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S.I. No. 331/2005 - European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Ivory Coast) Regulations 2005

S.I. No. 331 of 2005

European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Ivory Coast) Regulations 2005

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. 174/2005 of 31 January 20051 , hereby make the following regulations:

1.        These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Ivory Coast) Regulations 2005.

2.        A person who contravenes Article 2 or 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 174/2005 of 31 January 20051 is guilty of an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €3,000 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 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.

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,

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29     June    2005.

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. 174/2005 concerning certain restrictive measures which include a ban on technical assistance and the provision of finance relating to military activities and the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment that might be used for internal repression in respect of the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire).

1 OJ No. L29, 2.2.2005, p. 5.

1 OJ No. L29, 2.2.2005, p. 5.