THE WHITE HOUSE



                      Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                        May 1, 1999





                             EXECUTIVE ORDER



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                 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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