2000/176/CFSP: Council Common Position of 28 February 2000 suspending, for a limited period, Article 4 of Common Position 1999/318/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and repealing Common Position 98/426/CFSP
1. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 56/1 (Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union) COUNCIL COMMON POSITION of 28 February 2000 suspending, for a limited period, Article 4 of Common Position 1999/318/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and repealing Common Position 98/426/CFSP (2000/176/CFSP) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION: Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in par- ticular Article 15 thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) the Council In Common Position 1999/318/CFSP (1) expressed its support for the maintenance or strength- ening of the sanctions targeted at the Belgrade regime, without penalising the Serbian people. In its conclusions of 14 February 2000 the Council decided, inter alia, in the light of an urgent and unani- mous call from the democratic opposition in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to suspend the flight ban for a period of six months. Article 4 of Common Position 1999/318/CFSP should be suspended accordingly. Subsequent action is required by the Community in order to implement fully the measures resulting from this suspension. Common Position 98/426/CFSP concerning a ban on flights by Yugoslav carriers between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the European Community (2) has been superseded by the provisions of Common Position 1999/318/CFSP; for reasons of legal certainty Common Position 98/426/CFSP should therefore be repealed, Article 1 Article 4 of Common Position 1999/318/CFSP shall be suspended until 28 August 2000. Common Position 98/426/CFSP shall be repealed. Article 2 Article 3 This Common Position will be kept under constant review. Article 4 This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adoption. Article 5 This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 28 February 2000. For the Council The President J. PINA MOURA (1) OJ L 123, 13. 5. 1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 190, 4. 7. 1998, p. 3