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     1        A.  I do not know.  I am not sure if it was used for
              aerosols or not.
     2
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you want to break off for the mid-day
     3        adjournment now?  It is up to you.
 
     4   MR. MORRIS:  I want to finish off an issue now rather than
              leave it hanging in the air, if we can.  Just a question
     5        on that.  If the Congress banned the use of CFCs in
              aerosol sprays, would that have been as a result of some
     6        considerable period of consultation and concern?  In your
              experience, if Congress makes a ruling as Draconian as
     7        that, in your experience, how long does it take Congress
              to come to that kind of conclusion generally?
     8        A.  I do not think we want to talk about our US Congress
              too much in terms of how they perceive an issue.  Issues
     9        can take for ever and ever and there are other issues that
              have been addressed immediately by Congress.
    10
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think what is suggested, if the House made
    11        a new law, so it actually came into effect?
              A.  Normally, they would conduct appropriate research.
    12
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You are being asked how long they take.  If
    13        it is anything like this country, quite apart from
              deciding whether there should be a new law, they would
    14        also consult and decide upon how long it should be before
              the law came into effect; whether, for instance, it should
    15        come into effect immediately, in our case the statute came
              into effect, or whether it should be delayed and certain
    16        parts would come in a year's time or two years time, and
              there would be what we call transitional provisions.  Do
    17        you know what the position is in the States?
              A.  That is the general rule in the United States also.
    18
         MR. MORRIS:  Maybe we should break off now.
    19
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    20
         MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Langert, could you bring with you volume 4 of
    21        the pink bundle because it is in there you will find the
              EDF final report.  You will find it in section 5.
    22
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest you do, Mr. Langert, if you
    23        just open that out, find it.
 
    24   MR. RAMPTON:  The executive summary is at section 4 and the
              final report is at section 5.
    25
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you want to take it out or are you 
    26        content to take the whole bundle? 
              A.  I will take the whole bundle. 
    27
                             (Short Adjournment)
    28                                                2.00 p.m.
 
    29   MISS STEEL:  I do not know whether you have document -- could
              you get Volume V?
    30
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Pink V.

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