Council Directive 2006/106/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directive 94/80/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 2006-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Council of the European Union, EC Directive, European citizenship, Romania, accession to the European Union, approximation of laws, local election, right to stand for election, right to vote

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/106/EC

of 20 November 2006

adapting Directive 94/80/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to
vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a
Member State of which they are not nationals, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where
acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January
2007, and 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
acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the
Commission adopted the original act.

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 adap-
tations 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.

Council Directive 94/80/EC of 19 December 1994
laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of
the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in muni-
cipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a
Member State of which they are not nationals (2) should
therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 94/80/EC shall be amended as set out in the Annex.

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to
the European Union at the latest. They shall forthwith commu-
nicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a
correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making such reference shall be laid down by
Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force subject to and on the date
of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria
and Romania.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006

For the Council

The President

J. KORKEAOJA

(1) OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 38.

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ANNEX

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS

CITIZENS' RIGHTS

31994 L 0080: Council Directive 94/80/EC of 19 December 1994 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise
of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member
State of which they are not nationals (OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 38), as amended by:

— 31996 L 0030: Council Directive 96/30/EC of 13.5.1996 (OJ L 122, 22.5.1996, p. 14),

— 12003 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties-Accession of the Czech
Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the
Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).

In the Annex, the following is inserted between the entries for Belgium and the Czech Republic:

‘in Bulgaria:

община/кметство/Общината е основната административно-териториална единица, в която се осъществява местното
самоуправление’;

and, between the entries for Portugal and Slovenia:

‘in Romania:

comuna, oraşul, municipiul, sectorul (numai în municipiul Bucureşti) şi judeţul’.