Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain acts in the Area of Freedom Security and Justice

Ensuring that the EU legislative acquis remains up to date and fit for purpose is a priority for the Commission. Already in the Inter-institutional agreement of 16.12.2003 on better law-making, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed that the volume of the law of the European Union should be reduced by repealing acts that are no longer applied. Such acts should be removed from the law acquis of the European Union to improve transparency and give a higher degree of certainty for all citizens and all Member States.

This is in line with the Commission's policy on Regulatory Fitness. In its Communication of June 2014 on "Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT): State of Play and Outlook", the Commission stated that it was screening the acquis in respect of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters in order to identify acts which could be repealed in the context of the expiry of the transitional period set out in the Treaties.

The Commission has now completed its assessment on the legal acts related to the area of freedom, security and justice, including the former third pillar acquis. A number of acts adopted in recent decades have exhausted all their effects. They are no longer relevant because of their temporary nature or because their content has been taken up by successive acts. For reasons of legal certainty, the Commission proposes that the measures referred to in this proposal are revoked by the European Parliament and the Council.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2014)713: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:713:FIN

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