Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 of 16 June 2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia
Date: 2003-06-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Liberia, international sanctions, military equipment, precious stones, trade restriction, tropical wood

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1030/2003

of 16 June 2003

concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

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

Having regard to Council Common Position 2001/357/CFSP of
7 May 2001 concerning restrictive measures against Liberia (1),

Since Council Regulation (EC) No 1318/2002 expired
on 8 May 2003, this Regulation should enter into force
on the day of its publication and be applicable in line
with the dates provided for in Common Position 2003/
365/CFSP of 19 May 2003,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1343
(2001) of 7 March 2001 and 1408 (2002) of 6 May
2002 imposed restrictive measures on the government
of Liberia for its support to armed rebel groups in the
region. By Resolution 1478 (2003) of 6 May 2003, the
Security Council decided to extend the application of
those restrictive measures for a period of 12 months
from 7 May 2003. It also decided to prohibit all imports
of round logs and timber products originating in Liberia
for a period of 10 months from 7 July 2003.

Certain of these measures fall under the scope of the
Treaty and, therefore, notably with a view to avoiding
distortion of competition, Community legislation is
necessary to implement the relevant decisions of the
Security Council.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1318/2002 of 22 July 2002
concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of
Liberia (2),
implemented Resolutions 1343 (2001) and
1408 (2002) of the Security Council as far as the terri-
tory of the Community is concerned. That Regulation
expired on 8 May 2003. It is now necessary to imple-
ment Resolution 1478 (2003). For the purpose 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.

(4)

Member States should determine the sanctions applicable
to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation.
Sanctions provided for should be proportionate, effective
and dissuasive.

Article 1

1. Without prejudice to the powers of the Member States in
the exercise of their public authority, providing Liberia with
technical training or assistance related to the provision, manu-
facture, maintenance or use of arms and related material of all
types including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles
and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the
aforementioned shall be prohibited.

The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply
2.
in cases where the Committee established by paragraph 14 of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1343 (2001) has
granted an exemption in advance. Such exemptions shall be
obtained through the competent authorities of the Member
States listed in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

1.
The direct or indirect import into the Community of all
rough diamonds from Liberia, as defined in Annex II, whether
originating there or not, shall be prohibited.

2.
The direct or indirect import into the Community of all
round logs and timber products originating in Liberia, as
defined in Annex III, shall be prohibited.

Article 3

The Commission shall be empowered to:

(a) amend Annex I on the basis of information supplied by

Member States;

(1) OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 1. Common position as last amended by
Common Position 2003/365/CFSP of 19 May 2003 (OJ L 124,
20.5.2003, p. 49).

(2) OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 1.

(b) amend Annexes II and III in order to bring them into line
with changes that may be made to the Combined Nomen-
clature.

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Article 4

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 Committee estab-
lished by paragraph 14 of United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1343 (2001) for the purpose of the effective imple-
mentation of this Regulation.

Each Member State shall be responsible for bringing
2.
proceedings against any natural or legal person, entity or body
under its jurisdiction, in cases of violation of any of the prohi-
bitions laid down in this Regulation by such person, entity or
body.

Article 8

Article 5

This Regulation shall apply:

The Commission and the Member States shall
immediately
inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation
and shall supply each other with all relevant information at
their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular
information in respect of violation and enforcement problems
and judgements handed down by national courts.

(a) within the territory of

the Community,

including its

airspace;

(b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of

a Member State;

(c) to any person elsewhere who is a national of a Member

Article 6

State; and

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

Article 7

1.
Each Member State shall determine the sanctions to be
imposed where the provisions of this Regulation are infringed.
Such sanctions shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

Pending the adoption, where necessary, of any legislation to
this end, the sanctions to be imposed where the provisions of
this Regulation are infringed shall, where relevant, be those
determined by the Member States in order to give effect to
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1318/2002.

(d) to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated

or constituted under the law of a Member State.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its

1.
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1, Article 2(1) and Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall

2.
apply from 8 May 2003.

Article 2(2) shall apply from 7 July 2003.

3.

This Regulation shall expire on 8 May 2004.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. PAPANDREOU

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ANNEX I

List of competent authorities referred to in Article 1(2)

BELGIUM

Service public fédéral des affaires étrangères, commerce
extérieur et coopération au développement
Egmont 1,
Rue des Petits Carmes 19
B-1000 Bruxelles

Υπουργείο Οικονοµίας και Οικονοµικών
Γενική Γραµµατεία ∆ιεθνών Οικονοµικών Σχέσεων
Γενική ∆ιεύθυνση Σχεδιασµού και ∆ιαχείρισης Πολιτικής
Κορνάρου 1
GR-105 63 Αθήνα
Τηλ.: (30-210) 328 64 01-3
Φαξ: (30-210) 328 64 04

Direction des relations économiques et bilatérales extér-
ieures

(a) Service Afrique du Sud du Sahara (B.22),

Tel. (32-2) 501 85 77

(b) Coordination de la politique commerciale (B.40)

Tel. (32-2) 501 83 20

SPAIN

Ministerio de Economía
Dirección General de Comercio e Inversiones
Paseo de la Castellana, 162
E-28046 Madrid
Tel. (34) 913 49 38 60
Fax (34) 914 57 28 63

(c) Service transports (B.42)
Tel. (32-2) 501 37 62
Fax (32-2) 501 88 27

Service public fédéral économie, PME, classes moyennes
et énergie
ARE 4 o division, service des licences
Avenue du Général Leman 60
B-1040 Bruxelles
Tel. (32-2) 206 58 16/27
Fax (32-2) 230 83 22

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen
Dahlerups Pakhus
Langelinie Allé 17
DK-2100 København Ø
Tel. (45) 35 46 60 00
Fax (45) 35 46 60 01

Udenrigsministeriet
Asiatisk Plads 2
DK-1448 København K
Tel. (45) 33 92 00 00
Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

Justitsministeriet
Slotsholmsgade 10
DK-1216 København K
Tel. (45) 33 92 33 40
Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

GERMANY

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29-35
D-65760 Eschborn
Tel. (49) 61 96 908-0
Fax (49) 61 96 908-800

GREECE

FRANCE

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie
Direction générale des douanes et des droits indirects
Cellule embargo — bureau E 2
Tel. (33) 1 44 74 48 93
Fax (33) 1 44 74 48 97

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Direction des Nations unies et des organisations interna-
tionales
Tel. (33) 1 43 17 59 68
Fax (33) 1 43 17 46 91

IRELAND

Department of Enterprise
Trade and Employment Licensing Unit
Earlsfort Centre
Lower Hatch St.
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel. (353) 1 631 2121
Fax (353) 1 631 2562

ITALY

Ministero degli Affari esteri
D.G.A.E.-Uff. X
Roma
Tel. (39) 06 36 91 37 50
Fax (39) 06 36 91 37 52

Ministero del Commercio estero
Gabinetto
Roma
Tel. (39) 06 59 93 23 10
Fax (39) 06 59 64 74 94

Ministero dei Trasporti
Gabinetto
Roma
Tel. (39) 06 44 26 71 16/84 90 40 94
Fax (39) 06 44 26 71 14

Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Secretariat for International Economic Relations
General Directorate for Policy Planning and Manage-
ment
1 Kornarou str.
GR-105 63 Athènes
Tel. (30-210) 328 64 01-3
Fax (30-210) 328 64 04

LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Office des licences
21, rue Philippe II
L-2340 Luxembourg
Tel. (352) 478 23 70
Fax (352) 46 61 38

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NETHERLANDS

Belastingsdienst/Douane centrale dienst voor
uitvoer
Team II
Postbus 3003
9700 RD Groningen
Nederland
Tel. (31) 50 5238111
Fax (31) 50 5232210
e-mail: cdiusgs@bart.nl

AUSTRIA
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Stubenring 1
A-1030 Wien
Tel. (43-1) 711 00
Fax (43-1) 711 00-8386

PORTUGAL

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais
Largo Rilvas
P-1350-179 Lisboa
Tel. (351) 21 394 60 72
Fax (351) 21 394 60 73

FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet
PL/PB 176
FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors
Tel. (358) 9 16 05 59 00
Fax (358) 9 16 05 57 07

SWEDEN

in- en

Regeringskansliet
Utrikesdepartementet
Rättssekretariatet för EU-frågor
Fredsgatan 6
S-103 39 Stockholm
Tel. (46) 8 405 10 00
Fax (46) 8 723 11 76

UNITED KINGDOM

Export Control Organisation
Department of Trade and Industry
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London SW1P 2HT
United Kingdom
Tel. (44) 20 7215 0594
Fax (44) 20 7215 0593

Export Control Organisation
Department of Trade and Industry
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
United Kingdom
Tel. (44) 171 215 6740
Fax (44) 171 222 0612

ANNEX II

Rough diamonds referred to in Article 2(1)

CN code

Product description

ex 7102 10 00

Unsorted diamonds, unworked and not mounted or set

7102 21 00

Industrial diamonds, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted

7102 31 00

Non-industrial diamonds, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted

7105 10 00

Dust and powder of diamonds

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ANNEX III

Round logs and timber products referred to in Article 2(2)

CN code

Product description

4401

4402

4403

4404

4405

4406

4407

4408

4409

4410

4411

4412

4413

4414

4415

4416

4417

4418

4419

4420

4421

4701

4702

4703

4704

4705

Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles;
sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or
similar forms

Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared

Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise;
wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manu-
facture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like

Wood wool; wood flour

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed,
of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for
other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not
planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped
(tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along
any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed

Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or
other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding
substances

Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other
organic substances

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes

Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects

Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets,
box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood

Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves

Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts
and trees, of wood

Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels,
shingles and shakes

Tableware and kitchenware, of wood

Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles,
of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in
chapter 94 CN

Other articles of wood

Mechanical wood pulp

Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades

Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades

Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades

Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes

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CN code

9401 61

9401 69

Product description

Other seats, with wooden frames

Other seats, with wooden frames which are not upholstered

9401 90 30

Parts of seats of a kind used for aircraft of wood

9403 30

9403 40

9403 50

9403 60

Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices

Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen

Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom

Other wooden furniture

9406 00 10

Prefabricated buildings of wood

ex 9705

ex 9706

Wooden collectors' pieces

Wooden antiques