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Council Common Position 2007/761/CFSP

of 22 November 2007

renewing the restrictive measures imposed against C么te d'Ivoire

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 13 December 2004, the Council adopted Common Position 2004/852/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against C么te d'Ivoire [1] in order to implement the measures imposed against C么te d'Ivoire by United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1572(2004).

(2) On 23 January 2006, the Council adopted Common Position 2006/30/CFSP [2] renewing the restrictive measures imposed against C么te d'Ivoire by Common Position 2004/852/CFSP for a further period of 12 months and supplementing them with the restrictive measures imposed by paragraph 6 of UNSCR 1643(2005).

(3) On 12 February 2007, the Council adopted Common Position 2007/92/CFSP [3] renewing the restrictive measures imposed against C么te d'Ivoire until 31 October 2007.

(4) On 29 October 2007, following a review of the measures imposed by UNSCR 1572(2004) and 1643(2005), the United Nations Security Council adopted UNSCR 1782(2007) renewing the restrictive measures against C么te d'Ivoire until 31 October 2008.

(5) The measures imposed by Common Position 2004/852/CFSP and Common Position 2006/30/CFSP should therefore be renewed with effect from 1 November 2007 until 31 October 2008 in order to give effect to UNSCR 1782(2007),

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

The measures imposed by Common Position 2004/852/CFSP and Common Position 2006/30/CFSP shall be applied until 31 October 2008, unless the Council decides otherwise in accordance with any future relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution.

Article 2

This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

It shall apply from 1 November 2007 until 31 October 2008.

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.

For the Council

The President

M. Pinho

[1] OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 50. Common Position as last amended by Decision 2006/483/CFSP (OJ L 189, 12.7.2006, p. 23).

[2] OJ L 19, 24.1.2006, p. 36.

[3] OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 16.

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