[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 24021-24022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11410]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Executive Order 13121 of April 30, 1999

                
Blocking Property of the Governments of the 
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), 
                the Republic of Serbia, and the Republic of Montenegro, 
                and Prohibiting Trade Transactions Involving the 
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 
                in Response to the Situation in Kosovo

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the International Emergency Economic 
                Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the 
                National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and 
                section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

                I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States 
                of America, in order to take additional steps with 
                respect to the continuing human rights and humanitarian 
                crisis in Kosovo and the national emergency described 
                and declared in Executive Order 13088 of June 9, 1998, 
                hereby order:

                Section 1. Amendment to Executive Order 13088. (a) 
                Section 1(a) of Executive Order 13088 of June 9, 1998, 
                is revised to read as follows:

                    L  ``Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided 
                in section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)), and in 
                regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may 
                hereafter be issued pursuant to this order, all 
                property and interests in property of the Governments 
                of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
                Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and the Republic 
                of Montenegro that are in the United States, that 
                hereafter come within the United States, or that are or 
                hereafter come within the possession or control of 
                United States persons, including their overseas 
                branches, are hereby blocked.''
                    (b) Section 2 of Executive Order 13088 is hereby 
                revoked, and a new section 2 is added to read as 
                follows:
                    L  ``Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in 
                section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) and in 
                regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may 
                hereafter be issued pursuant to this order, and 
                notwithstanding any contract entered into or any 
                license or permit granted prior to the effective date 
                of this order, the following are prohibited:
                    L  ``(a) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or 
                supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, 
                or by a United States person, wherever located, to the 
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 
                or the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
                (Serbia and Montenegro), the Government of the Republic 
                of Serbia, or the Government of the Republic of 
                Montenegro, of any goods (including petroleum and 
                petroleum products), software, technology (including 
                technical data), or services;
                    L  ``(b) the importation into the United States, 
                directly or indirectly, of any goods, software, 
                technology (including technical data), or services from 
                the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
                Montenegro) or owned or controlled by the Government of 
                the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
                Montenegro), the Government of the Republic of Serbia, 
                or the Government of the Republic of Montenegro; and

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                    L  ``(c) any transaction or dealing by a United 
                States person, wherever located, in goods, software, 
                technology (including technical data), or services, 
                regardless of country of origin, for exportation, 
                reexportation, sale, or supply to, or exportation from 
                or by, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
                Montenegro) or the Government of the Federal Republic 
                of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the Government 
                of the Republic of Serbia, or the Government of the 
                Republic of Montenegro. This prohibition includes, 
                without limitation, purchase, sale, transport, swap, or 
                brokerage transactions in such items, and approving, 
                financing, insuring, facilitating, or guaranteeing any 
                such transactions.''
                    (c) Section 4 of Executive Order 13088 is revised 
                to read as follows:
                    L  ``Sec. 4. Any transaction by a United States 
                person that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of 
                evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the 
                prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited. Any 
                conspiracy formed to violate the prohibitions of this 
                order is prohibited.''
                    (d) Section 7 of Executive Order 13088 is revised 
                to read as follows:
                    L  ``Sec. 7. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of State, shall give 
                special consideration to the circumstances of the 
                Government of the Republic of Montenegro and persons 
                located in and organized under the laws of the Republic 
                of Montenegro in the implementation of this order.
                    L  ``(b) The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of State, shall give 
                special consideration to the humanitarian needs of 
                refugees from Kosovo and other civilians within the 
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 
                in the implementation of this order.
                    L  ``(c) The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby 
                directed to authorize commercial sales of agricultural 
                commodities and products, medicine, and medical 
                equipment for civilian end use in the territory of the 
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 
                under appropriate safeguards to prevent diversion to 
                military, paramilitary, or political use by the 
                Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
                (Serbia and Montenegro), the Government of the Republic 
                of Serbia, or the Government of the Republic of 
                Montenegro.''

                Sec. 2. Preservation of Authorities. Nothing in this 
                order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness 
                of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other 
                forms of administrative action issued, taken, or 
                continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under the 
                authority of IEEPA, except as hereafter terminated, 
                modified, or suspended by the issuing Federal agency.

                Sec. 3. No rights or privileges conferred. Nothing 
                contained in this order shall confer any substantive or 
                procedural right or privilege on any person or 
                organization, enforceable against the United States, 
                its agencies or its officers.

                Sec. 4. (a) Effective date. This order is effective at 
                12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 1, 1999.

                    (b) Transmittal; Publication. This order shall be 
                transmitted to the Congress and published in the 
                Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 30, 1999.

[FR Doc. 99-11410
Filed 5-4-99; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P