Council Regulation (EEC) No 3155/90 of 29 October 1990 extending and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3155/90
of 29 October 1990
extending and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Whereas, on 1, 6 and 7 October 1990, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States reaffirmed their conviction that full implementation of the embargo adopted by the United Nations Security Council in respect of Iraq was the essential condition for a peaceful settlement of the crisis;
Whereas, on 8 August 1990, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 (1), which is aimed at preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait;
Whereas, taking account of the worsening of the situation since the adoption of the said Regulation, the Community and its Member States, in their Declarations of 7 and 17 September 1990, confirmed the necessity of implementing United Nations Security Council Resolutions 660, 661 and 666 (1990) and expressed their determination to take effective action; whereas the Community and its Member States have agreed to adopt a Community instrument to ensure uniform implementation, throughout the Community, of the measures relating to trade with Iraq and Kuwait decided upon by the United Nations Security Council;
Whereas, in Resolution 670 (1990), the United Nations Security Council decided that States should take all appropriate measures to ensure effective application of the embargo to air transport;
Whereas, taking account of the abovementioned United Nations Security Council Resolutions, certain bodies in Kuwait, controlled and recognized by the legitimate Government of Kuwait, should be allowed to carry out their activities under certain conditions in accordance with the national law of the Member States;
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 exempts from the strict prohibition on exports to Iraq and Kuwait the supply of, among other things, products for strictly medical use listed in the Annex to the said Regulation;
Whereas the list of medical products contained in that Annex includes certain products or substances which could be used for ends and purposes which are not strictly medical;
Whereas the said products or substances should therefore be deleted from the list of products for strictly medical use and their export to Iraq or Kuwait should be prohibited;
Whereas, with a view to exercising sufficiently effective control over exports to Iraq or Kuwait of the products listed in the Annex, such exports should require prior authorization, to be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States;
Whereas rapid exchange of information between the Member States and the Commission on the authorizations granted in the context of emergency food aid would seem necessary;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),