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of 10 May 1999
adopted by the Council on the basis of Article 15of the Treaty on European Union concerning
additional restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(1999/318/CFSP)
(OJ L 123, 13.5.1999, p. 1)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
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►M1 CouncilCommon Position 1999/604/CFSP of 3 September 1999 L 236 1 7.9.1999
►M2 CouncilCommon Position 2000/56/CFSP of 24 January 2000 L 21 4 26.1.2000
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COMMON POSITION
of 10 May 1999
adopted by the Council on the basis of Article 15of the Treaty on
European Union concerning additional restrictive measures against
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(1999/318/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular
Article 15 thereof,
(1) Whereas on 8 April1999 the Councilconcl uded that extreme andcriminally irresponsible policies and repeated violations ofUnited Nations Security CouncilResol utions by the FederalRepublic of Yugoslavia (FRY) had made the use of the mostsevere measures, including military action, both necessary andwarranted;
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(2) Whereas the Councilhas expressed its support for the mainte-
nance or strengthening of the sanctions targeted at the regime,without penalising the Serbian people;
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(3) Whereas the Council agreed to implement a ban on the sale and
supply of petroleum and petroleum products by 30 April 1999and to extend the European Union sanctions regime by extendingthe travelbans; extending the scope of the freeze of funds;prohibiting the provision of export finance by the private sectorfurther to the existing moratorium on government-financedexport credits; extending the ban on new investments; wideningthe scope of the prohibition on the export of equipment forinternalrepression and its extension to incl ude goods, services,technology and equipment for the purpose of restoring orrepairing assets damaged in air strikes; discouraging the partici-pation of the FRY in internationalsporting events; banning al lflights between the FRY and the European Community;
(4) Whereas the Union will consider every opportunity to helpMontenegro bear the burdens imposed upon it by the conflict inKosovo;
(5) Whereas the European Union considers the alignment of itsAssociated Countries of Eastern and CentralEurope and Cyprus,and the EFTA countries important to maximise the impact of thisCommon Position;
(6) Whereas action by the Community is needed in order to imple-ment some of the measures cited below,
HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:
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Article 1
1. No visas shall be issued for President Milosevic, his family, all
Ministers and senior officials of the Federal and Serbian Governments,and for persons whose activities support President Milosevic.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Councilshal lidentify, in an
implementing Decision, the persons to be reported for the purposes ofnon-admission in the Member States in accordance with any or all ofthe following criteria:
— persons indicted for crimes as defined in Articles 1 to 5 of the
InternationalCriminalTribunalon Yugosl avia statute;
— the following persons: President Milosevic, his family and all Minis-
ters and senior officials of the Federal and Serbian Governments;
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— persons whose activities support President Milosevic politically
and/or financially (including publishers, editors-in-chief and SPSparty members);
— leaders of the military and police forces and those responsible for
intelligence or security services;
— persons involved in repression activities.
3. Persons to whom the criteria referred to in paragraph 2 are no
longer applicable shall be deleted from the list of persons reported forthe purposes of non-admission.
4. Implementing Decisions taken by the Council shall be updated as
the need arises and, at the latest, every two months.
5. The Presidency shall ensure that appropriate procedures are put in
place for the purposes of implementing paragraphs 1 to 4.
6. Paragraphs 2 to 5 above shall also apply in respect of the visa ban
measures decided under Article 4 of Common Position 1998/240/CFSPand Article 1 of Common Position 1998/725/CFSP.
7. In exceptionalcases, exemptions may be made if this woul d
further vitalUnion objectives and be conducive to pol iticalsettl ement,subject to prior notification by the Member State granting the exceptionto the other Member States.
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Article 2
The scope of the freeze of funds held abroad by the FRY and Serbian
Governments will be extended, covering individuals associated withPresident Milosevic and companies controlled by, or acting on behalf ofthe FRY and Serbian Governments.
Article 3
The provision of export finance by the private sector to the Government
of the FRY, the Government of the Republic of Serbia, a company,institution, undertaking or entity owned or controlled by those govern-ments, or to any person acting on their behalf, will be prohibited.
Article 4
All flights operated commercially or for private purposes between the
FRY and the European Community will be banned.
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The prohibition referred to above will not apply to flights operated forcommercialor private purposes between the Community and theRepublic of Montenegro or the Province of Kosovo by non-Yugoslavcarriers and Montenegro airlines, without prejudice to the applicabilityof this Article with regard to the rest of the Federal Republic ofYugoslavia.
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Article 5
No goods, services, technology or equipment will be exported to the
FRY suitable for repairing damage caused by air strikes to assets,infrastructure or equipment which enable the Government of the FRY toconduct its policy of internal repression.
Article 6
The Presidency will ask the Associated Countries of Eastern and
Central Europe and Cyprus and the EFTA Members to align themselveswith this Common Position in order to maximise the impact of theabove measures.
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Article 7
This Common Position will be kept under constant review.
Article 8
This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
Article 9
This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal.