§ 82.18 Availability of production in addition to baseline production allowances for class II controlled substances.

(a) Article 5 allowances. (1) Effective January 1, 2003, a person apportioned baseline production allowances for HCFC–141b, HCFC–22, or HCFC–142b under § 82.17 is also apportioned Article 5 allowances, equal to 15 percent of their baseline production allowances, for the specified HCFC for each control period up until December 31, 2009, to be used for the production of the specified HCFC for export only to foreign states listed in Appendix E to this subpart.

(2) Effective January 1, 2010, a person apportioned baseline production allowances under § 82.17 for HCFC–141b, HCFC–22, or HCFC–142b is also apportioned Article 5 allowances, equal to 10 percent of their baseline production allowances, for the specified HCFC for each control period up until December 31, 2019, to be used for the production of the specified HCFC for export only to foreign states listed in Appendix E to this subpart.

(3) Effective January 1, 2015, a person apportioned baseline production allowances under § 82.17 for HCFC–123, HCFC–124, HCFC–225ca, and HCFC–225cb is also apportioned Article 5 allowances, equal to 10 percent of their baseline production allowances, for the specified HCFC for each control period up until December 31, 2019, to be used for the production of the specified HCFC for export only to foreign states listed in Appendix E to this subpart.

(b) Export Production Allowances. (1) Effective January 1, 2003, a person apportioned baseline production allowances for HCFC–141b under § 82.17 is also apportioned export production allowances, equal to 100 percent of their baseline production allowances, for HCFC–141b for each control period up until December 31, 2009, to be used for the production of HCFC–141b for export only, in accordance with this section.

(2) [Reserved]

(c) International trades of production allowances, export production allowances and Article 5 allowances. (1) A person may increase or decrease their production allowances, export production allowances, or Article 5 allowances, for a specified control period through trades with a foreign state that is Party to the Beijing Amendment or is complying with the Beijing Amendment as defined in this subpart. The foreign state must agree either to trade to the person for the current control period some quantity of production that the foreign state is permitted under the Montreal Protocol or to receive from the person for the current control period some quantity of production that the person is permitted under this subpart. The person must expend their consumption allowances allocated under § 82.19, or obtained under § 82.20 in order to produce with the additional production allowances.