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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Status of the embargoLifted
EntitéState
Organisation(s)UN & EU
ExceptionsNo

Between July 1991 and October 2001, the European Community (today the European Union) enforced an arms embargo against the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Restrictions:

Conventional weapons

UN

Between March 1998 and September 2001, the UN Security Council enforced an arms embargo against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 

Prohibitions 

It prohibited the sale and supply of arms and related materials of all types to the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo. 

Others 

See Resolution 1160 (1998) and 1367 (2001)

The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was also subject to an EU arms embargo. 

EU

Between July 1991 and October 2001, the European Community (today the European Union) enforced an arms embargo against the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 

Prohibitions 

Originally, in July 1991, it prohibited the sale and supply of arms, munitions and military equipment on the overall territory of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In March 1998, items which might be used for internal repression or for terrorism, were added to the list of the prohibited items. 

Others 

The geographic scope of the embargo was progressively scaled down. Slovenia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were excluded in February 1996 from the scope of the sanctions, followed by Croatia in November 2000. The sanctions ceased to apply to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in October 2001 (Common position 2001/719/CFSP) to only apply to Bosnia and Herzegovina until 2006. 

See European Council Decision of July 5th, 1991, Common Positions 96/184/CFSP, 98/240/CFSP2000/722/CFSP2001/719/CFSP and Council Decision 1998/498/CFSP.