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Statutory Instruments
Protection Of Trading Interests
Trade
Made
at 9.00 p.m. on 5th February 2021
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 5, second paragraph, point (a), of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom( 1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Trading Interests (Authorisation) Regulations 2021.
2. In these Regulations, “the Helms-Burton Act” means the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996( 2).
3. The person specified in Part 1 of the Schedule is, for the purpose specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, authorised to comply with any requirement or prohibition based on or resulting from Title III of the Helms-Burton Act( 3) (protection of property rights of United States nationals).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for International Trade
Ranil Jayawardena
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for International Trade
At 9.00 p.m. on 5th February 2021
Regulation 3
Imperial Brands plc( 4)
Filing and litigating a motion to dismiss the complaint brought before the federal judiciary of the United States of America under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act in which Imperial Brands plc is named as a defendant (case number 1:20-cv-23287-DPG).
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force at the time they are made, authorise compliance by a specified person, for a specified purpose, with a requirement or prohibition referred to in the first paragraph of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom (EUR 1996/2271, amended by S.I. 2020/1660).
The law of the United States of America referred to in these Regulations may be found online athttps://uscode.house.gov/.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary, or public sector is foreseen.
EUR 1996/2271, amended by S.I. 2020/1660. EUR 1996/2271 was incorporated into domestic law at 11 p.m. on 31st December 2020 under section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16).
22 U.S.C. §§ 6021-6091.
Title III of the Helms-Burton Act is codified in 22 U.S.C. §§ 6081-6085.
Imperial Brands plc is a public limited company registered in England and Wales (company number 3236483).