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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-632/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/632",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/632 of 20 April 2015 repealing Council Decision 77/706/EEC on the setting of a Community target for a reduction in the consumption of primary sources of energy in the event of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products and Commission Decision 79/639/EEC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 77/706/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-632",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/632\nof 20 April 2015\nrepealing Council Decision 77/706/EEC on the setting of a Community target for a reduction in the consumption of primary sources of energy in the event of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products and Commission Decision 79/639/EEC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 77/706/EEC\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 122(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIn its Decision 77/706/EEC, the Council decided to establish a mechanism for the setting of a Community target for a reduction in the consumption of primary sources of energy in the event of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products.\n(2)\nIn its Decision 79/639/EEC, the Commission laid down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 77/706/EEC.\n(3)\nDecisions 77/706/EEC and 79/639/EEC establish complex procedures, entailing significant administrative burdens for both the Member States and the Commission, including various reporting obligations. Those procedures have not found any practical application.\n(4)\nIn the event of a disruption in the supply of crude oil or petroleum products, emergency stocks can replace the missing volumes quickly and efficiently, without disturbing economic activity or hindering mobility. Therefore, emergency stocks are now considered as the main response tool to address a disruption in the supply.\n(5)\nFurthermore, Council Directive 2009/119/EC set up a strengthened framework for emergency stocks, ensuring their availability and physical accessibility and establishing the procedures for their use.\n(6)\nDirective 2009/119/EC also requires Member States to have procedures in place to impose general or specific restrictions on consumption, inter alia, by allocating petroleum products to certain groups of users on a priority basis.\n(7)\nThe Commission's Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme systematically reviews Union legal acts in order to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing regulatory burdens.\n(8)\nDecisions 77/706/EEC and 79/639/EEC should therefore be repealed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision 77/706/EEC of 7 November 1977 on the setting of a Community target for a reduction in the consumption of primary sources of energy in the event of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products (OJ L 292, 16.11.1977, p. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Decision 79/639/EEC of 15 June 1979 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 77/706/EEC (OJ L 183, 19.7.1979, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Council Directive 2009/119/EC of 14 September 2009 imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products (OJ L 265, 9.10.2009, p. 9)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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