20.12.2006 Official Journal of the European Union 1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (*), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January 2007, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the original act was adopted by the Commission. The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adap- tations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The following Regulations should therefore be amended accordingly: — in the field of the free movement of goods: Regula- tions (EC) No 2003/2003 (%) and (EC) No 339/93 (), () OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p.11. () OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1. () OJ L 40, 17.2.1993, p. 1. — in the field of the freedom of movement of persons: Regulations (EEQ) No 1408/71 (4 and (EEC) No 574/72 (), — in the field of company law: Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 (), — in the field of competition policy: Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 (), — in the field of agriculture (including veterinary legis- lation): Regulations: No 79/65 (), (EEC) No 1784/77 (), (EEC) No 2092/91 (), (EEC) No 2137/92 ("), (EC) No 1493/1999 ('), (EC) No 1760/2000 (), (EC) No 999/2001 (), (EC) No 2160/2003 (%), (EC) No 21/2004 (), No 853/2004 (7), (EC) No 8542004 (%), No 882/2004 (**) and (EC) No 510/06 (), — in the field of transport policy: Regulations (EEC) No 1108/70 (), (EEC) No 3821/85 (), (EEC) No 881/92 (%), (EEC) No 684/92 (%, (EEC) No 1192/69 (%) and (EEC) No 2408/92 (), L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. L 214,30.7.1992, p. 1. L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1. L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. L 325,12.12.2003, p. 1. L 5,9.1.2004, p. 8. L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55. L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206. L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. L 130, 15.6.1970, p. 4. L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 8. L 95,9.4.1992, p. 1. L 74,20.3.1992, p. 1. L 156, 28.6.1969, p. 8. L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.