35Although Article 16(1) of Regulation No 1258/1999 provides for the repeal of Regulation No 729/70, it follows from the 16th recital in the preamble to Regulation No 1258/1999 that the aim of the legislature was, in the light of the new amendments which had been made to Regulation No 729/70, to recast the applicable provisions with a view to ensuring clarity.
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