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Mr Milosevic and persons associated with him no longer represent a threat to the consolidation of democracy and, consequently, there are no grounds to continue applying those restrictive measures.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Common Positions 98/240/CFSP, 98/326/CFSP, 1999/318/CFSP, 2000/599/CFSP and 2000/696/CFSP should therefore be repealed,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: