CELEX: 51993PC0301
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) INTRODUCING AN EMBARGO CONCERNING CERTAIN TRADE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND HAITI

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          C0M(93)  301final
                                          Brussels, 22 June 1993
                           Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
      INTRODDCING AN EMBARGO CONCERNING CERTAIN TRADE BETWEEN THE
                 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMDNITY AND HAITI
                   (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The United Nations Security Council in Resolution 841 of 16 June 1993
decided that a trade embargo concerning Haiti (limited to petroleum,
petroleum products and arms, munitions and equipment and the freezing
of certain funds) shall be effective from 23 June 1993, unless the
special envoy of the Secretaries General of the Organisation of the
American States (OAS) and of the United Nations, has made sufficient
progress towards an acceptable solution.
In order that    the embargo be    implemented by Member   States, the
Commission has proposed that the Council adopt the attached Regulation.
Member States will be required to introduce legislation individually on
the question of the freezing of funds.
                                    •yi-
 ---pagebreak---                  CODNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N°     /
                                    OF
       INTRODDCING AN EMBARGO CONCERNING CERTAIN TRADE BETWEEN THE
                  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMDNITY AND HAITI
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Whereas the Security Council of the United Nations has determined that
the continuation of the situation with regard to Haiti threatens
international peace and security ;
Whereas   the Community and    its Member States, meeting    within the
framework of political cooperation, have repeatedly expressed their
concern about the persistent absence of democracy and the rule of law
in Haiti and the need for effective action to end this situation ;
Whereas the Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter
of the United Nations, has adopted on 16 June 1993 Resolution 841
 (1993) which obliges all states to restrict trade with Haiti in
conformity with paragraphs 5 to 14 of the Resolution in order to obtain
the solution of the crisis in Haiti desired by the international
community ;
Whereas the Security Council has also decided that this restriction
shall apply notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations
conferred or imposed by any international agreement or any contract
entered into or any licence or permit granted prior to 23 June 1993,
and therefore the fourth Lomé Convention to which the Community and
Haiti are parties, does not pose an obstacle to the implementation of
the said Security Council decision ;
                                       yd 4X- —
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas under these conditions the Community has to restrict its trade
with Haiti ;
Whereas   the  Community   and  its Member    States   have   agreed   to   have
recourse to a Community instrument, inter alia, in order to ensure an
uniform implementation throughout the Community of the embargo ;
Having   regard   to  the   Treaty   establishing    the   European   Economic
Community and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
As from 23 June 1993, the following shall be prohibited :
 (a) the export to Haiti of petroleum and petroleum products contained
     in the Annex to this Regulation ;
(b) the export to Haiti of arms and related material of all types,
     including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment,
     police equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned ;
 (c) any activity the object or effect it is directly or indirectly to
     promote the transactions mentioned under (a) and (b) ;
(d) the entering of the territory of the territorial sea of Haiti by
     any means of transport engaged in the export activities described
     under (a) and (b).
                                  Article 2
The prohibition of Article 1 shall not apply to the export of petroleum
or petroleum products, including propane gas for cooking, when
 (a) authorized   on  an  exceptional    case-by-case    basis   under    a  no-
     objection   procedure   by   the   United   Nations    Security    Council
     Committee established by paragraph 10 of Resolution 841 (1993) and
 ---pagebreak--- (b) destined for verified essential humanitarian needs and
(c) exported   in  non-commercial   quantities  and  only  in  barrels or
    bottles and
(d) subject  to   acceptable  arrangements  for  effective  monitoring of
    delivery and use.
                                 Article 3
Exports to Haiti of petroleum and petroleum products which are not
prohibited under Article 1 shall be subject to prior authorization to
be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States.
                                 Article 4
Article  1,   3   and  4  shall   apply  notwithstanding   any  rights or
obligations conferred or imposed by any international agreement or any
contract entered into or any licence granted before 23 June 1993.
                                 Article 5
The competent authorities of the Member States shall bring proceedings
against persons and entities violating the provisions of Articles 1 to
3 and shall impose appropriate penalties.
                                 Article 6
This Regulation shall apply within the territory of the Community,
including its air space and in any aircraft or vessel under the
jurisdiction of a Member State, and to any person elsewhere who is a
national of a Member State and anybody elsewhere which is incorporated
or constituted under the law of a Member State.
                                 Article 7
The Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable as off 23 June 1993.
                                      3
 ---pagebreak--- This  Regulation   shall  be  binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.
Done at          ,    June 1993
For the Council,
The President
 ---pagebreak---                                ANNEX
 PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) CONCERNING TRADE
     BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND HAITI
2709            Huilés brutes de pétrole ou de minéraux
                bitumineux
2710            Huiles   de   pétrole    ou   de  minéraux
                bitumineux, autres que les huiles brutes;
                préparations non dénommées ni comprises
                ailleurs, contenant en poids 70 % ou plus
                d* huiles de pétrole ou de minéraux
                bitumineux et dont ces huiles constituent
                l'élément de base
2711            Gas de pétrole    et autres hydrocarbures
                gazeux
2712 10         Vaseline
2712 20 00      Paraffine contenant   en   poids moins  de
                0,75 % d'huile
ex 2712 90      "Slack wax" "scale wax"
2713            Coke de pétrole, bitume de pétrole et
                autres résidus des huiles de pétrole ou de
                minéraux bitumineux
2714            Bitumes et asphaltes, naturels; schistes
                et sables bitumineux; asphalatites et
                roches asphaltigues
2715            Mélanges bitumineux à base d1 asphalte ou
                de bitune naturels, de bitume de pétrole,
                de goudron minéral ou de brain de goudron
                minéral (mastics bitumineux, cut-backsM,
                par exemple)
2901            Hydrocarbures acycliques
2902 11 00      Cyclohexane
2902 20         Benzène
2902 30         Toluène
 ---pagebreak--- 2902 41 00 o-Xylène
2901 42 00 m-Xylène
2901 43 00 p-Xylène
2902 44    Isomères du xylene en mélange
2902 50 00 Styrène
2902 60 00 Ethylbenzène
2902 70 00 cumène
2905 11 00 Methanol (alcool mêthylique)
3403 19 10 Préparations lubrifiantes (y compris les
           huiles de coupe, les préparations pour le
           dégrippage des ôcrous, les préparations
           antirouille    ou   anticorrosion     et   les
           prépartions pour le démoulage, & base de
           lubrifiants) et préparations des types
           utilisés pour 1 ' ens image des matières
           textiles, l'huilage ou le graissage du
           cuir,    des    pelleteries     ou    d'autres
           matières, contenant en poids 70 % ou plus
           d'huiles de pétrole ou de minéraux
           bitumineux      non      considérés      comme
           constituants de base
3811 21 00 Additifs     pour     huiles      lubrifiantes
           contenant des huiles de pétrole ou de
           minéraux bitumineux
3823 90 10 Sulfonates de pétrole, à l'exclusion des
           sulfonates de pétrole de métaux alcalins,
           d'ammonium    ou   d ' éthanolamines ; acides
           sulfonigues      d'huiles      de     minéraux
           bitumineux, thiophénés et leurs sels
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