Council Regulation (EC) No 2111/1999 of 4 October 1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to certain parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 900/1999

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2111/1999
of 4 October 1999
prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to certain parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 900/1999
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 301 thereof,
Having regard to Council Common Position 1999/604/CFSP of 3 September 1999, amending Common Position 1999/273/CFSP concerning a ban on the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), and Common Position 1999/318/CFSP concerning additional restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(1)
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ("FRY") has continued to violate United Nations Security Council Resolutions and to pursue extreme and criminally irresponsible policies, including repression against its own citizens, which constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, and Common Position 1999/273/CFSP(2) provided that the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the FRY should be prohibited; however, Council Common Position 1999/604/CFSP provides that that prohibition should not apply to the sale and supply of such products to the Province of Kosovo and the Republic of Montenegro;
(2) The prohibition of selling, supplying or exporting petroleum and petroleum products to the FRY falls within the scope of the Treaty establishing the European Community;
(3) Therefore, and particularly with a view to avoiding distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary for the implementation of this prohibition as far as the territory of the Community is concerned; for the purposes of this Regulation such territory is deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty;
(4) To that end the Council adopted on 29 April 1999 a Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)(3)
(5) The developments with regard to the FRY permit a partial lifting of the embargo imposed by Regulation (EC) No 900/1999;
(6) Such partial lifting should not prejudice the remaining applicability of Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 with regard to the FRY;
(7) For reasons of transparency and simplicity, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 should be incorporated in this Regulation, and that Regulation should be repealed,