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  "legislation": "eur/2004/886",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 886/2004 of 4 March 2004 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the field of free movement of goods, competition policy, agriculture, environment and external relations by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-886",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 886/2004\nof 4 March 2004\nadapting certain regulations and decisions in the field of free movement of goods, competition policy, agriculture, environment and external relations by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nFor certain acts which remain valid beyond 1 May 2004 and require adaptation by reason of accession, the necessary adaptations were not provided for in the 2003 Act of Accession, or were provided for but need further adaptations. All these adaptations need to be adopted before accession so as to be applicable as from accession;\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 57(2) of the Act of Accession, such adaptations are to be adopted by the Commission in all cases where the Commission adopted the original act;\n(3)\nCommission Regulations (EC) No 1474/2000, (EC) No 1477/2000, (EC) No 1520/2000, (EC) No 1488/2001, (EC) No 76/2002, (EC) No 349/2003 and (EC) No 358/2003 as well as Commission Decisions 2000/657/EC, 2002/602/ECSC, 1469/2002/ECSC and 2003/122/EC should therefore be amended accordingly;\n(4)\nCommission Decision 2003/450/EC of 18 June 2003 recognising the provisions in the Czech Republic on combating Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. as equivalent to the Community provisions should be repealed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 171, 11.7.2000, p. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 171, 11.7.2000, p. 44. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1446/2002 (OJ L 213, 9.8.2002, p. 3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 740/2003 (OJ L 106, 29.4.2003, p. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ L 196, 20.7.2001, p. 9. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1914/2003 (OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ L 16, 18.1.2002, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "OJ L 51, 26.2.2003, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "OJ L 275, 27.10.2000, p. 44. Decision as last amended by Decision 2003/508/CE (OJ L 174, 12.7.2003, p. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "OJ L 195, 24.7.2002, p. 38. Decision as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 57/2004 (OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "OJ L 222, 19.8.2002, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "OJ L 49, 22.2.2003, p. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "OJ L 151, 19.6.2003 p. 42."
    }
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