S.I. No. 120/2010 - European Communities (Revocation of Financial Sanctions concerning Uzbekistan) Regulations 2010.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Revocation of Financial Sanctions concerning Uzbekistan) Regulations 2010.

2. The European Communities (Uzbekistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2009 (

S.I. No. 397 of 2009

) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

15 March 2010.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Statutory Instrument and does not purport to be a legal Interpretation.)

The effect of this Regulation is to revoke Statutory Instrument No. 397 of 2009 which provided for penalties for breach of financial sanctions imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1859/2005

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of 14 November 2005 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan. Council Regulation (EC) No. 1859/2005 was repealed by Council Regulation (EU) No. 1227/2009 of 15 December 2009.

2 OJ No. L.299, 16.11.05, p.23.

1 OJ No. L.330, 16.12.09, p.48.

2 OJ No. L.299, 16.11.05, p.23.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th March

, 2010.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Finance, 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 full effect to Council Regulation (EU) No. 1227/2009

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of 15 December 2009, hereby make the following regulations