Council Common Position 2008/223/CFSP

of 13 March 2008

renewing measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Whereas:

(1) On 30 March 2004, the Council adopted Common Position 2004/293/CFSP renewing measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [1]. These measures were renewed again by Common Position 2007/150/CFSP [2] and are due to expire on 16 March 2008.

(2) The Council considers it necessary to renew the measures imposed by Common Position 2004/293/CFSP for a further period of 12 months,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

Common Position 2004/293/CFSP shall be extended until 16 March 2009.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 13 March 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. Rupel

[1] OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 65. Common Position as last amended by Decision 2007/521/CFSP (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 30).

[2] OJ L 66, 6.3.2007, p. 21.

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