1999/604/CFSP: Council Common Position of 3 September 1999 amending Common Position 1999/273/CFSP concerning a ban on the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), and Common Position 1999/318/CFSP concerning additional restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Date: 1999-09-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Yugoslavia, international sanctions, market approval, petroleum, petroleum product

7. 9. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 236/1

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

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION

of 3 September 1999

amending Common Position 1999/273/CFSP concerning a ban on the supply and sale of petroleum
and petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), and Common Position
1999/318/CFSP concerning additional restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia

(1999/604/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in par-
ticular Article 15 thereof,

Montenegro for the purpose of activity carried on in, or
operated from Montenegro or Kosovo, without prejudice to
the applicability of this Article with regard to the rest of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.’

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

On 23 April 1999 the Council adopted Common Posi-
tion 1999/273/CFSP concerning a ban on the supply
and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (1) and on 10 May
1999 Common Position 1999/318/CFSP concerning
additional
Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (2);

restrictive measures

against

the

On 19 July 1999 the Council recalled its support for the
democratically elected government of President Djuka-
novic in Montenegro and for the Republic of Monte-
negro's political and economic reform programme, and
underlined the necessity to speedily exempt Kosovo and
Montenegro from the oil embargo and other sanctions;

Article 1 of Common Position 1999/273/CFSP and
Article 4 of Common Position 1999/318/CFSP should
be amended accordingly;

The European Union considers the alignment of the
Associated Countries of Central and Eastern Europe,
Cyprus, Malta and the EFTA countries important
to
maximise the impact of this Common Position;

Corresponding expeditious action by the Community is
needed in order to implement the measures cited below,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of
Common Position 1999/273/CFSP:

‘3.
The prohibition referred to in paragraph (1) will not
apply to the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum
products to the Province of Kosovo or the Republic of

(1) OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 123, 13.5.1999, p. 1.

Article 2

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 4 of
Common Position 1999/318/CFSP:

‘The prohibition referred to above will not apply to flights
operated for commercial or private purposes between the
Community and the Republic of Montenegro or the Prov-
ince of Kosovo by non-Yugoslav carriers and Montenegro
airlines, without prejudice to the applicability of this Article
with regard to the rest of the Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia.’

Article 3

The Presidency will request the Associated Countries of Central
and Eastern Europe, Cyprus, Malta and the EFTA Members to
align themselves with this Common Position.

Article 4

This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its
adoption.

Article 5

This Common Position shall be published in the Official
Journal.

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1999.

For the Council

The President

T. HALONEN