Decree No. 254 on the Control and Management of Ozone Depleting Substances

1 REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DECREE No. 254 of 30th December 1999 on the Control and Management of Ozone Depleting Substances THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DECREES: Article 1. The present Decree shall determine: 1. the control and management of the ozone depleting substances (ODS) with the aim of gradually decreasing their use until complete phase out; 2. the requirements regarding ODS production, import, export, placement into the market, use, collecting and storage, recycling, recovery and destruction; 3. the requirements regarding the production, import, export, placement into the market and use of products and appliances operating with, containing or manufactured with ODS; 4. the terms and provisions for collecting and processing of the information gathered under paragraphs 2 and 3. Article 2. (1) The production, import, export, placement into the market and use of ODS listed in Annex 1 shall be banned. 2 (2) The production, import, export and placement into the market of listed in Annex 2 products and appliances operating with, containing or manufactured with ODS listed in Annex 1 shall be banned. (3) The provisions in paragraph one shall not be applicable in the following cases: 1. the import, export, placement into the market and use of substances for laboratory needs, including scientific research, in quantities not exceeding 10 kg; 2. the import, placement into the market and use of halons in fire safety installations and equipment, listed in Annex 3, as well as recycled/recovered halons for maintenance of refrigerating systems; 3. the import, placement into the market and use of recycled/recovered substances for service activities; 4. export of used substances for the purpose of their recycling/recovery or destruction. Article 3. (1) The import and export of substances, listed in Annex 4 shall be banned, as well as of products and appliances listed in Annex 2 operating with, containing or manufactured with such substances from/to countries, not listed in Annex 5. (2) The provisions in paragraph one shall not be applicable in the case of export of substances with the purpose of their destruction. Article 4. (1) The production, import and export of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons shall be banned. (2) The production of products and appliances operating with or manufactured with such substances shall be banned. Article 5. The placement into the market and use of Methyl Bromide shall be banned. Article 6. The placement into the market and use of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons shall be banned. 3 Article 7. (1) Article 6 provisions shall not apply in those cases, when the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons are to be used for the following purposes: 1. laboratory needs, including scientific research, in quantities not exceeding 10 kg; 2. service activities; 3. in fire safety installations and equipment listed in Annex 3, aiming at replacing halons used by the time the present Decree enters into force. (2) The following prerequisites shall be followed in meeting the provision of paragraph 1, item 3: 1. halons in fire safety installations shall be fully replaced with hydrochlorofluorocarbons; 2. replaced halons shall be decontaminated. Article 8. An Ordinance on the Control and Management of Ozone Depleting Substances shall be adopted. Article 9. The Minister of Environment and Water shall issue permission for: 1. the import and export of substances, listed in Annex 4; 2. import/export of substances under Art. 2, paragraph 3, item 1; 3. import of substances under Art. 2, paragraph 3, item 2; 4. export of substances under Art. 2, paragraph 3, item 4. Article 10. Products and appliances, listed in Annex 2, operating with, containing or manufactured with substances, listed in Annex 4 shall not be subject to import and export. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS § 1. A new item 13, to Article 1 of the Tariff for charges, collectable by the Ministry of Environment and Water in accordance with Decree of the Council of 4 Ministers No. 132 of 31st March 1997 (SG ISSN. 28 of 1997, am. ISSN 54 of 1997, am.and ad. ISSN. 101 of 1998) is added, the text being as follows: “13. import and export taxes for ozone depleting substances, subject to a permission regimen: a) for quantities upto 20 tons – 40 lv.; b) for quantities more than 20 tons – 67 lv.; c) for quantities upto 1 ton – 10 lv.; d) for laboratory needs – 23 lv.; e) recycled/recovered or for destruction – 23 lv.” § 2. The Minister of Environment and Water by order, in accordance with the provisions of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: 1. shall determine annually the quantities per type of listed in Annex 4 substances, subject to import and export permission for the period till Article 4 enters into force 2. orders under paragraph 1 shall be published in the State Gazette. § 3. The present Decree enters into force on 1st January 2000 and revokes Article 2, item Nos. as per UN codes 1950 – aerosols, 1009 – bromtrifluoromethane, 1078 – dibromtetrafluoroethane, 1028 – dichlordifluoromethane, 1030 – 1,1-difluoroethane, 3252 – difluoromethane, 1062 – methyl bromide, 3220 – pentafluoroethane, 1044 – fire extinguishers, 1774 – fire extinguishing blends, 1080 – sulfur hexafluoride, 3159 – 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1982 – tetrafluoromethane, 2035 – trifluoroethane, 1984 – trifluoromethane, 2193 – hexafluoroethane, 3296 – heptafluoropropane, 2517 – chlor-1,1-difluoorethane, 1018 – chlordifluoromethane, 1078 – gas refrigerant, N.N.K. and 1983 – 1-chlor-2,2,3-trifluoroethane of Annex 2 to Article 3 and § 3, item 1 in the Transitional and Final Provisions part of Decree No. 12 of the Council of Ministers dated 1999 on the Regimen in Introducing Hazardous Substances (SG ISSN. 10 of 1999). § 4. Article 4 provisions shall enter into force after 31st December 2010. § 5. Article 5 provisions shall enter into force after 31st December 2005 (for use), and shall enter into force after 31st December 2004 for placement into the market. § 6. Article 6 provisions shall enter into force after 31st December 2011. 5 § 7. Enforcement of the present Decree shall be assigned to the Minister of Environment and Water and the Minister of Finance. Prime Minister: /sign./ Ivan Kostov Chirf Secretary of the Council of Ministers: /sign./ Eliana Masseva Authentic, Director of Department “Governmental Chancellery”: /Zlatina Nikolova/ 6 ANNEX I LIST OF BANNED ODS No from UNEP Substance Chemical formula Official name Ozone depleting potential Custom’s code 1 2 3 4 5 6 ODS Group I 1078 Trichlorofluoromethane CFCl3 CFC-11 1,0 2903 41 00 0 1028 Dichlorotetrafluoroethane CF2Cl2 CFC-12 1,0 2903 42 00 0 1078 Trichlorotrifluoroethane C2F3Cl3 CFC-113 0,8 2903 43 00 0 1958 Dichlorotetrafluoroethane C2F4Cl2 CFC-114 1,0 2903 44 10 0 1020 Chloropentafluoroethane C2F5Cl CFC-115 0,6 2903 44 90 0 ODS Group II 1078 Dichlorohexafluoropropane C3F6Cl2 CFC-216 1,0 2903 45 50 0 1078 Pentachloroflouroethane C3F3Cl5 CFC-213 1,0 2903 45 35 0 1078 Pentachlorofluoroethane C2FCl5 CFC-111 1,0 2903 45 15 0 1078 Tetrachlorodifluoroethane C2F2Cl4 CFC-112 1,0 2903 45 20 0 1078 Tetraflorotetrafluoropropane C3F4Cl4 CFC-214 1,0 2903 45 40 0 7 1078 Trichloropentafluoropropane C3F5Cl3 CFC-215 1,0 2903 45 45 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1078 Hexaclhlorodifluorpropane C3F2Cl6 CFC-212 1,0 2903 45 30 0 1078 Heptachlorofluoropropane C3FCl7 CFC-211 1,0 2903 45 25 0 1022 Chlorotrifluoromethane CF3Cl CFC-13 1,0 2903 45 10 0 1078 Chloroheptafluoropropane C3F7Cl CFC-217 1,0 2903 45 55 0 ODS Group III 1009 Bromtrifluoromethane (halon 1301) CF3Br6 Halon-1301 10,0 2903 46 20 0 1974 Bromchlorodiflouromethane (halon 1211) CF2BrCl Halon-1211 3,0 2903 46 10 0 1078 Dibromtetrafluoromethane (halon 2402) C2F4Br2 Halon-2402 6,0 2903 46 90 0 ODS Group IV 1846 Carbon Tetrachloride CCl4 CTC 1,1 2903 14 0 0 ODS Group V 2831 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) (1) C2H3Cl3(2) MCF 0,1 2903 19 10 0 ODS Group VII 2344 Dibromfluoromethane CHFBr2 BFC-21B2 1,0 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromdifluoromethane CHF2Br HBFC-22B1 0,74 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromfluoromethane CH2FBr HBFC-22B1 0,73 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tetrabromfluoromethane C2HFBr4 HBFC-22B1 0,8 2903 49 30 0 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 2344 Tribromdifluoroethane C2HF2Br3 HBFC-22B1 1,8 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibromtrifluoroethane C2HF3Br2 HBFC-123B2 1,6 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromtetrafluoroethane C2HF4Br HBFC-124B1 1,2 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tribromfluoroethane C2H2FBr3 HBFC-124B1 1,1 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibromdifluoroethane C2H2F2Br2 HBFC-124B1 1,5 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromtrifluoroethane C2H2F3Br HBFC-124B1 1,6 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibromchloroethane C2H3FBr2 HBFC-124B1 1,7 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromdifluoroethane C2H3F2Br HBFC-124B1 1,1 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromfluoroethane C2H4FBr HBFC-124B1 0,1 2903 49 30 0 2344 Hexabromfluoropropane C3HFBr6 HBFC-124B1 1,5 2903 49 30 0 2344 Pentabromdifluoropropane C3HF2Br5 HBFC-124B1 1,9 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tetrabromtrifluoropropane C3HF3Br4 HBFC-124B1 1,8 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tribromtetrafluoropropane C3HF4Br3 HBFC-124B1 2,2 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibrompentafluoropropane C3HF5Br2 HBFC-124B1 2,0 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromhexafluoropropane C3HF6Br HBFC-124B1 3,3 2903 49 30 0 2344 Pentabromfluoropropane C3H2FBr5 HBFC-124B1 1,9 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tetrabromdifluoropropane C3H2F2Br4 HBFC-124B1 2,1 2903 49 30 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 2344 Tribromtrifluoropropane C3H2F3Br3 HBFC-124B1 5,6 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibromtetrafluoropropane C3H2F4Br2 HBFC-124B1 7,5 2903 49 30 0 2344 Brompentalfuoropropane C3H2F5Br HBFC-124B1 1,4 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tetrabromfluoropropane C3H3FBr4 HBFC-124B1 1,9 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tribromdifluoropropane C3H3F2Br3 HBFC-124B1 3,1 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibromtrifluoropropane C3H3F3Br2 HBFC-124B1 2,5 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromtetrafluoropropane C3H3F4Br HBFC-124B1 4,4 2903 49 30 0 2344 Tribromluoropropane C3H3F2Br3 HBFC-124B1 0,3 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibromfluoropropane C3H3F3Br2 HBFC-124B1 1,0 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromtrifluoropropane C3H4F3Br HBFC-124B1 0,8 2903 49 30 0 2344 Dibromfluoropropane C3H5FBr2 HBFC-124B1 0,4 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromdifluoropropane C3H5F2Br HBFC-124B1 0,8 2903 49 30 0 2344 Bromfluoropropane C3H6FBr HBFC-124B1 0,7 2903 49 30 0 (1) — this formula does not refer to 1,1,2-trichloroethane 10 ANNEX No2, Art.2, Par. 2 LIST OF pRDODUCTS CONTAINING ODS AND CUSTOMS CODES 1. Automobiles and trucks equipped with air-conditioning units 8701 2010-8701 90 90 8704 1011-8704 90 90 8702 1011-8702 90 90 8705 1000-8705 90 90 8703 1010-8703 90 90 8706 0011-8706 00 90 2. Domestic and commercial refrigeration and air-conditioning/heat pump equipment Refrigerators: 8418 10 10-8418 29 00 8418 50 11-8418 50 99 8418 61 10-8418 69 99 Freezers: 11 8418 10 10-8418 29 00 8418 50 11-8418 50 99 8418 30 10-8418 30 99 8418 61 10- 8418 61 90 8418 40 10-8418 40 99 8418 69 10-8418 69 99 Dehumidifiers: 8415 10 00-8415 83 90 8479 89 10 8479 60 00 8479 89 98 Water coolers and gas liquefying units: 8419 60 00 8419 89 98 Ice machines: 8418 10 10-8414 29 00 8418 50 11- 8418 50 99 8418 30 10-8418 30 99 8418 61 10-8418 61 90 8418 40 10-8418 40 90 8418 69 10-8418 69 99 12 Air-conditioning and heat-pump units: 8415 10 00-8415 83 90 8416 69 10-8418 69 99 8418 61 10-8418 61 90 8418 99 10-8418 99 90 3. Aerosol products Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations: 3303 00 10-3303 00 90 3306 10 00-3306 90 00 3304 30 00 3307 10 00-3307 30 00 3304 99 00 3307 49 00 3305 10 00-3305 90 90 3307 90 00 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides etc.: 3808 10 10-3808 10 90 3808 40 10-3808 40 90 3808 20 10-3808 20 80 3808 90 10-3808 90 90 3808 30 11-3808 30 90 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers, charged fire-extinguishing grenades: 13 3813 00 00 Prepared de-icing fluids: 3820 00 00 4. Portable fire extinguishers: 8424 10 10-8424 10 99 5. Insulation boards, panels and pipe covers 3917 21 10-3917 40 90 3925 10 00-3925 90 80 3920 10 23-3920 99 90 3926 90 10-926 90 99 3921 11 00- 3921 90 90 14 ANNEX No3, Art.2, Par.3, 2 CRITICAL USES OF HALONS 1. Use of halon 1301: 1.1 in aircraft for the protection of crew compartments, engine nacelles, cargo bays and dry bays; 1.2 in military land vehicles and naval vessels for the protection of spaces occupied by personnel and engine compartments; 1.3 for the making inert of occupied spaces where flammable liquid and/or gas release could occur in the military and petrochemical sector, and in cargo ships; 1.4 for the making inert of manned communication and command centers of the armed forces or otherwise essential for national security; 1.5 for the making inert of spaces where may be a risk of dispersion of radioactive matter; 1.6 in the Channel Tunnel and associated installations and rolling stock. 2. Use of halon 1211 15 2.1 in hand held fire extinguishers and fixed extinguisher equipment for engines for use board aircraft; 2.2 in aircraft for the protection of crew compartments, engine nacelles, cargo bays and dry bays; 2.3 in fire extinguishers essential to personal safety used for initial extinguishing by fire brigades; 2.4 in military and police fire extinguishers for use of persons ANNEX 4 LIST OF CONTROLLED ODS No from UNEP Substance Chemical formula Official name Ozone depleting potential Custom’s code 1 2 3 4 5 6 ODS Group VI 1846 Methyl Bromide CH3Br MB 0,6 2903 30 33 0 ODS Group VIII Dichloroethane CHFCl2 HCFC-21(1) 0,04 2903 49 10 0 Chlorodifluoromethane CHF2Cl HCFC-22 (1) 0,055 2903 49 10 0 16 Chlorofluoromethane CH2FCl HCFC-31 0,02 2903 49 10 0 Tetraclrofluoromethane C2HFCl4 HCFC-121 0,04 2903 49 10 0 Trichlorodifluoroethane C2HF2Cl3 HCFC-122 0,08 2903 49 10 0 Dichlorotrifluoromethane C2HF3Cl2 HCFC-123(1) 0,02 2903 49 10 0 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane C2HCl2CF3 HCFC-123a 0,02 2903 49 10 0 Chlorotetrafluoroethane C2HF4Cl HCFC-124(1) 0,022 2903 49 10 0 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane CHFClCF3 HCFC-124a 0,022 2903 49 10 0 Trichlorofluor C2H2FCl3 HCFC-131 0,05 2903 49 10 0 Dichlorodifluoromethane C2H2F2Cl2 HCFC-132 0,05 2903 49 10 0 Chlorotrifluoroethane C2H2F3Cl HCFC-133 0,06 2903 49 10 0 Dichlorofluoroethane C2H3FCl2 HCFC-141 0,07 2903 49 10 0 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane CH3CFCl2 HCFC-141b(1) 0,11 2903 49 10 0 Chlorodifluoroethane C2H3F2Cl HCFC-142 0,07 2903 49 10 0 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane CH3CF2Cl HCFC-142b(1) 0,065 2903 49 10 0 Chlorofluoroethane C2H4FCl HCFC-151 0,005 2903 49 10 0 Hexachlorofluoropropane C3HFCl6 HCFC-221 0,07 2903 49 10 0 Pentachlorodifluoropropane C3HF2Cl5 HCFC-222 0,09 2903 49 10 0 Tetrachlorotrifluoropropane C3HF3Cl4 HCFC-223 0,08 2903 49 10 0 Trichlorotetrafluoropropane C3HF4Cl3 HCFC-224 0,09 2903 49 10 0 17 Dichloropentafluoropropane C3HF5Cl2 HCFC-225 0,07 2903 49 10 0 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentaflurorpropane CF2CF2CHCl2 HCFC-225ca(1) 0,025 2903 49 10 0 1,3-dichloro1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane CF2ClCF2CHClF HCFC-225cb(1) 0,033 2903 49 10 0 Chlorohexafluoropropane C3HF6Cl HCFC-226 0,1 2903 49 10 0 Pentachloropropane C3H2FCl5 HCFC-231 0,9 2903 49 10 0 Tetrachlorodifluoropropane CF2CF2Cl4 HCFC-232 0,1 2903 49 10 0 Trichlorotrifluoropropane C3H2F3Cl3 HCFC-233 0,23 2903 49 10 0 Dichlorotetrafluoropropane C3H2F4Cl2 HCFC-234 0,28 2903 49 10 0 Chloropentafluoropropane C3H2F5Cl HCFC-235 0,52 2903 49 10 0 Tetrachlorofluoropropane C3H3FCl4 HCFC-241 0,09 2903 49 10 0 Trichlorodifluoropropane C3H3F2Cl3 HCFC-242 0,13 2903 49 10 0 Dichlorotrifluoropropane C3H3F3Cl2 HCFC-243 0,12 2903 49 10 0 Chlorotetrafluoropropane C3H3F4Cl HCFC-244 0,14 2903 49 10 0 Trichlorofluoropropane C3H4FCl3 HCFC-251 0,01 2903 49 10 0 Dichlorodifluoropropane C3H4F2Cl2 HCFC-252 0,04 2903 49 10 0 Chlorotrifluoropropane C3H4F3Cl HCFC-253 0,03 2903 49 10 0 Dichlorofluoropropane C3H5FCl2 HCFC-261 0,02 2903 49 10 0 Chlorodifluoropropane C3H5F2Cl HCFC-262 0,02 2903 49 10 0 Chlorofluoropropane C2H6FCl HCFC-271 0,03 2903 49 10 0 18 ODS - Kyoto Protocol 3136 Trifluoromethane CHF3 HFC-23 0 2903 30 80 0 3252 Difluoromethane CH2F2 HFC-32 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Fluoromethane CH3F HFC-41 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Decafluoropenthane C5H2F10 HFC-43-10mee 0 2903 30 80 0 3220 Pentafluoroethane C2HF5 HFC-125 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Tetrafluoroethane C2H2F4 (CHF2CHF2) HFC-134 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Tetrafluoroethane C2H2F4 (CH2FCF3) HFC-134a 0 2903 30 80 0 2035 Trifluoroethane C2H3F3 (CHF2CH2F) HFC-143 0 2903 30 80 0 2035 Trifluoroethane C2H3F3 (CF3CH3) HFC-143A 0 2903 30 80 0 1030 Difluoroethane C2H4F2 HFC-152A 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Heptafluoropropane C3HF7 HFC-227ea 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Hexafluoropropane C3H2F6 HFC-236fa 0 2903 30 80 0 3296 Pentafluoropropane C3H3F5 HFC-245ca 0 2903 30 80 0 1982 Perfluoromethane (tetrafluoromethane) CF4 0 2903 30 80 0 2193 Perfluoroethane (tetrafluoroethane) C2F6 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Perfluoropropane C3F8 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Perfluorobutane C4F10 0 2903 30 80 0 1078 Perfluorocyclobutane Cyclo C4F8 0 2903 59 90 0 1078 Perfluoropentane C3F12 0 2903 30 80 0 19 1078 Perfluorohexane C6F14 0 2903 30 80 0 ODS - Kyoto Protocol 1078 Sulphur hexafluoride SF6 0 2812 90 00 0 (1) Most traded ODS according to the Montreal Protocol ANNEX 5 Countries Ratified the Montreal Protocol Algeria Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize 20 Benin Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulagia Burkina Faso Burundi Cameron Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo Democratic Republic of Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republica Denmrk Dominica Domonican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia European Community Federal States of Micronesia 21 Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Chana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana Honduras Humgary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Ireland Israel Italy Jamaika Jordan Kazakhstan Kenia Kiribati Korea Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Republic of Kuwait Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesetho Liberia Lybian Arab Jamahiriya 22 Liechtenstain Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morroco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Phillippines Poland Portugal Qatar 23 Romania Russian Federation Saint Kits & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Seyshelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Southe Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudam Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania United Republic of Thailand The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates 24 United Kingdom USA Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe