COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 91 final 
Brussels, 15 March 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending for the third time Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 2340/90 of 8 August 1990 preventing trade by the 
Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. By Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2340/90 of 8th August 
199o(1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No. 
542/9l(2), the Community imposed an embargo on Iraq, 
thereby implementing the Resolutions of the United Nations 
Security Council adopted following the invasion and 
subsequent occupation of Kuwait by Iraqi forces. However, 
certain medical products and foodstuffs were exempted from 
this embargo. 
2. In Resolution 686 (1991) adopted by the United Nations 
Security Council on 2 March 1991 note was taken that 
offensive combat operations had been suspended. 
3. In these circumstances it is considered desirable to 
facilitate humanitarian actions and to enlarge as of 
2 March 1991 the possibility for supplies of products 
strictly intended for medical purposes within the 
conditions laid within the relevant resolutions of the 
United Nations Security Council. 
(1) OJ No. L 213 of 09.08.1990, p. 1 
(2) OJ NO. L 60, 7.03.1991, p. 5 
Draft Council Regulation (EEC) No. /91 
of March 1991 amending for the third time 
Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2340/90 
of 8th August 1990 
preventing trade by the Community 
as regards Iraq and Kuwait 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Whereas under Regulation (EEC) no. 2340/90^), as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No. 542/91(2), trade between the Community 
on the one hand, and Iraq on the other, was forbidden, with the 
exception of certain medical products and foodstuffs, following 
the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council 
establishing an embargo against these two countries after the 
invasion and occupation of Kuwait by Iraqi forces; 
whereas Resolution 686 (1991) adopted by the United Nations 
Security Council on 2 March 1991 has taken note that offensive 
combat operations have been suspended; 
whereas, in these circumstances, the Community and its Member 
States consider it desirable to facilitate humanitarian actions 
and, therefore, appropriate to enlarge, as of 2 March 1991, the 
possibility for supplies of products intended strictly for 
medical purposes within the conditions laid down in the relevant 
resolutions of the United Nations Security Council; 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, 
(1) OJ no. L 213 of 09.08.1990, p. 1 
(2) OJ no. L 60 of 7.03.1991, p. 5 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The annex to Regulation (EEC) No. 2340/90 is completed by the 
text given in annex to this Regulation as of 2nd March 1991. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
Annex 
Other products 
All products other than those listed under A intended 
strictly for medical purposes provided that these are 
exported under the strict supervision of the Community or 
the Government of the exporting Member state or by 
appropriate humanitarian agencies 

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