These Regulations enforce Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer (as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 744/2010) which controls the production, placing on the market and use of substances that deplete the ozone layer. The Regulations provide that the Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of the EU Regulation and that breach of the provisions of the EU Regulation specified in Schedule 2 is an offence.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 2011-06-20