Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia .
Date: 2003-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Liberia, international sanctions, military equipment, trade restriction

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 4.9.2003
COM(2003) 535 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures
in respect of Liberia

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(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

(1) 

(2) 

On 1 August 2003 the United Nations Security Council decided in its Resolution 1497
(2003) to authorise Member States of the United Nations to establish a Multinational
Force  in  Liberia  to  support  the  implementation  of  the  17  June  2003  cease-fire
agreement  and  to  exempt  the  supply  of  arms  and  related  materiel  as  well  as  the
provision  of  technical  training  or  assistance  to  the  Multinational  Force  from  the
embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1343 (2001).

In  view  of  this  development,  the  Council  should  review  Common  Position
2001/357/CFSP  concerning  restrictive  measures  against  Liberia  and  Council
Regulation  (EC)  No  1030/2003,  which,  inter  alia,  prohibits  providing  Liberia  with
technical  training  or  assistance  related  to  arms  and  related  materiel  of  all  types.  The
Commission  was  informally  asked  to  make  the  necessary  proposal  for  appropriate
action by the Community.

(3) 

The  Commission  proposes,  therefore,  to  amend  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No
1030/2003 of 16 June 2003 to align it with Resolution 1497 (2003).

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures
in respect of Liberia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Common Position 2003/…/CFSP of … 20031, concerning….

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2,

Whereas:

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

United  Nations  Security  Council  Resolution  1497  (2003)  of  1  August  2003
(hereinafter  referred  to  as  UNSCR  1497  (2003)),  authorised  Member  States  of  the
United  Nations  to  establish  a  Multinational  Force  in  Liberia  to  support  the
implementation of the 17 June 2003 cease-fire agreement, and to exempt the supply of
arms and related materiel as well as the provision of technical training or assistance, to
the Multinational Force from the arms embargo imposed by United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1343 (2001) of 7 March 2001.

Common  Position  2001/357/CFSP3,  as 
last  amended  by  Common  Position
2003/365/CFSP4  of  19  May  2003,  and  Regulation  (EC)  No  1030/2003  of  16  June
20035 imposed restrictive measures against Liberia. Common Position 2003/…/CFSP
of ….2003 makes provision for an amendment of the current regime in order to align it
with UNSCR 1497 (2003).

Regulation  (EC)  No.  1030/2003,  which,  inter  alia,  prohibits  providing  Liberia  with
technical training or assistance related to arms and related materiel of all types, should,
therefore, be amended accordingly;

(4) 

It is necessary for this Regulation to enter into force as a matter of urgency,

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OJ L […], […], p. […].
OJ C […], […], p. […].
OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 1.
OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 49.
OJ L 150, 18.6.2003, p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 shall be replaced by the following:

“2. The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply

a) to the provision of technical training and assistance intended solely for support of
and use by the Multinational Force in Liberia, if an authorisation for such activities
has been granted by the competent authorities, as listed in Annex  I, of the Member
State, where the service provider is established;

b)  to  any  other  provision  of  technical  training  and  assistance  for  which  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.”

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  that  of  its  publication  in  the
Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, […]

For the Council
The President

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