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Written by Dessislava Yougova (4th edition, updated on 16.04.2024).
Stratospheric ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun and reduces the overall amount of radiation reaching the Earth’s surface. Ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are human-made chemicals that, once emitted, reach the upper atmosphere and destroy the protective ozone layer, causing what is known as the ozone hole. They have significant adverse impacts on human health and the environment and are also greenhouse gases with high global warming potential.
Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer lays down rules on the production, use, trade, recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of ODS and sets out requirements and measures for products and equipment containing these substances. On 5 April 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation on ODS repealing the current one. The aim is to increase the efficiency of the existing measures in order to achieve additional emissions reductions in line with the European Green Deal, to ensure more comprehensive monitoring of ODS, to reduce administrative costs by simplifying the rules, to modernise the licensing system and reduce costs for industry, and to improve the coherence with other pieces of legislation such as Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases, which is being revised in parallel. One of the main objectives of the proposal is to prevent emissions from old products and equipment still containing ODS that have to be recovered and destroyed.
Parliament and Council adopted their positions on 30 March 2023 and 5 April 2023, respectively. Interinstitutional negotiations concluded on 5 October 2023 with a provisional agreement, adopted by Parliament on 16 January and by Council on 29 January 2024. The regulation was published in the Official Journal on 20 February 2024 and entered into force on 11 March 2024.
Complete version
- April 2024: Revision of the Ozone Regulation (4th edition)
| Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 |
| Committee responsible: | Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) | COM(2022)151 5.4.2022 |
| Rapporteur: | Jessica Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden) | 2022/0100(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Rovana Plumb (S&D, Romania) Ondřej Knotek (Renew, Czechia) Pär Holmgren (Greens/EFA, Sweden) Anna Zalewska (ECR, Poland) Anja Hazekamp (The Left, Netherlands) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Procedure completed: Regulation (EU) 2024/590, OJ L, 2024/590, 20.2.2024 |
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