98/409/CFSP: Common Position of 29 June 1998 defined by the Council on the basis of Article J.2 of the Treaty on European Union concerning Sierra Leone
Date: 1998-06-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Sierra Leone, UN Security Council, UNO, international sanctions, marketing restriction, restriction of liberty

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(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COMMON POSITION

of 29 June 1998

defined by the Council on the basis of Article J.2 of the Treaty on European
Union concerning Sierra Leone

(98/409/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in
particular Article J.2 thereof,

spare parts for the aforementioned to Sierra Leone, shall
be prohibited, in accordance with UNSC Resolution 1171
(1998) (1), subject to the exceptions set out in Articles 2
and 3.

(UNSC) adopted Resolution 1171 (1998)

Whereas, on 5 June 1998, the United Nations Security
Council
in
which it welcomed the efforts of the Government of
Sierra Leone to restore peaceful and secure conditions in
the country, to re-establish effective administration and
the democratic process and to promote national recon-
ciliation;

Article 2

The restrictions referred to in Article 1 shall not apply to
the Government of Sierra Leone, provided such supplies
will be subject to examination by the UN and its Member
States, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4 of UNSC
Resolution 1171 (1998).

Whereas, in the said Resolution the UNSC deplored the
continued resistance to the authority of the legitimate
government of Sierra Leone and stressed the urgency for
all rebels to put an end to the atrocities, cease their
resistance and lay down their arms;

Whereas prohibitions imposed by previous UN Security
Council Resolution 1132 (1997) have been terminated;
whereas Resolution 1171 (1998) should be implemented
throughout the European Union,

HAS DEFINED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

The sale or supply of arms and related material of all
types,
including weapons and ammunition, military
vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and

Article 3

The restrictions referred to in Article 1 shall not apply to
the sale or supply of arms and related material for the sole
use in Sierra Leone of the Military Observer Group of the
Economic Community
States
(ECOMOG) or the United Nations.

of West African

Article 4

shall,

The Member States
in accordance with their
national laws, prevent the entry into or transit through
their territories of leading members of the former military
junta and of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF).

(1) Paragraph 2 of UNSCR 1171 (1998) provides for the supply to
the Government of Sierra Leone of the items subject to the
embargo through named points of entry on a list
to be
supplied by that Government to the UN Secretary General,
who shall promptly notify all Member States of the United
Nations of the list.
Paragraph 4 of UNSCR 1171 (1998) provides for the notifica-
tion of all exports to Sierra Leone of the items subject to the
embargo to the Security Council Committee established by
Resolution 1132 (1997), that the Government of Sierra Leone
shall mark,
register and notify to the said Committee all
imports made by it of arms and related material and that the
said Committee shall report regularly to the UNSC on noti-
fications so received.

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The persons concerned by this measure will be designated
in accordance with paragraph 5 of United Nations
Security Council Resolution 1171 (1998). Exceptions may
be authorised in accordance with the same paragraph 5 of
the said Resolution (1).

Nothing in the first paragraph may oblige a Member State
to refuse entry into its territory to its own nationals.

Article 6

This Common Position shall take effect on 5 June 1998.

Article 7

This Common Position shall be published in the Official
Journal.

Article 5

The effects of Common Position 97/826/CFSP (2) shall be
terminated.

For the Council

The President

R. COOK

Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1998.

(1) Paragraph 5 of UNSR 1171 (1998) provides that the UN Se-
curity Council Committee established by UNSCR 1132 (1997)
will designate the persons subject
to the entry and transit
restrictions and may authorise entry into or transit through a
particular State of any such person.

(2) OJ L 344, 15. 12. 1997, p. 6.