
Article 1 
The production and import of controlled substances other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons may be permitted for any essential laboratory and analytical use specified in Annex I.
Article 2 
The quantity of controlled substances other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons subject to Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 which may be produced or imported for essential laboratory and analytical uses in the Union in 2010 shall be 63 843,371 ODP kilograms.
Article 3 
The allocation of essential laboratory and analytical use quotas for controlled substances other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons for the year 2010 shall be to the undertakings indicated in Annex II. The maximum quantities that may be produced or imported in 2010 for laboratory and analytical uses allocated to these undertakings shall be set out in Annex III.
Article 4 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2010 and shall expire on 31 December 2010.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:

 Acros Organics BVBAJanssen Pharmaceuticalaan 3a2440 GeelBELGIUM
 Estonian Environmental Research CentreMarja 4D10617 TallinnESTONIA
 Honeywell Specialty Chemicals GmbHWunstorfer Strasse 40Postfach 10026230918 SeelzeGERMANY
 LGC Standards GmbHMercatorstr. 5146485 WeselGERMANY
 Ministry of DefenceDefence Fuel Lubricants and ChemicalsPO Box 10.0001780 CA Den HelderNETHERLANDS
 Sicor SPAVia Terazzano 7720017 Rho (MI)ITALY
 Sigma Aldrich Company LtdThe Old Brickyard, New RoadGillingham SP8 4XTUNITED KINGDOM
 Sigma Aldrich Logistik GmbHRiedstrasse 289555 SteinheimGERMANY
 VWR International SAS201 rue Carnot94126 Fontenay-sous-BoisFRANCE
 Airbus SASRoute de Bayonne 31631300 ToulouseFRANCE
 Harp International LtdGellihirion Industrial Estate, Rhondda, Cynon Taff,Pontypridd CF37 5SXUNITED KINGDOM
 Ineos Fluor LtdPO Box 13, The HeathRuncorn Cheshire WA7 4QFUNITED KINGDOM
 Merck KGaAFrankfurter Strasse 25064271 DarmstadtGERMANY
 Panreac Quimica SAPol. Ind. Pla de la Bruguera, C/Garraf 208211 Castellar del Vallès-BarcelonaSPAIN
 Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL80, rue de LuzaisL’Isle d’Abeau Chesnes38297 St Quentin FallavierFRANCE
 Sigma Aldrich Laborchemikalien GmbHWunstorfer Strasse 40Postfach 10026230918 SeelzeGERMANY
 Tazzetti Fluids SRLCorso Europa n. 600/aVolpiano (TO)ITALY
Done at Brussels, 18 June 2010.
For the Commission
Connie HEDEGAARD
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
1. 

((a)) testing of oil, grease and total petroleum hydrocarbons in water;
((b)) testing of tar in road-paving materials;
((c)) forensic finger-printing;
((d)) testing of organic matter in coal;
((e)) any use for which a technically and economically feasible alternative is available.

2. 

((a)) as a reference or standard to calibrate equipment which uses methyl bromide, to monitor methyl bromide emission levels or to determine methyl bromide residue levels in goods, plants and commodities;
((b)) in laboratory toxicological studies;
((c)) to compare the efficacy of methyl bromide and its alternatives inside a laboratory;
((d)) as a laboratory agent which is destroyed in a chemical reaction in the manner of feedstock.

3. 

((a)) refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment used in laboratories, including refrigerated laboratory equipment such as ultra-centrifuges;
((b)) cleaning, reworking, repair, or rebuilding of electronic components or assemblies;
((c)) preservation of publications and archives;
((d)) sterilisation of materials in a laboratory.

ANNEX II
Quota entitling to produce or import controlled substances other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons, which may be used for essential laboratory and analytical uses, are allocated to:


 Acros Organics (BE)
 Airbus France (FR)
 Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EE)
 Harp International (UK)
 Honeywell Specialty Chemicals (FR)
 Ineos Fluor (UK)
 LGC Standards (DE)
 Merck KGaA (DE)
 Ministry of Defence (NL)
 Panreac Quimica (ES)
 Sicor (IT)
 Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)
 Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)
 Sigma Aldrich Laborchemikalien (DE)
 Sigma Aldrich Logistik (DE)
 Tazzetti Fluids (IT)
 VWR I S A S (FR)

ANNEX III

(This Annex is not published because it contains confidential commercial information.)
