EC evaluation of the ODS Regulation

The consultation launched in March by the European Commission will examine the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value of this policy.

Objectives of the consultation

• ensure that all affected and interested stakeholders have the possibility to participate in the consultation,
• allow stakeholders to provide their feedback on the implementation of the Ozone Regulation,
• collect data and views in order to understand how and why various measures of the Regulation have or have not led to the expected results,
• get information on the experience of the affected stakeholders in acting in line with the Regulation, in particular the costs and the benefits of compliance,
• complement collected data by information on alternatives used by industry for exempted uses (i.e. process agent use, critical use and laboratory use).

Key documents

• Regulation (EC) 1005/2009 of 16/09/2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (updated)
• Roadmap (including the intervention logic and the evaluation questions)
• Consultation Strategy Search for available translations of the preceding link•••
• Privacy statement for targeted consultation

Indicative timeframe:

• 26 March 2018 – launch of targeted consultations (target group: businesses and authorities)
• June-August 2018 – public consultation
• December 2018 – stakeholder workshop
• Early 2019 - publication of the support study for the evaluation

Contact details 

If you are interested in following the evaluation, you may want to sign up as a stakeholder with the consultants who support the Commission in carrying out the evaluation. Please send an e-mail with your details to the address ODS_regulation_study@ramboll.com, indicating in the subject line “Ozone stakeholder”.