WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.226
19July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2846)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FINLAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheEnvironment
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): ThisRegulation shall
apply toHCFCs andHBFCs aswellasproducts andequipment containing such.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Council ofState
Decision onSubstances thatDeplete theOzone Layer (6pages, available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: Theproposed decision would restrict theuseandtheplacing on
themarket ofHCFCs andHBFCs aswellasproducts andequipment containing such,
andtheuseandtheplacing onthemarket ofmethylbromide. TheuseofHCFCs would
beforbidden (1)inthemanufacture ofrigid polyurethane foams forbuilding insulation
asof1January 1997, (2)inthemanufacture ofother rigidfoams asof1January 1998,
(3)inthemanufacture ofintegral skinfoams foruseinsafety applications asof
1January 1998, (4)inequipment forheattransfer withpower input over2kWorwith
refrigeration output over10kW,installed andmanufactured after 31December 1997,
(5)inequipment forheattransfer with power input nomore than 2kWorwith
refrigeration output nomore than 10kW, installed and manufactured after
31December 1998, and(6)assolvents asof1January 1997. Theplacing onthe
market oftheproducts andequipment referred toinpoints 1to5above would be
forbidden accordingly. TheuseofHBFCs andtheplacing onthemarket ofproducts
andequipment containing suchwould beforbidden from thedateofentry intoforce of
theDecision. Theuseofmethylbromide andtheplacing onthemarket ofproducts
containing suchwould beforbidden asof1January 1998.
Inaddition, thedecision would bring together theearlier decisions onsubstances
thatdeplete theozone layer andwould abolish anyoverlap with theECCouncil
Regulation No.3093/94. Theprovisions intheearlier decisions concerning the
restrictions onimport oftheproducts containing substances thatdeplete theozone layer
would bechanged torestrictions concerning placing onthemarket ofthese products.
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7. Objective andrationale: Protection oftheenvironment
8. Relevant documents: After theadaption theCouncil decision willbepublished inthe
Statutes ofFinland.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined.
10. Final dateforcomments: 20September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
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