The Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2009 gave effect in certain United Kingdom overseas territories to sanctions against Burma decided upon by the Council of the European Union in Council Common Position 2007/750/CFSP of 19th November 2007 and implemented in Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 of 25th February 2008. These measures comprised an arms embargo, a prohibition on the supply of equipment which might be used for internal repression or for use in the logging, timber processing or various mining industries, the provision of technical assistance relating to such goods, a prohibition on imports of timber products, coal, certain metals, precious and semi-precious stones, and financial sanctions directed against certain persons and entities connected with the Burmese regime.