S.I. No. 474/2016 - European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Central African Republic) Regulations 2016.

1. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 691/2014 of 23 June 2014

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2. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1276/2014 of 1 December 2014

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3. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/324 of 2 March 2015

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4. Council Regulation (EU) 2015/734 of 7 May 2015

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5. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1485 of 2 September 2015

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6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2454 of 23 December 2015

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7. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/354 of 11 March 2016

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8. Council Regulation (EU) 2016/555 of 11 April 2016

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Schedule 2

Part 1

Contravention of Provision of Council Regulation

Article 2

Article 5(1) and (2)

Article 11(1)

Article 12

Part 2

Authorisation under Provision of Council Regulation

Article 6

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

7 September 2016.

MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide for the enforcement of restrictive measures contained in Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 as amended, regarding restrictive measures concerning Central African Republic.

The Regulations provide that competent authorities of the State may issue directions for the purpose of giving full effect to the sanctions.

The Regulations create offences for breach of the Council Regulations or for failure to comply with the directions of competent authorities of the State with regard to implementation of the sanctions and provides for appropriate penalties.

1 OJ L 70, 11.3.2014, p.1

2 OJ L 183, 24.6.2014, p.6

3 OJ L 346, 2.12.2014, p. 19

4 OJ L 58, 3.3.2015, p. 39

5 OJ L 117, 8.5.2015, p. 11

6 OJ L 229, 3.9.2015, p. 1

7 OJ L 339, 24.12.2015, p.36

8 OJ L 67, 12.3.2016, p.18

9 OJ L 96, 12.4.2016, p.1

9. The European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Central African Republic) Regulations 2015 (

S.I. No. 574 of 2015

) are revoked.

Schedule 1

Council Regulation

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

16

th September

, 2016.

I, MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR, Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 of 10 March 2014

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as amended, hereby make the following regulations