EU embargo on Indonesia
In reaction to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in East Timor, the Council of the European Union adopted in September 1999 a Common Position that included an arms embargo on Indonesia. The Common Position also included a commitment to ban the supply of equipment that might be used for internal repression or terrorism to Indonesia.
In October 1999 the Council of the European Union (the foreign ministers) adopted a Council Regulation banning the supply of equipment that might be used for internal repression or terrorism, defining such items in an annex.
The embargo expired on 17 January 2000.
