COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 301final 
Brussels, 22 June 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
INTRODDCING AN EMBARGO CONCERNING CERTAIN TRADE BETWEEN THE 
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMDNITY AND HAITI 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The United Nations Security Council in Resolution 841 of 16 June 1993 
decided that a trade embargo concerning Haiti (limited to petroleum, 
petroleum products and arms, munitions and equipment and the freezing 
of certain funds) shall be effective from 23 June 1993, unless the 
special envoy of the Secretaries General of the Organisation of the 
American States (OAS) and of the United Nations, has made sufficient 
progress towards an acceptable solution. 
In order that the embargo be implemented by Member States, the 
Commission has proposed that the Council adopt the attached Regulation. 
Member States will be required to introduce legislation individually on 
the question of the freezing of funds. 
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CODNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° / 
OF 
INTRODDCING AN EMBARGO CONCERNING CERTAIN TRADE BETWEEN THE 
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMDNITY AND HAITI 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Whereas the Security Council of the United Nations has determined that 
the continuation of the situation with regard to Haiti threatens 
international peace and security ; 
Whereas the Community and its Member States, meeting within the 
framework of political cooperation, have repeatedly expressed their 
concern about the persistent absence of democracy and the rule of law 
in Haiti and the need for effective action to end this situation ; 
Whereas the Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter 
of the United Nations, has adopted on 16 June 1993 Resolution 841 
(1993) which obliges all states to restrict trade with Haiti in 
conformity with paragraphs 5 to 14 of the Resolution in order to obtain 
the solution of the crisis in Haiti desired by the international 
community ; 
Whereas the Security Council has also decided that this restriction 
shall apply notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations 
conferred or imposed by any international agreement or any contract 
entered into or any licence or permit granted prior to 23 June 1993, 
and therefore the fourth Lomé Convention to which the Community and 
Haiti are parties, does not pose an obstacle to the implementation of 
the said Security Council decision ; 
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Whereas under these conditions the Community has to restrict its trade 
with Haiti ; 
Whereas the Community and its Member States have agreed to have 
recourse to a Community instrument, inter alia, in order to ensure an 
uniform implementation throughout the Community of the embargo ; 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
As from 23 June 1993, the following shall be prohibited : 
(a) the export to Haiti of petroleum and petroleum products contained 
in the Annex to this Regulation ; 
(b) the export to Haiti of arms and related material of all types, 
including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, 
police equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned ; 
(c) any activity the object or effect it is directly or indirectly to 
promote the transactions mentioned under (a) and (b) ; 
(d) the entering of the territory of the territorial sea of Haiti by 
any means of transport engaged in the export activities described 
under (a) and (b). 
Article 2 
The prohibition of Article 1 shall not apply to the export of petroleum 
or petroleum products, including propane gas for cooking, when 
(a) authorized on an exceptional case-by-case basis under a no-
objection procedure by the United Nations Security Council 
Committee established by paragraph 10 of Resolution 841 (1993) and 
(b) destined for verified essential humanitarian needs and 
(c) exported in non-commercial quantities and only in barrels or 
bottles and 
(d) subject to acceptable arrangements for effective monitoring of 
delivery and use. 
Article 3 
Exports to Haiti of petroleum and petroleum products which are not 
prohibited under Article 1 shall be subject to prior authorization to 
be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States. 
Article 4 
Article 1, 3 and 4 shall apply notwithstanding any rights or 
obligations conferred or imposed by any international agreement or any 
contract entered into or any licence granted before 23 June 1993. 
Article 5 
The competent authorities of the Member States shall bring proceedings 
against persons and entities violating the provisions of Articles 1 to 
3 and shall impose appropriate penalties. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall apply within the territory of the Community, 
including its air space and in any aircraft or vessel under the 
jurisdiction of a Member State, and to any person elsewhere who is a 
national of a Member State and anybody elsewhere which is incorporated 
or constituted under the law of a Member State. 
Article 7 
The Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall be applicable as off 23 June 1993. 
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Done at , June 1993 
For the Council, 
The President 
ANNEX 
PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) CONCERNING TRADE 
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND HAITI 
2709 
2710 
2711 
2712 10 
2712 20 00 
ex 2712 90 
2713 
2714 
2715 
2901 
2902 11 00 
2902 20 
2902 30 Huilés brutes de pétrole ou de minéraux 
bitumineux 
Huiles de pétrole ou de minéraux 
bitumineux, autres que les huiles brutes; 
préparations non dénommées ni comprises 
ailleurs, contenant en poids 70 % ou plus 
d* huiles de pétrole ou de minéraux 
bitumineux et dont ces huiles constituent 
l'élément de base 
Gas de pétrole et autres hydrocarbures gazeux 
Vaseline 
Paraffine contenant en poids moins de 
0,75 % d'huile 
"Slack wax" "scale wax" 
Coke de pétrole, bitume de pétrole et 
autres résidus des huiles de pétrole ou de 
minéraux bitumineux 
Bitumes et asphaltes, naturels; schistes 
et sables bitumineux; asphalatites et 
roches asphaltigues 
Mélanges bitumineux à base d1 asphalte ou 
de bitune naturels, de bitume de pétrole, 
de goudron minéral ou de brai de goudron 
minéral (mastics bitumineux, ncut-backsM, 
par exemple) 
Hydrocarbures acycliques 
Cyclohexane 
Benzène 
Toluène 
2902 41 00 o-Xylène 
2901 42 00 m-Xylène 
2901 43 00 p-Xylène 
2902 44 Isomères du xylene en mélange 
2902 50 00 Styrène 
2902 60 00 Ethylbenzène 
2902 70 00 cumène 
2905 11 00 Methanol (alcool mêthylique) 
3403 19 10 Préparations lubrifiantes (y compris les 
huiles de coupe, les préparations pour le 
dégrippage des ôcrous, les préparations 
antirouille ou anticorrosion et les 
prépartions pour le démoulage, & base de 
lubrifiants) et préparations des types 
utilisés pour 1 ' ens image des matières 
textiles, l'huilage ou le graissage du 
cuir, des pelleteries ou d'autres 
matières, contenant en poids 70 % ou plus 
d'huiles de pétrole ou de minéraux 
bitumineux non considérés comme 
constituants de base 
3811 21 00 Additifs pour huiles lubrifiantes 
contenant des huiles de pétrole ou de 
minéraux bitumineux 
3823 90 10 Sulfonates de pétrole, à l'exclusion des 
sulfonates de pétrole de métaux alcalins, 
d'ammonium ou d ' éthanolamines ; acides 
sulfonigues d'huiles de minéraux 
bitumineux, thiophénés et leurs sels 
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