Council Decision 2010/677/CFSP

of 8 November 2010

repealing Common Position 98/409/CFSP concerning Sierra Leone

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 29 June 1998, the Council adopted Common Position 98/409/CFSP concerning Sierra Leone [1] in order to implement the measures imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution (hereinafter "UNSCR") 1171(1998).

(2) On 28 January 2008, the Council adopted Common Position 2008/81/CFSP amending Common Position 98/409/CFSP [2] in order to implement the measures imposed by UNSCR 1793(2007) providing for an exemption to the measures imposed by paragraph 5 of UNSCR 1171(1998).

(3) On 29 September 2010, the United Nations Security Council adopted UNSCR 1940(2010) repealing UNSCR 1171(1998).

(4) Common Position 98/409/CFSP should therefore be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Common Position 98/409/CFSP is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2010.

For the Council

The President

M. Wathelet

[1] OJ L 187, 1.7.1998, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 24, 29.1.2008, p. 54.

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