Commission Regulation (EC) No 1440/2000 of 30 June 2000 amending Annex VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999 concerning a freeze of funds and a ban on investment in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1440/2000
of 30 June 2000
amending Annex VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999 concerning a freeze of funds and a ban on investment in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999 of 15 June 1999 concerning a freeze of funds and a ban on investment in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1295/98 and (EC) No 1607/98(1), as amended by Regulations (EC) No 723/2000(2) and (EC) No 1059/2000(3), and in particular Article 8(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By means of Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 723/2000, the Commission is empowered to amend Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999.
(2) The Commission, through the competent authorities of the Member States, received requests from a number of companies, undertakings, institutions and entities within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (hereafter called "FRY") to be included in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999.
(3) The Commission established that in almost all cases additional information would be required in order to establish whether, with regard to the companies, undertakings, institutions and entities for which a request for inclusion in Annex VI was received, the definition of Government of FRY or Government of the Republic of Serbia, as laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999, would apply or not and whether one or more of the criteria listed in Article 8 of said Regulation were fulfilled or not.
(4) In a number of cases the information provided justifies a provisional listing of certain companies, undertakings, institutions and entities in Annex VI for a period of seven months, during which period they should be able to complete and/or update the relevant information.
(5) The Management Committee referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999 has not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its Chairman,