Council Regulation (EC) No 2421/1999 of 15 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2111/1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to certain parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)
Date: 1999-11-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Yugoslavia, international sanctions, market approval, petroleum, petroleum product, supply

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2421/1999

of 15 November 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2111/1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain
petroleum products to certain parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 301 thereof,

Having regard to Council Common Position 1999/691/CFSP of
22 October 1999 in support of democratic forces in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Within the framework of the ‘Energy for Democracy’
initiative certain municipalities and other destinations
within the Republic of Serbia should be supplied with
products falling under the scope of Regulation (EC) No
2111/1999 (2) and, therefore, the said Regulation should
be amended to allow such supplies;

(2)

To guarantee the fulfilment of the objectives and modal-
ities agreed upon by the European Union in respect of
the said initiative and in order to avoid the programme
to affect negatively the provisions of the said Regulation,
an authorisation system should be established,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

— they take place within the framework of the Energy for
Democracy initiative referred to in Council Common
Position 1999/691/CFSP; and

— conclusive evidence has been presented to these author-
ities in accordance with paragraph 2 that the end-users
or final destinations of the products are the municipal-
ities listed in Annex V.

2.
The Commission shall establish procedures and
mechanisms to enable the competent authorities of the
Member States to obtain conclusive evidence in respect of
the end-users or final destinations referred to in paragraph
1. These procedures and mechanisms shall be applicable as
from the date of their notification to the said competent
authorities or their publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities whichever is earlier.

For as long as the Commission has not established, notified
or published these procedures and mechanisms, the said
competent authorities shall grant authorisations only if they
have received conclusive evidence in accordance with the
model set out in Annex IV.

3.
The competent authorities of the Member States shall
notify each other of any authorisations granted under this
Article and of the conclusive evidence obtained.

Article 2b

The Commission shall amend the list of municipalities or
final destinations in the Republic of Serbia listed in Annex
V in accordance with the decisions of the Council adopted
in the framework of Council Common Position 1999/691/
CFSP.’.

The following Articles shall be inserted into Regulation (EC) No
2111/1999:

Article 2

‘Article 2a

1.
Notwithstanding Article 1, sales, supplies or exports
of the products listed in Annex I and related activities may
be authorised on a case-by-case basis by the competent
authorities of the Member States in accordance with the
model set out in Annex II on the condition that:

Annex V contained in the Annex to this Regulation shall be
added to Regulation (EC) No 2111/1999.

Article 3

(1) OJ L 273, 23.10.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 258, 5.10.1999, p. 12.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 1999.

For the Council

The President

T. HALONEN

ANNEX

‘ANNEX V

List of municipalities or final destinations in the Republic of Serbia referred to in Article 2a(1)

1. The city of Nis

2. The city of Pirot’