S.I. No. 66 of 2003

European Communities (Trade with Iraq) (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 purpose of giving effect to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2003 of 3 February 2003¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1.         These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Trade with Iraq) (Amendment) Regulations 2003.

2.         The European Communities (Trade with Iraq) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 370 of 1997 ) are amended by substituting the following for Regulation 2:

“2.    In these Regulations ‘Council Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2465/96 of 17 December 1996² as amended by Council Regulation 1346/2002 of 25 July 2002³ and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2003 of 3 February 2003¹ .”.

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 further amend the Statutory Instrument that provided for penalties for infringements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2465/96 prohibiting trade with Iraq, to take account of amendments made to Annex II. These amendments give effect to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2003 of 3 February 2003.

¹ OJ No. L28, 4.02.2003, p.26

² OJ No. L337, 27.12.1996, p.1

³ OJ No. L197, 26.07.2002, p.1.

¹ OJ No. L28, 4.02.2003, p.26