Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION repealing Decision 77/186/EEC on the exporting of crude oil and petroleum products from one Member State to another in the event of supply difficulties
Date: 1996-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crude oil, export, export restriction, intra-EU trade, petroleum product, security of supply

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

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Brussels,  02.12.1996 
COM(96)320  final/2 

96/0174 (CNS) 
96/0175  (CNS) 
96/0302  (CNS) 

CORRIGENDUM 
suite  à l'attribution  d'une cote  interinstitutionnelle 
à  l'une  des  propositions  contenues  dans  le  document 
COM(96)  320  final  du  10.07.1996 

SECONP  COMMISSION  REPORT 
on the review  of Community  energy  legislation 

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION 
TO THE EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND THE COUNCIL 
concerning the repeal  of  several  Community  legislative  texts 
in the field of energy  policy 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION ŒC) 
repealing Regulation  (EEC) No  1729/76  concerning the communication  of  information  on 
the state of the Community's  energy  supplies 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
repealing Decision  77/186/EEC  on the exporting of  crude oil  and petroleum  products from 
one Member State to another in the event of  supply  difficulties 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
repealing Directive  75/339/EEC obliging the Member  States to maintain minimum  stocks 
of  fossil  fuel  at thermal  power stations 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
repealing Directive  75/405/EEC  concerning the restriction  of the use of petroleum products 
in power stations 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
repealing Recommendation  76/494/EEC on the rational  use, through better driving habits, 
of energy  consumed by  road vehicles 

(presented by the Commission) 

COUNCIL DECISION  OF 

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REPEALING  DECISION  77/186/EEC 
PRODUCTS  FROM  ONE  MEMBER  STATE  TO ANOTHER  IN  THE EVENT  OF SUPPLY DIFFICULTIES 

ON  THE  EXPORTING  OF  CRUDE  OIL  AND  PETROLEUM 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 103a 
thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal  from  the Commission, 

Whereas this Decision was adopted to make intra-Community trade in oil subject to a system of 
licences valid for  short periods and even to suspend export licences on an extremely short-term 
basis; 

Whereas the objective of these measures was to restrict or limit intra-Community  trade in oil in 
the event of excessive price disparities between Member States; 

Whereas such pricing policies, which could aggravate the shortage  in Member States applying 
a price ceiling policy, are no longer practised today; 

Whereas  the  abolition of  customs  formalities  and  controls  within  the Community  has  made it 
extremely  difficult,  if not impossible, to implement  this Decision; 

Whereas the measures provided for by this Decision constitute quantitative restrictions on exports 
contrary  to the provisions of the EC Treaty, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article J 

Decision 77/186/EEC  is hereby repealed. 

Article 2 

This Decision  is addressed to the Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For (he Council 
The President 

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