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Common agricultural policy (CAP): repealing obsolete acts

2015/0090(COD)

PURPOSE: to repeal two acts relating to the common agriculture policy which have become obsolete.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) 2015/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 76/621/EEC relating to the fixing of the maximum level of erucic acid in oils and fats and Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry.

CONTENT: for reasons of legal certainty and clarity, this Regulation repeals two legal acts relating to the common agricultural policy have become obsolete, even though formally they are still in force:

  • Council Directive 76/621/EEC: the content of that Directive has been taken up by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006;
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006: the temporary scheme established by that Regulation was applicable only until the marketing year 2009/2010.

Improving the transparency of Union law is an essential element of the better law–making strategy that Union institutions are implementing. In that context it is appropriate to repeal those legal acts which no longer have real effect.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 14.12.2015.