Cette procédure, dite de refonte, contribue à simplifier la législation communautaire, car elle supprime les actes modificatifs antérieurs – qui sont souvent difficiles à lire – et permet, le cas échéant, de modifier la substance de l'acte de base.
This procedure, known as recasting, helps simplify Community legislation since previously amended acts, which are often difficult to read, are repealed and, where appropriate, provision is made for the substantive amendment of the original act.