The Export Control (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008

Made: 22nd July 2008

Laid before Parliament: 23rd July 2008

Coming into force: 24th July 2008

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002¹, makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 24th July 2008.

2

The Export Control (Democratic Republic of Congo) Order 2005² is amended as follows.

3

In article 1(2), in the definition of “the Regulation” after the words “26 November 2007” insert “and Council Regulation (EC) No 666/2008 of 15 July 2008³”.

4

In Article 3, for the words “any person, entity or body in, or for use in, the Democratic Republic of Congo” substitute the words “any non-governmental person, entity or body operating in the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo” where they appear in paragraph (a) and (b).

Signed

Malcolm Wicks — Minister of State for Energy, — Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform — 22nd July 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order implements in part Council Regulation (EC) 666/2008 which amends Council Regulation (EC) 889/2005⁴.

Council Regulation (EC) 666/2008 was adopted pursuant to Council Common Position 2008/369/CFSP⁵ integrating the measures contained in UN Security Council Resolution 1807 (2008).

Council Regulation (EC) 666/2008 modifies the scope of the restrictive measures on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by limiting these restrictions to non-governmental persons or entities operating in the territory of the DRC.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as it has no impact on the costs of business.

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