S.I. No. 615 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES) (LIBERIA) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 7th September, 2007.

I, MICHE�L MARTIN, 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 further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 234/2004 of 10 February 2004 ¹ , as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1819/2006 of 11 December 2006 ² , Council Regulation (EC) No. 719/2007 of 25 June 2007 ³ and Council Regulation (EC) No. 886/2007 of 23 July 2007 ⁴ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Liberia) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Liberia) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 160 of 2004 ) are amended by substituting for Regulation 2 the following Regulations:

�2. In these Regulations �Council Regulation� means Council Regulation (EC) No. 234/2004 of 10 February 2004¹, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1819/2006 of 11 December 2006², Council Regulation (EC) No. 719/2007 of 25 June 2007³ and Council Regulation (EC) No. 886/2007 of 23 July 2007⁴.

2A. A person who contravenes Article 2 of the Council Regulation is guilty of an offence.

2B. Where an authorisation has, pursuant to Article 3 or 4 of the Council Regulation, been granted to provide assistance as specified in one or both of those Articles, a person who provides such assistance otherwise than in accordance with the authorisation is guilty of an offence.

2C. A person who is guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable-

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding �5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding �500,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.�.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 September 2007

MICHE�L MARTIN

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

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 revoke the part of the European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Liberia) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 160 of 2004 ) which provides penalties for infringements of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 234/2004. The Article concerns a ban on the importation of rough diamonds, round logs and timber products from Liberia.

1 OJ No. L40, 12.02.2004, p.1.

2 OJ No. L351, 13.12.2006, p.1.

3 OJ No. L164, 26.06.2007, p.1.

4 OJ No. L192, 24.07.2007, p.4.