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30.6.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
172/1
I
(Legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
REGULATION (EU) No 529/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 13 June 2012
repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of
certain steel products from the Russian Federation
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
(3) On
26
October
2007,
the
European
Community
and
the
EUROPEAN UNION,
Government of the Russian Federation concluded such
an Agreement on trade in certain steel products ( 3 ) (‘the
Agreement’).
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, and in particular Article 207 thereof,
(4) On
22
October
2007,
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EC) No 1342/2007 ( 4 ) in order to implement the
Agreement.
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
(5)
The Agreement stipulates that in the event that the
Russian Federation accedes to the World Trade Organ
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national
ization before the expiry of the Agreement, the
parliaments,
Agreement will be terminated and, as a consequence,
the quantitative limits will be abolished as of the date
of accession.
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ( 1 ),
(6)
On the date when the Russian Federation accedes to the
World Trade Organization, the Regulation to implement
the Agreement will no longer be necessary. Regulation
Whereas:
(EC) No 1342/2007 should therefore be repealed with
effect from that date,
(1) The
Agreement
on
partnership
and
cooperation
estab
lishing a partnership between the European Communities
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian
Federation, of the other part ( 2 ) (‘the PCA’), entered into
force on 1 December 1997.
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 is hereby repealed.
(2) Article
21(1)
of
the
PCA
provides
that
trade
in
certain
steel products is to be governed by Title III of the PCA,
with the exception of Article 15 thereof, and by the
Article 2
provisions of an agreement on quantitative arrangements.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
( 1 ) Position of the European Parliament of 10 May 2012 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of
30 May 2012.
( 3 ) OJ L 300, 17.11.2007, p. 52.
( 2 ) OJ L 327, 28.11.1997, p. 3.
( 4 ) OJ L 300, 17.11.2007, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union
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It shall take effect on the date on which the Russian Federation accedes to the World Trade Organization. In
this regard, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union indicating this
date.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 13 June 2012.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
The President
The President
M. SCHULZ
N. WAMMEN

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