S.I. No. 678/2003 - European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Democratic Republic of Congo) 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 purpose of giving effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1727/2003 of 29 September 2003¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Democratic Republic of Congo) Regulations 2003.

2. A person shall not contravene Council Regulation (EC) No. 1727/2003 of 29 September 2003¹ .

3. A person who contravenes Regulation 2 of these Regulations is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

4. 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 a 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.

5. An offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted by the Minister.

	GIVEN under my Official Seal,

	15th day of December 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 provide for penalties for infringements of Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 which introduced certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

¹ OJ No. L249, 01.10.2003, p. 5