Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codification) (codification)

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codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion. BACKGROUND: Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 has been substantially amended several times. It is recalled that on 1 April 1987 the Commission decided to instruct its staff that all acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement. The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992 confirmed this, stressing the importance of codification. The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Andrzej DUDA (ECR, PL) on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text). The committee recommended that Parliament adopt its position in first reading, taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The Consultative Working Party expressed the view that the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance. The European Parliament adopted by 643 votes to 45, with 10 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text). Parliament approved, without amendment, the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. According to the Consultative Working Party, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, this Regulation codifies Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 which has been substantially amended several times. The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it . It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself. Procedure regarding notified aid : the Regulation stipulates that any plans to grant new aid shall be notified to the Commission in sufficient time by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned without delay of the receipt of a notification. In a notification, the Member State concerned shall provide all necessary information in order to enable the Commission to take a decision. The Commission shall as far as possible endeavour to adopt a…

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