Council Decision 2014/742/CFSP

of 28 October 2014

repealing Common Position 2000/696/CFSP on the maintenance of specific restrictive measures directed against Mr Milosevic and persons associated with him and related Common Positions 98/240/CFSP, 98/326/CFSP, 1999/318/CFSP and 2000/599/CFSP

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
On 10 November 2000, the Council adopted Common Position 2000/696/CFSP1.
(2)
Common Position 2000/696/CFSP gave effect to the stipulation in Council Common Position 2000/599/CFSP2 that specific restrictive measures directed against Mr Milosevic and persons associated with him should be maintained.
(3)
Common Position 2000/696/CFSP consequently revised the restrictive measures provided for in Council Common Positions 98/240/CFSP3, 98/326/CFSP4 and 1999/318/CFSP5 in order to maintain only those restrictive provisions directed against Mr Milosevic and persons associated with him.
(4)

Mr Milosevic and persons associated with him no longer represent a threat to the consolidation of democracy and, consequently, there are no grounds to continue applying those restrictive measures.

(5)

Common Positions 98/240/CFSP, 98/326/CFSP, 1999/318/CFSP, 2000/599/CFSP and 2000/696/CFSP should therefore be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Common Positions 98/240/CFSP, 98/326/CFSP, 1999/318/CFSP, 2000/599/CFSP and 2000/696 /CFSP are hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 28 October 2014.

For the Council

The President

G. L. Galletti