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S.I. No. 408/2003 - European Communities (Prohibition of the Export of Certain Goods and Services To Burma/Myanmar) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

I, Mary Harney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purposes of giving effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1211/2003 of 7 July 2003(1) , hereby make the following regulations:

1.        These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Prohibition of the Export of Certain Goods and Services to Burma/Myanmar) (Amendment Regulations 2003

2.        The European Communities (Prohibition on the Sale, Supply, and Export to Burma/Myanmar of Equipment which might be used for Internal Repression or Terrorism) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 299 of 2000 ) are amended by -

 (a)       substituting the following for Regulation 2:

“2. In these Regulations ‘Council Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 of 22 May 20002 (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1211/2003 of 7 July 2003) prohibiting the sale, supply and export to Burma/Myanmar of equipment which might be used for internal repression or terrorism and freezing the funds of certain persons related to important governmental functions in that country.”.

and

 (b)       substituting the following for Regulation 3:

“3. A person who contravenes Article 1, 1a, 2(2) or 5 of the Council Regulation or fails to comply with a requirement made under Article 3 of that Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.”.

 

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

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this 8th day of September 2003

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The effect of this Order is to amend the Statutory Instrument that provided for penalties for infringements of the EU Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 concerning the prohibition of the sale, supply and export to Burma/Myanmar of equipment which might be used for internal repression or terrorism, to take account of amendments made to Articles 1 and 5. These amendments give effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1211/2003.

1 OJ No. L 169, 08.07.2003, p.24

2 OJ No. L 122, 24.05.2000, p.29