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.”. | ||||||||
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(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.”. | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||