
Article 1 
Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 August 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


ANNEX VI 
For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply:


1.. “Cut-off date” means the date after which halons must not be used for fire extinguishers or fire protection systems in new equipment and new facilities for the application concerned.
2.. “New equipment” means equipment for which, by the cut-off date, neither of the following events has occurred:

((a)) signature of the relevant procurement or development contract;
((b)) submission of a request for type approval or type certification to the appropriate regulatory authority.
3.. “New facilities” means facilities for which, by the cut-off date, neither of the following events has occurred:

((a)) signature of the relevant development contract;
((b)) submission of a request for planning consent to the appropriate regulatory authority.
4.. “End date” means the date after which halons shall not be used for the application concerned and by which date the fire extinguishers or fire protection systems containing halons shall be decommissioned.
5.. “Inerting” means preventing the initiation of combustion of a flammable or explosive atmosphere by means of the addition of an inhibiting or diluting agent.
6.. “Cargo ship” means a ship that is not a passenger ship, is over 500 tonnes gross weight, and embarks on an international voyage, in accordance with the definition of those terms in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. The SOLAS Convention defines a “passenger ship” as “a ship that carries more than 12 passengers” and an “international voyage” as “a voyage from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely”.
7.. A “normally occupied” space means a protected space in which it is necessary for persons to be present most or all of the time in order for the equipment or facility to function effectively. For military applications, the occupancy status of the protected space would be that applicable during a combat situation.
8.. A “normally unoccupied” space means a protected space that is occupied for limited periods only, in particular for undertaking maintenance, and where the continual presence of persons is not necessary for the effective functioning of the equipment or facility.

CRITICAL USES OF HALONS
Application Cut-off date(31 December of the stated year) End date(31 December of the stated year)
Category of equipment or facility Purpose Type of extinguisher Type of halon
 1. On military ground vehicles
  1.1. For the protection of engine compartments
 Fixed system 130112112402 2010 2035
 1.2. For the protection of crew compartments
 Fixed system 13012402 2011 2040
 1.3. For the protection of crew compartments
 Portable extinguisher 13011211 2011 2020
 2. On military surface ships
  2.1. For the protection of normally occupied machinery spaces
 Fixed system 13012402 2010 2040
 2.2. For the protection of normally unoccupied engine spaces
 Fixed system 130112112402 2010 2035
 2.3. For the protection of normally unoccupied electrical compartments
 Fixed system 13011211 2010 2030
 2.4. For the protection of command centres
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2030
 2.5. For the protection of fuel pump rooms
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2030
 2.6. For the protection of flammable liquid storage compartments
 Fixed system 130112112402 2010 2030
 2.7. For the protection of aircraft in hangars and maintenance areas
 Portable extinguisher 13011211 2010 2016
 3. On military submarines
  3.1. For the protection of machinery spaces
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2040
 3.2. For the protection of command centres
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2040
 3.3. For the protection of diesel generator spaces
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2040
 3.4. For the protection of electrical compartments
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2040
 4. On aircraft
  4.1. For the protection of normally unoccupied cargo compartments
 Fixed system 130112112402 2018 2040
 4.2. For the protection of cabins and crew compartments
 Portable extinguisher 12112402 2014 2025
 4.3. For the protection of engine nacelles and auxiliary power units
 Fixed system 130112112402 2014 2040
 4.4. For the inerting of fuel tanks
 Fixed system 13012402 2011 2040
 4.5. For the protection of lavatory waste receptacles
 Fixed system 130112112402 2011 2020
 4.6. For the protection of dry bays
 Fixed system 130112112402 2011 2040
 5. In oil, gas and petrochemicals facilities
  5.1. For the protection of spaces where flammable liquid or gas could be released
 Fixed system 13012402 2010 2020
 6. On commercial cargo ships
  6.1. For the inerting of normally occupied spaces where flammable liquid or gas could be released
 Fixed system 13012402 1994 2016
 7. In land-based command and communications facilities essential to national security
  7.1. For the protection of normally occupied spaces
 Fixed system 13012402 2010 2025
 7.2. For the protection of normally occupied spaces
 Portable extinguisher 1211 2010 2013
 7.3. For the protection of normally unoccupied spaces
 Fixed system 13012402 2010 2020
 8. At airfields and airports
  8.1. For crash rescue vehicles
 Portable extinguisher 1211 2010 2016
 8.2. For the protection of aircraft in hangars and maintenance areas
 Portable extinguisher 1211 2010 2016
 9. In nuclear power and nuclear research facilities
  9.1. For the protection of spaces where necessary to minimise risk of dispersion of radioactive matter
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2020
 10. In the Channel Tunnel
  10.1. For the protection of technical facilities
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2016
 10.2. For the protection of power cars and shuttle wagons of Channel Tunnel trains
 Fixed system 1301 2010 2020
 11. Other
  11.1. For initial extinguishing by fire brigades where essential to personal safety
 Portable extinguisher 1211 2010 2013
 11.2. For the protection of persons by military and police personnel
 Portable extinguisher 1211 2010 2013
