http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2006/1792

adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, competition policy, agriculture (veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), fisheries, transport policy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, and external relations by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts which remain valid beyond 1 January 2007 require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary adaptations are to be adopted by the Commission in all cases where the Commission adopted the original act.

(2)

The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the Institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.

(3)The following Commission Regulations should therefore be amended accordingly:

in the field of the free movement of goods: Regulations (EC) No 1474/20001, (EC) No 1488/20012, (EC) No 1043/20053 and (EC) No 1564/20054,
in the field of competition: Regulations (EC) No 773/20045 and (EC) No 802/20046,
in the field of agriculture (veterinary legislation): Regulations (EC) No 136/20047 and (EC) No 911/20048,
in the field of fisheries: Regulations (EC) No 80/20019, (EC) No 2065/200110 and (EC) No 2306/200211,
in the field of transport policy: Regulation (EC) No 2121/9812,
in the field of taxation: Regulations (EEC) No 2719/9213 and (EC) No 1925/200414,
in the field of statistics: Regulations (EEC) No 1868/7715, (EC) No 2702/9816, (EC) No 1227/199917, (EC) No 1228/199918, (EC) No 1358/200319, (EC) No 1668/200320, (EC) No 2139/200421 and (EC) No 772/200522,
in the field of environment: Regulations (EC) No 349/200323 and (EC) No 1661/199924,
in the field of customs union: Regulations (EEC) No 2454/9325, (EEC) No 2289/8326 and (EEC) No 2290/8327,
in the field of external relations: Regulations (EC) No 3168/9428 and (EC) No 1547/199929.

(4)The following Commission Decisions should therefore be amended accordingly:

in the field of the freedom of movement of persons: Decision 2001/548/EC30,
in the field of agriculture (veterinary legislation): Decisions 83/218/EEC31, 92/260/EEC32, 92/452/EEC33, 93/195/EEC34, 93/196/EEC35, 93/197/EEC36, 94/85/EC37, 94/984/EC38, 95/233/EC39, 96/482/EC40, 96/730/EC41, 97/4/EC42, 97/252/EC43, 97/296/EC44, 97/365/EC45, 97/467/EC46, 97/468/EC47, 97/569/EC48, 98/179/EC49, 98/536/EC50, 1999/120/EC51, 1999/710/EC52, 2000/50/EC53, 2000/284/EC54, 2000/585/EC55, 2000/609/EC56, 2001/556/EC57, 2001/600/EC58, 2001/881/EC59, 2002/472/EC60, 2003/630/EC61, 2003/858/EC62, 2004/211/EC63, 2004/233/EC64, 2004/253/EC65, 2004/361/EC66, 2004/432/EC67, 2004/438/EC68, 2004/616/EC69, 2004/639/EC70, 2004/825/EC71, 2005/432/EC72, 2005/648/EC73, 2005/710/EC74, 2006/168/EC75 and 2006/264/EC76,
in the field of agriculture (phytosanitary legislation): Decisions 2005/870/EC77 and 2005/942/EC78,
in the field of transport policy: Decision 77/527/EEC79,
in the field of statistics: Decisions 91/450/EEC80, 98/385/EC81, 2000/115/EC82, 2004/747/EC83, 2004/760/EC84 and 2004/761/EC85,
in the field of social policy and employment: Decisions 82/43/EEC86 and 98/500/EC87,
in the field of environment: Decisions 76/431/EEC88 and 2000/657/EC89,

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