Regulation (EU) No 1230/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 16 November 2011
on repealing certain obsolete Council acts in the field of common commercial policy
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Whereas:
Improving the transparency of Union law is an essential element of the better lawmaking strategy that the institutions of the Union are implementing. In that context it is appropriate to remove from the legislation in force those acts which no longer have real effect.
A number of acts relating to the common commercial policy have become obsolete, even though formally they are still in force.
A number of acts concerning certain countries have become obsolete following the accession of those countries to the Union.
For reasons of legal certainty and clarity, those obsolete acts should be repealed,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1.
Regulations (EEC) No 1471/88, (EEC) No 478/92, (EEC) No 3125/92, (EC) No 2184/96, (EC) No 2398/96, (EC) No 1722/1999, (EC) No 2798/1999, (EC) No 215/2000, (EC) No 278/2003, (EC) No 999/2003, (EC) No 1039/2003, (EC) No 1086/2003, (EC) No 1087/2003, (EC) No 1088/2003, (EC) No 1089/2003, (EC) No 1090/2003, (EC) No 1923/2004 and Decisions 98/658/EC, 2004/910/EC, 2007/317/EC are hereby repealed.
2.
The repeal of the acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to:
(a)
the maintenance in force of Union acts adopted on the basis of the acts referred to in paragraph 1; and
(b)
the continuing validity of amendments made by the acts referred to in paragraph 1 to other Union acts that are not repealed by this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 16 November 2011.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
J. Buzek
For the Council
The President
W. Szczuka