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Is gá breis leasuithe a dhéanamh ar an gCód de bharr na n-athruithe tábhachtacha dlíthiúla a tharla le blianta beaga anuas, ar leibhéal an Chomhphobail agus ar an leibhéal idirnáisiúnta araon, ar nós dul in éag an Chonartha ag bunú an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh do Ghual agus Cruach agus teacht i bhfeidhm Ionstraim Aontachais 2003 agus Ionstraim Aontachais 2005, mar aon leis an Leasú ar an gCoinbhinsiún Idirnáisiúnta maidir le nósanna imeachta custam a shimpliú agus a chomhchuibhiú (dá ngairfear "Coinbhinsiún athbhreithnithe Kyoto" anseo feasta), a ndearnadh aontachas an Aontais leis a fhormheas le Cinneadh 2003/231/CE ón gComhairle an 17 Márta 2003 [4].
Further amendments to the Code are necessary as a consequence of the important legal changes which have occurred in recent years, at both Community and international level, such as the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and the entry into force of the 2003 and 2005 Acts of Accession, as well as the Amendment to the International Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures (hereinafter referred to as the revised Kyoto Convention), the accession of the Community to which was approved by Council Decision 2003/231/EC [4].