S.I. No. 254/2007 - European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Regulations 2007


S.I. No. 254 of 2007

European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Regulations 2007

I, Micheál Martin, 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 purpose of giving further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 329/2007 of 27 March 20071 , hereby make the following regulations:

1.          These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Regulations 2007.

2.          A person who contravenes Article 2, 3 or 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 329/2007 of 27 March 20071 is guilty of an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

3.          Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or any other person who was acting or purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of an offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.

4.          An offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

MICHEÁL MARTIN

29th May 2007

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 provide for penalties for infringements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 329/2007 of 27 March 2007 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The measures include a ban on the export of goods and technology and the provision of technical assistance and finance, which could contribute to North Korea's nuclear-related, weapons of mass destruction-related or ballistic missile-related programmes. It also bans the export of luxury goods to, and the procurement of goods and technology from, North Korea.

1 OJ No. L88, 29.3.2007, p. 1.

1 OJ No. L88, 29.3.2007, p. 1.