TNAG-2029-FCO40-2891-Hong-Kong-freezing-of-Kuwaiti-and-Iraqi-assets-1990 — Page 176

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THE COMMISSION TO PREPARE A NON-PAPER.

REVISION OF EC REGULATION

9. THE COMMISSION SAID THAT THEY WOULD SHORTLY BE SEEKING

APPROVAL BY WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE EC REGULATION

ON SANCTIONS TO EXCLUDE FROM THE ANNEX COVERING MEDICAL PRODUCTS AN ITEM WHICH COULD BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

THEY ALSO INTENDED TO ISSUE AN EXPLANATORY NOTE ON THE TREATMENT OF KUWAITI COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE KIO, THE KPC AND KUWAITI AIRWAYS WHICH WERE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE KUWAITI GOVERNMENT IN EXILE AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE APPROPRIATE CONFIRMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN EXILE. THEY WERE ALSO LIKELY TO ISSUE AN EXPLANATORY NOTE ON PERFORMANCE BONDS, BUT WERE NOT READY TO DO SO IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. FRANCE SUGGESTED THAT IN LEGAL TERMS AN EXPLANATORY NOTE MIGHT NOT BE SUFFICIENT. THEY WANTED TO SEE AN AGREEMENT AMONG THE TWELVE.

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IRAQ/KUWAIT

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