CELEX: 52011PC0754
Language: en
Date: 2011-11-08
Title: Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

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			Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya /* COM/2011/0754 final - 2011/0337 (NLE) */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(1)                   
On 27 October 2011 the Security Council of the
United Nations decided that the ban on all flights in the airspace of Libya,
which it had imposed by Resolution 1973(2011) of 17 March 2011, should be
terminated from 23.59 Libyan local time on 31 October 2011.
(2)                   
The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy and the European Commission therefore propose to repeal the
corresponding ban laid down in Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning
restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.
2011/0337 (NLE)
Joint Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION
amending Regulation (EU) No 204/2011
concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/…/CFSP
of … 2011 amending Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP concerning restrictive
measures in view of the situation in Libya[1],
Having regard to the joint proposal from
the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
and the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)              
By means of its Resolution 2016, the Security
Council of the United Nations decided on 27 October 2011 that the ban on all
flights in the airspace of Libya, which had been decided on 17 March 2011,
should be terminated.
(2)              
Further to Decision 2011/137/CFSP this ban on
flights has been given effect in the European Union by Regulation (EC) No
204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya[2]as amended[3].
(3)              
In line with Decision 2011/…/CFSP the relevant
provision of Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 should therefore be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 4b of Regulation (EU) No 204/2011
is deleted.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding
in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                       For
the Council
                                                                       The
President
[1]               OJ L …, …2011, p. …
[2]               OJ L 58. 3.3.2011, p. 1.
[3]               Regulation (EU) No 296/2011 (OJ L 80, 26.3.2011, p. 2).