No L 82/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 3. 91 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 811/91 of 27 March 1991 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, under Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 542/91 (%), trade between the Community, on the one hand, and Iraq, on the other, was forbidden, with the exception of certain medical products and, under certain conditions, food- stuffs, following the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council establishing an embargo after the inva- sion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces; Whereas the United Nations Security Council adopted on 2 March 1991 Resolution 686 (1991); Whereas, in these circumstances, the Community and its Member States, meeting within the framework of political cooperation, consider it desirable to facilitate humanitar- ian action in Iraq and, therefore, appropriate to enlarge, as of 2 March 1991, the possibility for supplies of products intended strictly for medical purposes within the scope and conditions laid down in the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, and in particular Resolution 661 (1990), Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 As of 2 March 1991, the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 March 1991. OJ No L 213, 9. 8. 1990, p. 1. OJ No L 60, 7. 3. 1991, p. 5. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS