PART 2U.K.Ozone-depleting substances

SECTION 2U.K.Amendment and saving of retained direct EU legislation

Article 8 (production, placing on the market and use of controlled substances as process agents)U.K.

7.—(1) Article 8 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 3, in the second subparagraph—

(a)in the first sentence, for “Commission may” substitute “appropriate authority may, by regulations,”;

(b)omit the second sentence.

(3) In paragraph 4, in the first subparagraph—

(a)for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”;

(b)omit “in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 25(2),”.

(4) In paragraph 4, in the second subparagraph—

(a)omit “maximum”;

(b)for “the Community shall not exceed 1 083 metric tonnes per year” substitute “any part of [F1Great Britain] shall not, when added to the amounts that may be used as process agents in the other parts of [F1Great Britain], exceed a maximum amount of [F2130.4] metric tonnes per year”;

(c)in the third subparagraph—

(i)omit “maximum”;

(ii)for “the Community shall not exceed 17 metric tonnes per year” substitute “any part of [F3Great Britain] shall not, when added to the amounts that may be used as process agents in the other parts of [F3Great Britain], exceed a maximum amount of [F42.0] metric tonnes per year”.

(5) In paragraph 5, in the first subparagraph—

(a)in the words before point (a), for “Commission shall” substitute “Secretary of State shall, by regulations”;

(b)omit the second subparagraph.