Proposal for a Council Regulation repealing Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 preventing the supply of certain goods and services to Libya
Date: 2003-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Libya, UN resolution, common foreign and security policy, export (EU), export policy

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 03.10.2003
COM(2003) 581 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

repealing Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 preventing the supply of certain goods and
services to Libya

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

On 12 September 2003 the United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII
of  the  Charter  of  the  United  Nations,  decided  in  its  Resolution  1506  (2003)  that
measures  imposed  by  paragraphs  4,  5  and  6  of  its  Resolution  748  (1992),  and
paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of its Resolution 883 (1993) shall be lifted from that date.

The  measures  imposed  by  paragraphs  4  and  5  of  Resolution  748  (1992)  and  by
paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Resolution 883 (1993) were implemented in the European
Community by means of Council Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 of 29 November 1993
preventing the supply of certain goods and services to Libya.

Therefore Council Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 of 29 November 1993 preventing the
supply of certain goods and services to Libya, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 836/1999 of 20 April 1999 suspending the application of Regulation (EC) No
3274/93  preventing  the  supply  of  certain  goods  and  services  to  Libya,  should  be
repealed.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

repealing Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 preventing the supply of certain goods and
services to Libya

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 Council Common Position 2003/…/CFSP of xxx September 20031,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2,

Whereas:

(1) 

(2) 

On 12 September 2003 the United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII
of  the  Charter  of  the  United  Nations,  decided  in  its  Resolution  1506  (2003)  that
measures  imposed  by  paragraphs  4,  5  and  6  of  its  Resolution  748  (1992),  and
paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of its Resolution 883 (1993) shall be lifted from that date.

The  measures  imposed  by  paragraphs  4  and  5  of  Resolution  748  (1992)  and  by
paragraphs  3,  4,  5  and  6  of  Resolution  883  (1993)  were  implemented  in  the
Community by means of Council Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 of 29 November 1993
preventing  the  supply  of  certain  goods  and  services  to  Libya3.  The  application  of
Regulation  (EC)  No  3274/93  was  suspended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  836/99  of  20
April 19994.

(3) 

Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 should therefore be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Council Regulation (EC) No 3274/93 is repealed.

Article 1

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OJ L […] […], p.[…]
OJ C […] […], p […]
OJ L 295, 30.11.1993, p. 1.
OJ L 106, 23.4.1999, p. 1.

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Article 2

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

It shall apply from 12 September 2003.

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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