CELEX: 31991R0811
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 811/91 of 27 March 1991 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait

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31991R0811

Council Regulation (EEC) No 811/91 of 27 March 1991 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait  

Official Journal L 082 , 28/03/1991 P. 0050 - 0051 Finnish special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 16 P. 0249  Swedish special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 16 P. 0249 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 811/91  of 27 March 1991  amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and KuwaitTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Whereas, under Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 542/91 (2), trade between the Community, on the one hand, and Iraq, on the other, was forbidden, with the exception of certain medical products and, under certain  conditions, foodstuffs, following the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council establishing an embargo after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces;  Whereas the United Nations Security Council adopted on 2 March 1991 Resolution 686 (1991);  Whereas, in these circumstances, the Community and its Member States, meeting within the framework of political cooperation, consider it desirable to facilitate humanitarian action in Iraq and, therefore, appropriate to enlarge, as of 2 March 1991, the  possibility for supplies of products intended strictly for medical purposes within the scope and conditions laid down in the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, and in particular Resolution 661 (1990),  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 of 2 March 1991, the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation.  Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 27 March 1991. For the Council  The President  R. GOEBBELS  (1) OJ No L 213, 9. 8. 1990, p. 1.  (2) OJ No L 60, 7. 3. 1991, p. 5.    ANNEX  'ANNEX  LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 (1)  A. Medical products   3001  Glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for  therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included.  ex 3002  Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions; vaccines for human medicine.  3004  Medicaments  (excluding goods of heading Nos 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.  3005  Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for  example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices) impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes.  3006  Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 3  to Chapter 30.  ex 9018  Syringes, needles, catheters, canulae and the like; blood transfusion apparatus. B. Foodstuffs  Any foodstuff intended for humanitarian purposes as part of emergency aid operations.  C. Other products  All products other than those listed under A intended strictly for medical purposes, provided that these are to be supplied under the strict supervision of the Community or the government of any Member State or by appropriate humanitarian agencies.'