S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006 (2006_si_130) | IE

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Reg. 1 S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006 Open official source

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Trade with Iraq) Regulations 2006.

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Reg. 2 S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006 Open official source

2. A person who contravenes Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003

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is guilty of an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

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Reg. 3 S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006 Open official source

3. Where an offence is committed under these Regulations by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of or to have been attributable to the neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of an offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.

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Reg. 4 S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006 Open official source

4. An offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

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Reg. 5 S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006 Open official source

5. The European Communities (Trade with Iraq) Regulations 1997 (

S.I. No. 370 of 1997

) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8

th

March

2006.

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 provide for penalties for infringements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 which prohibits the import, export and dealing in any item of illegally removed Iraqi cultural property and to revoke European Communities (Trade with Iraq) Regulations 1997 (

S.I. No. 370 of 1997

) which provided for penalties for breaches of the EU prohibition on trade with Iraq.

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OJ No. L169, 8.7.2003, p.6.

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OJ No. L169, 8.7.2003, p.6.

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Preamble S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006 Open official source

S.I. No. 130 of 2006

European Communities (Trade with Iraq) Regulations 2006

I, Micheál 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 effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003

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, hereby make the following regulations

S.I. No. 130/2006 - European Communities (Trade With Iraq) Regulations 2006

Table of Provisions (6)

Statutory Text (6 Articles)

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