CELEX: 51996PC0320(02)
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-10
Title: 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

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51996PC0320(02)

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  /* COM/96/0320 FINAL - CNS 96/0302 */  

Official Journal C 272 , 18/09/1996 P. 0009

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 (96/C  272/08) COM(96) 320 final - 96/0174(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 16 July 1996) 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 contrary to the provisions of the EC Treaty, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Decision 77/186/EEC is hereby repealed. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.