Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996
Date: 2003-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iraq, UN resolution, economic relations, export restriction, gas, military equipment, petroleum, petroleum product

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 10.6.2003
COM(2003) 357 final

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In its Resolution 1483 (2003) of 22 May 2003,  the  United  Nations  Security  Council
decided  that  the  comprehensive  trade  sanctions  imposed  in  accordance  with
Resolution  661(1990)  and  subsequent  Resolutions  should  be  repealed  and  replaced
with certain specific restrictions.

The  remaining  restrictions  include  a  ban  on  exports  of  arms  and  related  materiel  to
Iraq, which may be implemented on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 and
legislation of the Member States on exports of arms, restrictions on the importation of
petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas imported from Iraq and a ban on trade
in  or  transfer  of  Iraq’s  cultural  heritage.  In  addition,  the  Resolution  provides  for  the
freezing of funds and economic resources of senior officials of the former Iraqi regime
and of the foreign funds and economic resources belonging to the Government of Iraq.
The proposed Regulation is intended to implement those restrictions.

As  regards  the  goods  which  are  part  of  Iraq’s  cultural  heritage,  the  Resolution  urges
States  to  take  appropriate  steps  to  facilitate  their  safe  return  to  the  appropriate  Iraqi
institutions.  The  provisions  of  the  proposed  Regulation  supplement  those  of
Regulation  (EEC)  No  3911/1992,  which  provides  the  basis  for  an  export  licensing
policy on cultural goods and applies to the customs territory of the Community only. It
should also be noted that Directive 93/7/EEC provides for a procedure for the return of
those  cultural  objects  which  the  Member  States  have  classified  as  national  treasures
possessing  artistic,  historic  or  archaeological  value.  However,  that  procedure  is
applicable  as  between  Member  States  only  and  concerns  objects  which  have  been
unlawfully  removed  from  the  territory  of  a  Member  State.  The  proposed  Regulation
does not address the question of the procedures to be followed by a Member State for
cultural property to be legitimately returned to Iraq.

The  Resolution  presents  the  freezing  of  funds  and  economic  resources  as  the  first
phase of a process resulting in a transfer of the funds and economic resources to the
newly-established Iraq Development Fund. The proposed Regulation does not address
the  question  of  the  procedures  to  be  followed  by  a  Member  State  for  funds  and
economic resources to be legitimately transferred to that Fund.

Finally, the proposed Regulation imposes certain temporary restrictions on the right of
creditors  to  seek  to  satisfy  their  claims  against  Iraq  in  that  it  exempts  all  petroleum,
petroleum products and natural gas exported by Iraq, as well as the payments for such
goods, the Development Fund for Iraq and the funds and economic resources frozen in
accordance  with  the  proposed  Regulation,  from  legal  proceedings,  attachment,
garnishment and execution.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Common Position 2003/.../CFSP on Iraq and  repealing Common Positions
1996/741/CFSP and 2002/599/CFSP1,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Further  to  United  Nations  Security  Council  Resolution  661  (1990)  and  subsequent
relevant  Resolutions,  in  particular  Resolution  986  (1995),  the  Council  imposed  a
comprehensive  embargo  on  trade  with  Iraq. This embargo  is  at  present  laid  down  in
Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2465/96  of  17  December  1996  concerning  the
interruption  of  economic  and  financial  relations  between  the  European  Community
and Iraq 3, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2003 4.

In its Resolution 1483 (2003) of 22 May 2003, the Security Council decided that, with
certain  exceptions,  all  prohibitions  related  to  trade  with  Iraq  and  the  provision  of
financial or economic resources to Iraq should no longer apply.

(3) With  the  exception  of  a  ban  on  exports  of  arms  and  related  materiel  to  Iraq,  the
Resolution  provides  that  the  comprehensive  restrictions  concerning  trade  should  be
repealed  and  replaced  with  specific  restrictions  applying  to  imports  of  petroleum,
petroleum products and natural gas from Iraq, and to trade in goods belonging to Iraq’s
cultural heritage.

(4)

The  Resolution  also  states  that  certain  funds  and  economic  resources,  in  particular
those belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and senior officials of his
regime,  should  be  frozen,  subject  to  designation  by  the  Committee  of  the  Security
Council established pursuant to paragraph 6 of Resolution 661 (1990).

(5)

The  Resolution  stipulates  that  all  petroleum,  petroleum  products  and  natural  gas
exported by Iraq, as well as the payments for such goods, should be exempt from legal

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temporary  measure 

proceedings,  attachment,  garnishment  and  execution  by  those  having  claims  against
to  promote  economic
is  necessary 
Iraq.  This 
reconstruction  of  Iraq  and  the  restructuring  of  its  debt,  which  will  help  remove  the
threat to international peace and security constituted by the current situation in Iraq in
the common interest of the international community and in particular the Community
and its Member States.

in  order 

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

Common  Position  2003/..../CFSP  makes  provision  for  an  amendment  of  the  current
Community regime in order to align it with Resolution 1483(2003).

These measures fall under the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, in particular with a
view  to  avoiding  distortion  of  competition,  Community  legislation  is  necessary  to
implement the relevant decisions of the Security Council as far as the territory of the
Community  is  concerned.  For  the  purposes  of  this  Regulation,  the  territory  of  the
Community is deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the
Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.

In  order  to  create  maximum  legal  certainty  within  the  Community,  the  names  and
other relevant data relating to natural or legal persons, groups or entities identified by
the  UN  authorities  whose  funds  and  economic  resources  are  to  be  frozen,  should  be
published and a procedure established within the Community to amend these lists.

For  reasons  of  expediency,  the  Commission  should  be  empowered  to  amend  the
Annexes to this Regulation setting out the lists of persons, bodies and entities, whose
funds and economic resources are to be frozen, and the list of competent authorities.

The  competent  authorities  of  the  Member  States  should,  where  necessary,  be
empowered to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Regulation.

The Commission and Member States should inform each other of the measures taken
under this Regulation and of other relevant information at their disposal in connection
with  this  Regulation,  and  should  co-operate  with  the  Committee  established  by
Resolution 661(1990), in particular by supplying it with information.

(12) Member States should lay down rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the
provisions  of this Regulation and  ensure that  they are  implemented.  Those  sanctions
must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

(13)

Since the comprehensive trade measures of Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996 are being
replaced  by  the  specific  trade  restrictions  of  this  Regulation,  and  this  Regulation
imposes  freezing  measures  which  require  immediate  application  by  economic
operators, it is necessary to ensure that sanctions for breaches of this Regulation can
be imposed as soon as it enters into force.

(14)

For  the  sake  of  clarity,  Regulation  (EC)  No  2465/1996  should  be  repealed  in  its
entirety. The trade restrictions not maintained by this Regulation should cease to apply
with effect from 23 May 2003,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

"Sanctions Committee" means: the Committee of the Security Council of the United
Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 6 of Resolution 661 (1990);

(2).

"funds" means:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

financial assets and economic benefits of every kind, including but not limited
to  cash,  cheques,  claims  on  money,  drafts,  money  orders  and  other  payment
instruments;

deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts
and debt obligations;

publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks
and  shares,  certificates  presenting  securities,  bonds,  notes,  warrants,
debentures, derivatives contracts;

interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by
assets; credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial
commitments;

(e)

letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;

(f)

documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources,

(g)

any other instrument of export-financing;

(3)

(4)

(5)

"economic  resources"  means  assets  of  every  kind,  whether  tangible  or  intangible,
movable or immovable, which are not funds but can be used to obtain funds, goods
or services;

"freezing of funds" means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of or dealing
with  funds  in  any  way  that  would  result  in  any  change  in  their  volume,  amount,
location,  ownership,  possession,  character,  destination  or  other  change  that  would
enable the use of the funds, including portfolio management;

"freezing of economic resources" means preventing their use to obtain funds, goods
or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging
them.

The following shall be prohibited:

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(1)

The  introduction  into  the  territory  of  the  Community  of  petroleum,  petroleum
products and natural gas originating in Iraq, as listed in Annex I, if payments for such

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products  are not deposited  into the  Development  Fund for  Iraq  held  by  the  Central
Bank of Iraq;

(2)

The introduction into the territory of the Community of cultural goods coming from
Iraq,  as  listed in  Annex  II,  whatever  their  origin,  or  of  cultural  goods  belonging  to
Iraq’s  cultural heritage,  as listed in  Annex  II,  where  there is no evidence  that  those
goods were exported from Iraq prior to 2 August 1990, if

(a)

(b)

the  goods  form  an  integral  part  of  either  the  public  collections  listed  in  the
inventories of Iraqi museums, archives or libraries’ conservation collection, or
the inventories of Iraqi ecclesiastical institutions, or

there exists reasonable suspicion that the goods have been removed from Iraq
without the consent of their legitimate owner or have been removed in breach
of Iraq’s laws and regulations.

(3)

The  export  of  or  removal  from  the  territory  of  the  Community  of  cultural  goods
belonging to Iraq’s cultural heritage or coming from Iraq, as listed in Annex II, if

(a)

(b)

such  goods  form  an  integral  part  of  either  the  public  collections  listed  in  the
inventories of Iraqi museums, archives or libraries’ conservation collection, or
the inventories of Iraqi ecclesiastical institutions, or

there exists reasonable suspicion that the goods have been removed from Iraq
without the consent of their legitimate owner or have been removed in breach
of Iraq’s laws and regulations.

This prohibition shall not apply if it is demonstrated that either

(a)

the cultural goods were exported from Iraq prior to 2 August 1990, or

(b)

the cultural goods are being returned to their legitimate owner in Iraq.

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1.

2.

All funds and economic resources located outside Iraq on or after 22 May 2003, and
belonging  to  the  Republic  of  Iraq,  or  to  any  of  the  public  bodies,  corporations,
including  companies  established  under  private  law  in  which  the  public  authorities
have  a  majority  stake,  and  agencies  of  that  Republic,  identified  by  the  Sanctions
Committee and listed in Annex III, shall be frozen.

All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned or held by the following
persons,  identified  by  the  Sanctions  Committee  and  listed  in  Annex  IV,  shall  be
frozen:

(a)

former President Saddam Hussein,

(b)

senior officials of his regime,

(c)

immediate members of their families, or

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4.

1.

2.

1.

2.

1.

(d)

legal persons, bodies or entities owned or controlled by such natural persons or
by any natural or legal person acting on their behalf or at their direction.

No  funds  shall  be  made  available,  directly  or  indirectly,  to,  or  for  the  benefit  of,  a
natural or legal person, body or entity listed in Annex IV.

No economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to, or for the
benefit of, a natural or legal person, body or entity listed in Annex IV, so as to enable
that person, group or entity to obtain funds, goods or services.

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Without  prejudice  to  the  legislation  applicable  on  confiscation  and  expropriation,
courts of law and competent authorities of the Member States may order the transfer
of funds, economic resources and proceeds of economic resources frozen pursuant to
Article 3 to the Development Funds for Iraq held by the Central Bank of Iraq.

This Regulation shall not restrict the validity and use of the guarantees and letters of
credit issued by Iraqi banks meeting the conditions of Article 3(1), at the request of
their customers, with a view to payment for goods or services which such customers
concerned  have  ordered  in  the  Community.  It  shall  not  require  the  freezing  of  a
transfer  of  funds  to  a  beneficiary  in  the  Community  by  or  through  an  Iraqi  bank
meeting  the  conditions  of  Article  3(1),  if  such  transfer  constitutes  a  payment  for
goods and services ordered by customers of that bank.

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The  participation,  knowingly  and  intentionally,  in  activities,  the  object  or  effect  of
which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent Article 3 or to promote the transactions
referred to in Article 2, shall be prohibited.

Any  information  that  the  provisions  of  this  Regulation  are  being,  or  have  been,
circumvented shall be notified to the competent authorities of the Member States, as
listed  in  Annex  V,  and,  directly  or  through  these  competent  authorities,  to  the
Commission.

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Without  prejudice  to  the  rules  applicable  on  reporting,  confidentiality  and
professional secrecy and to  the  provisions of Article 284 of the Treaty, natural and
legal persons, entities and bodies shall:

(a)

provide immediately  any information which  would  facilitate  compliance  with
this  Regulation,  such  as  accounts  and  amounts  frozen  in  accordance  with
Article 3, to the competent authorities of the Member States listed in Annex V
where  they  are  resident  or  located,  and,  directly  or  through  these  competent
authorities, to the Commission;

(b)

co-operate with the competent authorities listed in Annex V in any verification
of this information.

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2.

3.

Any information provided or  received in accordance with this Article shall  be  used
only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

Any  additional  information  directly  received  by  the  Commission  shall  be  made
available to the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.

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The freezing of funds and economic resources, carried out in good faith that such action is in
accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the
natural or legal person, group or entity implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it
is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen as result of negligence.

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1.

2.

Without prejudice to the right to institute legal proceedings of persons having a claim
against  the  Republic  of  Iraq,  including  its  public  bodies,  state-owned  corporations,
whether established under public or private law, and agencies, the following shall be
immune from legal proceedings and shall not be subjected to any form of attachment,
garnishment or execution:

petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas originating in Iraq, until title to

(a)
such goods has been passed to a purchaser;

(b)
proceeds  and  obligations  arising  from  the  sale  of  petroleum,  petroleum
products  and  natural  gas  originating  in  Iraq,  including  payments  for  such  goods
deposited into the Development Fund for Iraq held by the Central Bank of Iraq;

(c)

funds and economic resources frozen pursuant to Article 3;

(d)

the Development Fund for Iraq held by the Central Bank of Iraq.

By  way of  derogation  from  paragraph  1,  the  proceeds  and  obligations  arising  from
the sale of petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas originating in Iraq, and the
Development Fund for  Iraq shall  not be immune from  claims  made  on  the basis of
Iraq’s liability for damages in connection with any ecological accident occurring after
22 May 2003.

The Commission shall be empowered to:

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(a)

amend  or  supplement  Annexes  III  and  IV  on  the  basis  of  determinations  made  by
either the United Nations Security Council or the Sanctions Committee, and

(b)

amend Annex V on the basis of information supplied by Member States.

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Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Member States under the Charter of the
United  Nations,  the  Commission  shall  maintain  all  necessary  contacts  with  the  Sanctions
Committee for the purpose of the effective implementation of this Regulation.

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The  Commission  and  the  Member  States  shall  immediately  inform  each  other  of  any
measures  taken  pursuant  to  this  Regulation.  They  shall  supply  each  other  with  relevant
information  at  their  disposal  in  connection  with  this  Regulation,  in  particular  information
received in accordance with Article 6 and information relating to breaches of the provisions of
this Regulation, enforcement problems and judgements handed down by national courts.

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This Regulation shall apply notwithstanding  any  rights  conferred or  obligations imposed  by
any  international  agreement  signed  or  any  contract  entered  into  or  any  licence  or  permit
granted before the entry into force of this Regulation.

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1.

2.

3.

The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements
of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure
that  they  are  implemented.  The  penalties  provided  for  must  be  effective,
proportionate and dissuasive. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the
Commission  by  30  July  2003  at  the  latest  and  shall  notify  it  without  delay  of  any
subsequent amendment affecting them.

Pending  the  adoption  of  any  necessary  legislation  to  that  end,  the  sanctions  to  be
imposed  shall  be  those determined by the  Member  States  in  order  to  give  effect  to
Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996.

Each Member State shall be responsible for bringing proceedings against any natural
or legal person, group or entity under its jurisdiction, in cases of violation of any of
the  restrictive  measures laid down in  this  Regulation  by  any  such  person,  group  or
entity.

This Regulation shall apply

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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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  legal  person,  group  or  entity  which  is  incorporated  or  constituted  under  the
law of a Member State,

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to any legal person, group or entity doing business within the Community.

Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996 is repealed.

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1.

2.

3.

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Except for Articles 3 and 4, it shall apply from 23 May 2003.

Article 8 shall apply until 31 December 2007.

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

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Product description

2709 00

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude

2710

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude;
preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing  by weight  70 %
or more or petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these
oils being the basic constituents of the preparations

2711

Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons

2712 10

Petroleum jelly

2712 20 00

Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil

H[(cid:3)2712 90

‘Slack wax’, ‘scale wax’

2713

2714

Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of
oils obtained from bituminous minerals

Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites
and asphaltic rocks

2715 00 00

Bituminous  mixtures  based  on  natural  asphalt,  on  natural  bitumen,  on
petroleum  bitumen,  on  mineral  tar  or  on  mineral  tar  pitch  (for  example,
bituminous mastics, cutbacks)

2901

Acyclic hydrocarbons

2902 11 00

Cyclohexane

2902 20 00

Benzene

2902 30 00

Toluene

2902 41 00

o-Xylene

2902 42 00

m-Xylene

2902 43 00

p-Xylene

2902 44

Mixed xylene isomers

2902 50 00

Styrene

2902 60 00

Ethylbenzene

2902 70 00

Cumene

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Methanol (methyl alcohol)

3403 19 10

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release
preparations,  anti-rust  or  anti-corrosion  preparations  and  mould  release
preparations,  based  on  lubricants)  and  preparations  containing,  as  basic
constituents,  70  %  or  more  by  weight  of  petroleum  oils  or  of  oils  obtained
from bituminous minerals but not as the basic constituent

3811 21 00

Additives for lubricating oils containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from
bituminous minerals

3824 90 10

Petroleum  sulphonates,  excluding  petroleum  sulphonates  of  alkali  metals,  of
ammonium or of ethanolamines; thiophenated sulphonic acids of oils obtained
from bituminous minerals, and their salts

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H[(cid:3)CN code

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1. Archaeological objects more than 100 years old which are the products of:

9706 00 00

- excavations and finds on land or under water

- archaeological sites

- archaeological collections

2.  Elements  forming  an  integral  part  of  artistic,  historical  or  religious
monuments which have been dismembered, of an age exceeding 100 years

3.  Pictures  and  paintings,  other  than  those  included  in  category  3A  or  4,
executed entirely by hand in any medium and on any material, which are more
than 50 years old and do not belong to their originators

3A.  Water-colours,  gouaches  and  pastels  executed  entirely  by  hand  on  any
material,  which  are  more  than  50  years  old  and  do  not  belong  to  their
originators

4. Mosaics in any material executed entirely by hand, other than those falling
in categories 1 or 2, and drawings in any medium executed entirely by hand on
any  material,  which  are  more  than  50  years  old  and  do  not  belong  to  their
originators

5. Original engravings, prints, serigraphs and lithographs with their respective
plates  and  original  posters,  which  are  more  than  50  years  old  and  do  not
belong to their originators

9705 00 00

9706 00 00

9701

9701

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8442 50 99

9703 00 00

6. Original sculptures or statuary and copies produced by the same process as

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the  original,  which  are  more  than  50  years  old  and  do  not  belong  to  their
originators, excluding those in category 1

7. Photographs, films and negatives thereof, which are more than 50 years old
and do not belong to their originators

8. Incunabula  and manuscripts, including maps and musical scores, singly or
in  collections,  which  are  more  than  50  years  old  and  do  not  belong  to  their
originators

3704

3705

3706

4911 91 80

9702 00 00

9706 00 00

4901 10 00

4901 99 00

4904 00 00

4905 91 00

4905 99 00

4906 00 00

9705 00 00

9. Books more than 100 years old, singly or in collections

9706 00 00

9706 00 00

10. Printed maps more than 200 years old

11. Archives, and any elements thereof, of any kind or any medium which are
more than 50 years old

3704

3705

3706

4901

4906

9705 00 00

9706 00 00

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9705 00 00

9705 00 00

12. (a) Collections, as defined by the Court of Justice in its judgement in Case
252/84 5,  and  specimens  from  zoological,  botanical,  mineralogical  or
anatomical collections;

(b)  Collections,  as  defined  by  the  Court  of  Justice  in  its  judgement  in  Case
252/84 5, of historical, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest

9705 00 00

13. Means of transport more than 75 years old

Chapters  86-
89

14. Any other antique items not included in categories 1 to 13

(a) between 50 and 100 years old:

Chapter 95

- toys, games

7013

7114

- glassware

- articles of goldsmiths’ or silversmiths’ wares

Chapter 94

- furniture

Chapter 90

- optical, photographic or cinematographic apparatus

Chapter 92

- musical instruments

Chapter 91

- clocks and watches and parts thereof

Chapter 44

- articles of wood

Chapter 69

- pottery

5805 00 00

- tapestries

Chapter 57

- carpets

4814

- wallpaper

Chapter 93

- arms

9706 00 00

(b) more than 100 years old

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'Collectors' pieces within the meaning of heading N° 97.05 of the Common Customs Tariff are articles
which possess the requisite characteristics for inclusion in a collection, that is to say, articles which are
relatively rare, are not normally used for their original purpose, are the subject of special transactions
outside the normal trade in similar utility articles and are of high value.'

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(to be completed by the Member States)

BELGIUM

DENMARK

GERMANY

GREECE

SPAIN

IRELAND

ITALY

LUXEMBOURG

NETHERLANDS

AUSTRIA

PORTUGAL

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Commission of the European Communities

Directorate-General for External Relations

Directorate CFSP

Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters for external relations - Sanctions

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B - 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

Tel. (32-2) 295 81 48, 296 25 56

Fax (32-2) 296 75 63

E-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int

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