Has the Comic Code been defunct since 2009?

We're reported on various publishers finally dropping the Comics Code of Approval, which, for many years appeared on comic books deemed appropriate for young readers. That made me wonder -- since nobody is using it anymore -- what might happen to the Comics Code Authority, the body that supposedly reviewed comics and approved them to carry the CCA seal on the cover. Newsarama has done some investigating, and it appears the authority has been defunct since 2009! So who's been reviewing all those books? If anyone? It's a mystery.

Newsarama hasn't been able to locate any evidence that the organization was functioning since 2009. And Archie Comics has indicated that it wasn't actually submitting comics for approval to the Comics Magazine Association of America, which oversaw the Code.

"We haven't submitted for a year or more," said Archie Comics President Mike Pellerito.

When asked if the CMAA was even functioning anymore, Pellerito said, "I don't think they are."