S.I. No. 203/1992 - European Communities (Prohibition of Trade With The Republics of Serbia and Montenegro) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992.


S.I. No. 203 of 1992.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PROHIBITION OF TRADE WITH THE REPUBLICS OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1992.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Decision No. 92/285/ECSC of 1 June 1992(a), as amended by Council Decision No. 92/314/ECSC of 15 June 1992(b), hereby makes the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Prohibition of Trade with the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992.

2. (1) A person shall not contravene any provision of Council Decision No. 92/285/ECSC of 1 June 1992(a), as amended by Council Decision No. 92/314/ECSC of 15 June 1992(b).

(2) Without prejudice to any other statutory provision, a person who, after the making of these Regulations, contravenes, paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

3. A person my export to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community which are intended for strictly medical purposes provided he has been granted an export licence for such products by the Ministe for Industry and Commerce.

4. Where a person, after conviction for an offence under Regulation 2 of these Regulations, continues to contravene that Regulation, he shall be guilty of an offence on every day on which the contravention continues and for each such offence he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.

(a) O.J. No. L151 of 3.6.1992, p. 20.

(b) O.J. No. L166 of 20.6.1992, p. 35.

5. Where an offence under Regulation 2 of these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and it is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 17th day of July, 1992.

DESMOND O'MALLEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to prohibit trade with the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro as provided for in EC Council Decision No. 92/285/ECSC as amended by Council Decision No. 92/314/ECSC, and to provide for penalties for infringement of the prohibition.