DECISION No. 290, date 28.04.2010

DECISION No. 290, date 28.04.2010 FOR SOME CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO DECISION NO.453, DATE 23.06.2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS “ ON THE APPROVAL OF THE EQUIPMENT’S LIST THAT USE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE PROHIBITED TO BE PRODUCED OR IMPORTED, SO AS THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES IN THE EXISITING EQUIPMENTS”. Pursuant to article 100 of the Constitution and of point 2 of article 17 of law no.8934, date 5.09.2002 “On the environment protection” changed, on the Minister of Environment, Forests and Water Administration proposal, the Council of Ministers. DECIDED: On Decision no.453, date 23.06.2005 of the Council of Ministers, are made the changes and additions as follows:

1. In letter “a” of point 1 words “…annex D…” is substituted with words “…annex E…”.

2. Letter “b” of point 1 is changed as follows:

“b) the products that contain ozone depleting substances or that are produced with them, according to annexes A, B (groups I, II and III), C (group II) and E (group I) of Montreal Protocol, as defined in appendix 2, enclosed to this decision.

3. Point 7 is changed as follows:

“7. “Ozone depleting substances recycling” is the purification through the oil separation and filtering of the accumulated ozone depleting substances, with the aim of their re use”.

4. At point 10, the designation “National Ozone Project Management Unit” is substituted with “National Ozone Project Implementation Unit (as follows, National Ozone Unit, NOPIU).”.

5. At point 1 of chapter II, letters “a” and “b” are changed as follows:

“a. the production of ozone depleting substances, of products and mixtures that contain substances determined in annexes A, B, C and E of Montreal Protocol;

“b. The import and putting on the market, the export and the transit of the products and mixtures that contain ozone depleting substances and of the equipment’s that use them, as defined in annexes A, B, C and E of Montreal Protocol.”.

6. After letter “e” is added letter “ë”, with this content:

“ë. The import of refrigeration equipment’s, used, as defined in appendix 3, enclosed to this decision.”.

7. Point 2 of chapter II is changed as follows:

“2. The ozone depleting substances import, included in annex C, group 1 of Appendix 1, is allowed only based on the annual quotes, defined in their diagram, approved for Albania, which is included in the national plan for their phase out.

The diagram, enclosed to this decision, substitutes appendix 4 of the decision which is repealed.”.

8. After point 6 of chapter II, are added points 7,8 and 9 with this content:

“7. Nomenclature Codes (NC) of ozone depleting substances, as provided in annex 1 are as follows:

a) Nomenclature code (NC) of the ozone depleting substance CHFCl 2 (HCFC-22) or R-22, is 2903 49 11;

b) Nomenclature code of mixtures that contain chlorofluorocarbons CFC, but do not contain HCFCs HFC PFC (annex A, group I), is 3824 71 00;

c) Nomenclature code of mixtures that contain carbon tetrachloride (annex B, group II), is 3824 75 00;

ç) Nomenclature code of mixtures that contain methyl chloroform (annex B, group III), is 382476 00;

d) Nomenclature code of mixtures that contain halogenated hydrochlorofluorocarbons, HCFC (annex C, group I), but do not contain CFCs, HFC, HFC, PFC, is 3824 74 00;

dh) Nomenclature code of mixtures that contain hydrobromofluorocarbons (annex C, group II), is 3824 77 00;

e) Nomenclature code of mixtures that contain methyl bromide methyl bromide (annex E, group I), is 3824 73 00.

9. Nomenclature code of mixtures that contain ozone depleting substances given in appendix 6, enclosed to this decision.

10. The import and trading of equipment’s and products that contain ozone depleting substances is made by licensed subjects, based on written self-declaration, that the imported appliances and products do not contain ozone depleting substances.”.

11. Appendix 1 is substituted with the appendix with the same number, enclosed to this decision and which constitutes an integral part of it.

12. After appendix 5 is added appendix 6, enclosed to this decisions and which constitutes an integral part of it.

This decision enters into force after its publication in the Official Journal.   PRIME MINISTER Sali Berisha  

The annual quotes diagram of HCFC import together with their mixtures

Years	The imported quantity of HCFC ton/year*	The reduced import quantity in ton/year
2010	120	0
2015	108	12
2016	100	8
2017	95	5
2018	90	5
2019	85	5
2020	78	7
2021	70	8
2022	65	5
2023	60	5
2024	50	10
2025	39	11
2040	29	10

From 2010 until 2014 will be the same quote 120 ton, whereas in the years 2025-2030 will be the same quote 39 ton. In the year 2030 it will be reduced 2.5% from the quantity of year 2025 and so it will proceed for the coming years by reducing the annual quote by 2.5% from the previous year in order to reach the quote 29 ton in the year 2040.