Council Regulation (EEC) No 1194/91 of 7 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 and (EEC) No 3155/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1194/91  of 7 May 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 and (EEC) No 3155/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Whereas, under Regulations (EEC) No 2340/90 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 811/91 (2), and (EEC) No 3155/90 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 542/91 (4), trade between the Community, on the one hand, and Iraq, on the other, was  prevented, with certain exceptions, following the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council establishing an embargo after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces;
Whereas on 3 April 1991 the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 687 (1991);
Whereas the Community and its Member States, meeting in the framework of political cooperation, consider it necessary to amend Regulations (EEC) No 2340/90 and (EEC) No 3155/90 so as to incorporate the changes made by the United Nations Security Council  to the prohibitions against the sale or supply to Iraq of commodities or products and the prohibitions against the import of commodities and products originating in Iraq;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,