THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13121
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:
"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:
"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:
"(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;
"(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
"(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:
"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:
"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.
"(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.
"(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.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 30, 1999.
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