
Article 1 
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of The Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall be permitted to use a total of 2 777 333 kg of methyl bromide for critical uses from 1 January to 31 December 2005 for the specific quantities and categories of use described in Annexes I to X.
Article 2 
Stocks declared available for critical uses by the competent authority of each Member State shall be deducted from the amount that can be imported or produced to satisfy critical uses in that Member State.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Article 4 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2005 and shall expire on 31 December 2005.
Done at Brussels, 23 August 2005.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Greenhouse soil-bound lettuce cultivation 23 000
Endive cultivation 2 190
Greenhouse soil-bound tomato cultivation 4 846
Greenhouse soil-bound pepper and eggplant cultivation 3 000
Greenhouse soil-bound cucumber cultivation 549
Open-field white asparagus cultivation 225
Strawberry runner cultivation 2 306
Berryfruit (all except strawberry, replant) 1 350
Open-field, soil-bound leek and onion seeding fields only 660
Cut-flowers protected (except rose and chrysanthemum) 2 794
Protected, cut-flower chrysanthemum cultivation 896
Open-field, soil-bound nursery stock cultivation 630
Open-field, soil-bound tree nursery 230
Flour mills (17 mills) 4 264
Immovable antique structures and furniture (Axel Vervoort; Gemeentebestuur Bonheiden) 199
Old buildings (classified monuments and private houses) 438
Structures and objects (churches, houses, food processing structures) excluding moveable objects 307
Old buildings (ancient objects, roof structures and fixed furniture in historical constructions — Prohygiena enterprise) 282
Woodworking premises (six premises) 101
Food processing premises (21 facilities) 300
Mills (25 mills) 200
Flour mill (Bloemmolens Diksmuide) 72
Food storage (dry), structure (17 facilities) 120
Sensitive electronic equipment 50
Empty silos (owned by 37 enterprises) 43
Food processing premises (one mill — Molens Vandenbempt) 15
Churches, monuments and ships’ quarters (Bugbusters) 59
Total 49 126Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 2 848 kg.

ANNEX II

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Tomato and eggplant (protected and open field) 33 250
Cucumber (protected and open field) 21 140
Specialist sandy-soil carrots (grown in Brittany, harvested by hand and susceptible to Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia violacea) 8 000
Strawberry runners 37 600
Strawberry fruit produced for the Perigord label 34 000
Ranunculus, anemone, paeonia and lily-of-the-valley open-field 21 785
Replant in apple, pear, peach, nectarine, apricot, plum and raspberry 10 000
Forest tree nursery — Douglas fir trees for truffle production 2 000
Orchard nursery 2 000
Seeds sold by PLAN-SPG company 135
Mills 21 440
Rice end-of-line rapid disinfestation 1 400
Chestnuts 2 000
Total 194 750Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 14 280 kg.

ANNEX III

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Food processing structures, especially mills, with fumigation sites larger than 10 000 m3 19 350
Artefacts (Disinfestation of Serpula lacrimans dry-rot fungus in churches) 250
Total 19 600Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 7 000 kg.

ANNEX IV

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Tomato (protected) 92 000
Cucumber (protected including tunnels added after treatment, permanent glasshouses and open-ended polyhouses) 24 000
Carnation, rose and gypsophila cut-flowers (open-field and protected) 8 000
Mills, food processing structures, processors 16 000
Raisin and dried figs 3 081
Total 143 081Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 0 kg.

ANNEX V

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Tomato (protected) 671 000
Cut-flowers (protected) 162 000
Strawberry fruit (protected) 130 000
Melon (protected) 112 000
Pepper (protected) 111 000
Eggplant (protected) 96 000
Strawberry runners 78 000
Mills and processors 89 600
Museum artefacts 4 180
Total 1 453 780Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 167 474 kg.

ANNEX VI

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Medicinal herbs and dried mushrooms as dry commodities 3 500
Strawberry runners 34 600
Total 38 100Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 210 kg.

ANNEX VII

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Cut-flowers (protected and open-field) 35 000
Total 35 000Stocks of methyl bromide available for this critical use in the Member State = 0 kg.

ANNEX VIII

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Strawberry runners (in Castilla y León) 230 000
Strawberry fruit (protected, in Huelva) 330 000
Peppers (protected, in Murcia and south of Comunidad Valenciana) 150 000
Cut-flowers (protected, in Cadiz and Sevilla) 47 700
Cut-flowers in Cataluña 18 000
Total 775 700Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 8 309 kg.

ANNEX IX

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Post-harvest disinfestation of strawberry runners 120
Total 120Stocks of methyl bromide available for this critical use in the Member State = 250 kg.

ANNEX X

Categories of permitted critical uses Kg
Strawberry fruit and raspberry (open field) 35 700
Ornamental tree production for control of Verticillium wilt 5 000
Mills (46); and wheat, maize and rice buildings operated by Quaker Oats, Kelloggs, Weetabix Ltd, Ryecroft and EOM 18 326
Dried commodities (nuts, dried fruit, rice, beans, cereal grains, edible seeds) for Whitworths Ltd 1 571
Mill, associated biscuit food processing, finished product and storage areas operated by Ryvita Company Ltd (Dorset) 1 787
Structures — facilities and equipment, processing and storage operated by Whitworths Ltd 880
Structures — spices building operated by Newly Weds Foods Ltd 1 125
Processing plants operated by Warehouse and Spice Grinding Facility (Pataks Foods Ltd) 1 000
Processing plants associated with herbs and spices operated by British Pepper and Spice Ltd, Lion Foods, and East Anglian Food Ingredients 1 080
Specialised cheese stores 1 561
Occasionally-infested spice products (including pappadams) processed by McCormick (UK) Ltd, British Pepper and Spice Ltd, East Anglian Food Ingredients and Pataks Foods Ltd 46
Total 68 076Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 6 554 kg.
