Council Regulation (EC) No 1746/2000 of 3 August 2000 suspending, for an additional limited period of time, Regulation (EC) No 2151/1999 imposing a ban on flights between the territories of the Community and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia other than the Republic of Montenegro or the Province of Kosovo, and amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2000
Date: 2000-08-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Kosovo, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, air space, air transport, international sanctions

L 200/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

8.8.2000

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1746/2000

of 3 August 2000

suspending, for an additional limited period of time, Regulation (EC) No 2151/1999 imposing a ban
on flights between the territories of the Community and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia other
than the Republic of Montenegro or the Province of Kosovo, and amending Regulation (EC) No
607/2000

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,

Having regard to Common Position 2000/454/CFSP of 20 July
2000, suspending for a limited period, Article 4 of Common
Position 1999/318/CFSP
restrictive measures
against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1),

concerning

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 607/2000 shall be amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 4:

operational

‘3.
In case of any direct or indirect action by the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia which adversely affects the normal
of
and
commercial
Community air carriers operating under this Regulation, the
Council shall, on the basis of a Commission proposal, take
proportional and effective measures to protect the interests
of such carriers.’

activities

business

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Council has determined that the ban on flights
between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the
Community should be suspended for an additional
limited period of
time, while maintaining its overall
policy framework of applying maximum pressure on
President Milosevic and his regime.

The ban on flights,
laid down in Regulation (EC) No
2151/1999 (2), was suspended until 28 August 2000 by
means of Regulation (EC) No 607/2000 (3) under a
number of specific conditions.

Monitoring of the implementation of Regulation (EC) No
607/2000 has shown that provision should be made for
the protection of the interests of Community air carriers.

2. Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

This Regulation shall apply until 31 March 2001:

— within the territory of the Community,

including its

airspace,

— on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction

of a Member State,

— to any person elsewhere who is a national of a Member

State,

— to any body which is incorporated or constituted under

the law of a Member State.’

Article 2

It is therefore appropriate to extend the validity of Regu-
lation (EC) No 607/2000 until the end of March 2001,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 3 August 2000.

For the Council

The President

H. VÉDRINE

(1) OJ L 183, 22.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 264, 12.10.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 73, 22.3.2000, p. 4.