4.10.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 259/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 954/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 September 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3), Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (*) lays down the conditions under which the competent authorities in the Member States designated as responsible for the enforcement of the laws that protect consumers’ interests are to cooperate with each other and with the Commission in order to ensure compliance with those laws and the smooth functioning of the internal market, and in order to enhance the protection of consumers’ economic interests. () O] C 218, 23.7.2011, p. 69. (%) Position of the European Parliament of 5 July 2011 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 27 July 2011. (®) Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (the Regulation on consumer protection cooperation) (O] L 364, 9.12.2004, p. 1). (2)  Point (a) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 defines ‘the laws that protect consumers’ interests’ as the Directives, as transposed into the internal legal order of Member States, and the Regulations listed in the Annex to that Regulation (the Annex’). (3)  Since the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, several of the legislative acts listed in the Annex have been repealed, and new legislation has been adopted. (4)  Directive 84/450/EEC (%) has been repealed and replaced by Directive 2006/114/EC (°). The reference to Directive 84[450/EEC should therefore be removed from the Annex and replaced by a reference to the specific Articles of Directive 2006/114/EC which aim at protecting consumers’ interests. (5)  Whilst Directive 87/102/EEC (°) has been repealed and replaced by  Directive  2008/48/EC (7),  Directive 2008/48/EC does not expressly state that references to the repealed Directive 87/102/EEC are to be construed as references to Directive 2008/48/EC. For reasons of legal (*) Council Directive 84/450/EEC of 10 September 1984 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (O] L 250, 19.9.1984, . 17). C) %irective 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (O] L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 21). Council Directive 87/102/EEC of 22 December 1986 for the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning consumer credit (O] L 42, 12.2.1987, p. 48). Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (O] L 133, 22.5.2008, p. 66). X = = ~—