes first; Whereas the 80 % threshold has been reached in the years 1997 and 1998. It is likely that this will also be the case in 1999 making it necessary to assign placing on the market quotas for HCFCs for 2000;