REGULATION (EU) No 38/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 January 2014
amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the granting of delegated and implementing powers for the adoption of certain measures
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(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1)
A number of basic regulations relating to the common commercial policy provide that acts are to be adopted on the basis of the procedures set out in Council Decision 1999/468/EC (2).
(2)
An examination of the legislative acts in force which were not adapted to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny before the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon is necessary in order to ensure consistency with the provisions introduced by that Treaty. It is appropriate, in certain cases, to amend such acts in order to grant delegated powers to the Commission pursuant to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). It is also appropriate, in some cases, to apply certain procedures set out in Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).
(3)
The following regulations should therefore be amended accordingly:
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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 (4),
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Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 (5),
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Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 (6),
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Council Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 (7),
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Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 (8),
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Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 (9),
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Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 (10).
(4)
In order to ensure legal certainty, the procedures for the adoption of measures which have been initiated but not completed before the entry into force of this Regulation should not be affected by this Regulation,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Regulations listed in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex.
Article 2
References to provisions of the Regulations listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be construed as being made to those provisions as amended by this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall not affect procedures for the adoption of measures provided for in the Regulations listed in the Annex to this Regulation which have been initiated but not completed before the entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following that of 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, 15 January 2014.