In a statement, the bloc called the auctions "illegal in light of the current constitutional and political vacuum".
Last month a stringent new antismoking law took effect that makes it illegal to light a cigarette in just about any indoor public place.
Igor G. Varov, wearing a pistol on his hip, opens the sun roof of his big Mercedes 600 to remove the illegal flashing light he uses to maneuver through traffic on the icy streets of this industrial city in the Ural Mountains.
The company may pay little heed to working time directives, to minimum wage legislation and to the right of elves to form a union, but the elves are regularly tested to ensure they have not been taking a nip of Santa's brandy and are warned regularly that the grotto is a non-smoking environment where it is illegal to light up their pipes.
But Chkhartishvili claims he was approached in May in the illegal red-light district in Tbilisi by a colleague of Shota Apkhaidze, head of the pro-Russian Eurasian Institute, to reinstate the parade.
Governments around the world have taken steps to bring illegal activity to light.
Israel's Shin Bet security services said that the CEPR was recently declared an illegal organisation "in light of the fact that it is Hamas' leading organisation in Europe, which carries out its activity under cover of being a pro-Palestinian organisation", adding that "the organisation is headed by senior Hamas activists, including Arafat Shoukri and Rami Abdo," Haaretz reported.
Mr Havel led the protests, which shamed the authorities into giving the illegal music-makers lighter sentences.
Finally, he said the passages making it illegal to erect lights that bother neighbors were too broad and poorly crafted.
If you don't have access to a radio, a bright flash-light, laser pointer (though illegal in some places), car light or horn, or any other loud or easily seen light can be used to transmit Morse Code.
