
Article 1 
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall be permitted to use a total of 1 607 587 kg of methyl bromide for critical uses from 1 January to 31 December 2006 for the specific quantities and categories of use described in Annexes I to VIII.
Article 2 
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall not be permitted to use methyl bromide for biocidal uses from 1 September to 31 December 2006 unless an ‘essential use’ authorisation for the specific uses shown in Annexes I, IV and VIII is granted to the relevant Member State following the procedures described in Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003.
Article 3 
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 4 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2006 and shall expire on 31 December 2006.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, 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.
Done at Brussels, 28 April 2006.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Flour mills (17 mills) 2 752
Artefacts (Musea/SGS) 307
Total 3 059
Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 479 kg.

ANNEX II

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Strawberry runners (grown at high elevations) 230 000
Strawberry fruit (Huelva, protected) 180 000
Peppers (protected, in Murcia and south of Comunidad Valenciana) 50 000
Cut flowers (Cataluña, carnation, protected and open field) 15 000
Cut flowers (protected, in Cadiz and Sevilla) 39 000
Rice (post-harvest) 36 000
Total 550 000Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 41 797 kg.

ANNEX III

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Specialist sandy-soil carrots (grown in Brittany, harvested by hand and susceptible to Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia violacea) 5 000
Cut flowers: ranunculus, anemone, paeonia and lily of the valley open-field 12 000
Strawberry runners 35 000
Forest nursery 1 500
Orchard replant 7 500
Nursery: orchard, raspberry 2 000
Mills 8 000
Chestnuts 1 800
Seeds sold by PLAN-SPG company 121
Total 72 921Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 973 kg.

ANNEX IV

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Tomato (protected) 495 000
Pepper (protected) 73 000
Melon (protected) 38 000
Eggplant (protected) 40 000
Strawberry fruit (protected) 75 000
Strawberry runners 60 000
Cut flowers (protected) 74 000
Mills and processors 55 000
Artefacts 5 000
Total 915 000
Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 95 136 kg.

ANNEX V

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Flour mills 888
Total 888Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 0 kg.

ANNEX VI

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Postharvest disinfestations of strawberry runners 120
Total 120Stocks of methyl bromide available for this critical use in the Member State = 0 kg.

ANNEX VII

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Medicinal herbs and dried mushrooms as dry commodities 2 700
Strawberry runners 28 000
Cocoa and coffee 1 836
Total 32 536Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 915,3 kg.

ANNEX VIII

(in kg)
Categories of permitted critical uses 
Strawberry fruit (protected and open field) 10 000
Ornamental tree production for control of Verticillium wilt 2 500
Raspberry 1 500
Flour and rice mills 7 900
Wheat, maize and rice buildings operated by Quaker Oats, Kelloggs, Weetabix Ltd, Ryecroft and EOM 6 098
Processing plants operated by Warehouse and Spice Grinding Facility (Pataks Foods Ltd); and processing plants associated with herbs and spices operated by British Pepper and Spice Ltd, Lion Foods, and East Anglian Food Ingredients 1 591
Dried commodities (nuts, dried fruit, rice, beans, cereal grains, edible seeds) for Whitworths Ltd 900
Mill, associated biscuit food processing, finished product and storage areas operated by Ryvita Company Ltd (Dorset) 839
Structures — facilities and equipment, processing and storage operated by Whitworths Ltd 450
Occasionally infested spice products (including papadoms) processed by McCormick (UK) Ltd, British Pepper and Spice Ltd, East Anglian Food Ingredients and Pataks Foods Ltd 37
Specialised cheese stores 1 248
Total 33 063
Stocks of methyl bromide available for critical uses in the Member State = 5 227 kg.
