32002E0457

Council Common Position

of 13 June 2002

amending and extending Common Position 2001/357/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Liberia

(2002/457/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 7 May 2001 the Council adopted Common Position 2001/357/CFSP(1) concerning restrictive measures against Liberia so as to implement Resolution 1343 (2001) setting out measures to be imposed against Liberia, adopted on 7 March 2001 by the United Nations Security Council, hereinafter referred to as UNSCR 1343 (2001).

(2) On 7 May 2002 the United Nations Security Council adopted UNSCR 1408 (2002) whereby the measures imposed against Liberia by UNSCR 1343 (2001) are amended and extended until 7 May 2003.

(3) UNSCR 1408 (2002) calls upon the Government of Liberia to establish an effective Certificate of Origin regime for Liberian rough diamonds that is transparent and internationally verifiable, and provides that when such an effective and internationally verifiable regime is ready to become fully operational, rough diamonds controlled by the Government of Liberia through the Certificate of Origin regime shall be exempted from the import prohibition imposed by UNSCR 1343 (2001).

(4) Action by the Community is needed in order to implement certain measures,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

Common Position 2001/357/CFSP is hereby extended until 7 May 2003 unless the Council decides otherwise in accordance with any future relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

Article 2

This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

It shall be applicable from 7 May 2002.

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal.

Done at Luxembourg, 13 June 2002.

For the Council

The President

M. Rajoy Brey

(1) OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 1.