Regulation (EC) No 1490/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 concerning the ratification by Member States of, or their accession to, the United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: accession to an agreement, code of conduct, international convention, maritime conference, maritime transport

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

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REGULATIONS

REGULATION (EC) No 1490/2007 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 11 December 2007

repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 concerning the ratification by Member States of, or
their accession to, the United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

Following consultation of the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 (3) provides for
requirements that Member States have to fulfil when
ratifying the United Nations Convention on a Code of
Conduct
for Liner Conferences, or when acceding
thereto.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(1) OJ C 256, 27.10.2007, p. 62.
(2) Opinion of

published in the Official
November 2007.

(3) OJ L 121, 17.5.1979, p. 1.

the European Parliament of 10 July 2007 (not yet
Journal) and Council Decision of 22

sets

for Liner
The Convention on a Code of Conduct
regulatory
Conferences
international
out
framework for shipping conferences,
in particular by
means of rules on access to shares of trade by ship
owners established in the territories of the State parties
to the Convention, which serves mutual foreign trade.

an

Council Regulation (EC) No 1419/2006 should be 25
September 2006 (4) repealed Council Regulation (EEC)
No 4056/86 of 22 December 1986 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86
of the Treaty to maritime transport (5), which, inter alia,
provided for an exemption from the prohibition in
Article 81(1) of
shipping
conferences.

the Treaty in respect of

At the end of the transition period provided for by the
second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
No 1419/2006, the prohibition in Article 81(1) of the
Treaty will
transport
services and, as a consequence, shipping conferences
will no longer be allowed to operate in trade to or
from the ports of the Member States.

apply to scheduled maritime

The Member States will
therefore be prevented from
fulfilling their obligations under the Convention on a
for Liner Conferences. From that
Code of Conduct
time, Member States will no longer be in a position to
ratify, approve or accede to that Convention. Regulation
(EEC) No 954/79 will therefore become inapplicable and
should be repealed with effect from the end of the tran-
(EC)
sition
No 1419/2006, that is to say on 18 October 2008,

in Regulation

provided

period

for

(4) OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 378, 31.12.1986, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1/2003 (OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1).

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 shall be repealed.

Article 1

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October 2008.

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

Done at Strasbourg, 11 December 2007.

For the European Parliament
The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council
The President

M. LOBO ANTUNES