L 258/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.10.1999 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2111/1999 of 4 October 1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to certain parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 301 thereof, Having regard to Council Common Position 1999/604/CESP of 3 September 1999, amending Common Position 1999/273|CFSP concerning a ban on the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), and Common Position 1999/318/CFSP concerning additional restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (') Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY’) has continued to violate United Nations Security Council Resolutions and to pursue extreme and crim- inally irresponsible policies, including repression against its own citizens, which constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, and Common Position 1999/273/CFSP (%) provided that the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the FRY should be prohibited; however, Council Common Position 1999/604/CFSP provides that that prohibition should not apply to the sale and supply of such products to the Province of Kosovo and the Republic of Montenegro; (2)  The prohibition of selling, supplying or exporting petro- leum and petroleum products to the FRY falls within the scope of the Treaty establishing the European Community; (3)  Therefore, and particularly with a view to avoiding distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary for the implementation of this prohibition as far as the territory of the Community is concerned; for the purposes of this Regulation such territory is deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty; (4)  To that end the Council adopted on 29 April 1999 a Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (}) 0] L 236, 7.9.1999, p. 1. () O] L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 1. O] L 114, 1.5.1999, p. 7. (5)  The developments with regard to the FRY permit a partial lifting of the embargo imposed by Regulation (EC) No 900/1999; (6)  Such partial lifting should not prejudice the remaining applicability of Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 with regard to the FRY; (7)  For reasons of transparency and simplicity, the provi- sions of Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 should be incor- porated in this Regulation, and that Regulation should be repealed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 It shall be prohibited, knowingly and intentionally, to: (@) sell, supply or export, directly or indirectly, petroleum and petroleum products listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the Community, to any person or body in the FRY or to any person or body for the purpose of any business carried on in, or operated from, the territory of the FRY; (b) ship products referred to in point (a) to the territory of the FRY; (c) participate in related activities the object or the effect of which is to promote the transactions or activities referred to in points (a) and (b). Article 2 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, the competent authorities may authorise: (a) the sale, supply, export or shipment of products listed in Annex [ for the use of diplomatic and consular missions of the Member States in the FRY as well as for the use of an international military peace-keeping presence; (b) on a case-by-case basis and subject to the consultation procedure set out in paragraph 2, the sale, supply or export of the products listed in Annex I if conclusive evidence is given to these authorities that the sale, supply or export serves strictly humanitarian purposes. 2. The competent authorities of a Member State which intend to authorise a sale, supply or export in accordance with paragraph 1(b) shall notify to the competent authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission the grounds on which they intend to authorise the sale, supply or export concerned.