§ Dr. LadymanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the EU flight ban against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was suspended. [116741]
§ Mr. HainI refer to the written answer given by the Minister for Europe to my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Mr. Coaker) on 14 March 2000,Official Report, column 142W. The EC Regulation required to give effect to Common Position 2000/176/CFSP suspending the flight ban against the FRY was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 20 March 2000. EC Regulation 607/2000 came into force on 22 March and, in addition to suspending EC Regulation 2151/1999 imposing the flight ban until 28 August 2000, permits, in relation to the suspension of the flight ban, specific exemptions from Regulation 1294/1999 concerning a freeze of funds and a ban on investment, and from Regulation 2111/1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum products to certain parts of the FRY.