Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2010)756 - Repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 429/73 making special provisions for imports into the EC of certain goods coming under Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 and from Turkey and Regulation (EC) No 215/2000 renewing for 2000 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural products - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2010)756 - Repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 429/73 making special provisions for imports into the EC of certain goods coming under ... |
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source | COM(2010)756 |
date | 16-12-2010 |
The Commission has carried out several exercises to remove obsolete legislation from the acquis , mostly by declaring the relevant Commission acts obsolete. Most recently, the Commission declared some 250 agricultural acts obsolete, some other agricultural acts and some 60 acts in the area of trade in processed agricultural products will be declared obsolete soon.[2]
The Commission identified two Council acts in the area of trade in goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, which are based upon Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (formerly art 133 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and before art 113 of the Treaty establishing the European Community), which have exhausted all practical effects, but are formally still in force. It is not within the Commission's powers to declare acts obsolete which were adopted by the Council. In the interest of legal certainty, the Commission suggests that the acts listed in this proposal shall be repealed by the Council.
This proposal concerns the repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) No 429/73 that determines the reduced fixed component of the import duties for processed agricultural products originating in Turkey. Its provisions became obsolete because Decision No 1/95 of the EC Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Custom Union has eliminated Customs duties for goods originating in Turkey.
This proposal concerns also the repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) No 215/2000 that renewed preferential tariff quotas only for the year 2000 and that has exhausted all its effects
The present proposal is similar to that foreseen for obsolete agricultural acts in the Simplification Rolling Programme adopted in the framework of the implementation of the Commission's strategy for simplification of the regulatory environment, as updated recently - document COM (2008) 712 Annex 2 to the 2009 Commission's Legislative and Work Programme.