Legal provisions of COM(2011)598 - Amendment of Regulation 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of ACP countries that were granted duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market

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dossier COM(2011)598 - Amendment of Regulation 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of ACP countries that were granted duty-free, ...
document COM(2011)598 EN
date May 21, 2013

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 is hereby amended as follows:

(1)the following Articles are inserted:

‘Article 2a

Delegation of power

The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 2b to amend Annex I to this Regulation by reinstating those regions or states from the ACP Group of States which were removed from that Annex pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 527/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), and which have, since such removal, taken the necessary steps towards ratification of their respective agreements.

Article 2 - b Exercise of the delegation

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 2a shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 21 June 2013. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five- year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 2a may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force.

4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 2a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

(2)Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply as from 1 October 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.