# L_2016087EN.01002401.xml

| 2.4.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 87/24 |
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2.4.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 87/24

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/481

of 1 April 2016

repealing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), and in particular Articles 247 to 249 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) lays down the Union Customs Code and applies from 1 May 2016. That Regulation replaces Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 with effect from 1 May 2016. It also confers powers on the Commission to adopt delegated acts in order to supplement certain non-essential elements of the Union Customs Code and to adopt implementing acts to provide uniform conditions for its implementation. |
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Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) lays down the Union Customs Code and applies from 1 May 2016. That Regulation replaces Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 with effect from 1 May 2016. It also confers powers on the Commission to adopt delegated acts in order to supplement certain non-essential elements of the Union Customs Code and to adopt implementing acts to provide uniform conditions for its implementation.

| (2) | The Commission has exercised its delegated powers by adopting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (3). The Commission has exercised its implementing powers by adopting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (4). Both those Regulations are also to apply from 1 May 2016. |
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The Commission has exercised its delegated powers by adopting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (3). The Commission has exercised its implementing powers by adopting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (4). Both those Regulations are also to apply from 1 May 2016.

| (3) | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (5), which lays down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, becomes redundant from the date of application of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and should therefore be repealed with effect from that date. |
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(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (5), which lays down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, becomes redundant from the date of application of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and should therefore be repealed with effect from that date.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, |
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(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is repealed.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 May 2016.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 April 2016.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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(1)  
  OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

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(2)  Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

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(3)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1).

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(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).

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(5)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1).

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