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

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

    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.