S.I. No. 477/2016 - European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Iran) (No. 2) Regulations 2016.

1. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1002/2011 of 10 October 2011

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2. Council Regulation (EU) No 264/2012 of 23 March 2012

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3. Council Regulation (EU) 1245/2012 of 20 December 2012

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4. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 206/2013 of 11 March 2013

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5. Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013

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6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 371/2014 of 10 April 2014

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7. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/548 of 7 April 2015

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8. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/556 of 11 April 2016

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Schedule 2

Part 1

Contravention of Provision of Council Regulation

Article 1a(1)

Article 1b(1)

Article 1c(1)

Article 2

Article 9(1)

Part 2

Authorisation under Provision of Council Regulation

Article 1a(2)

Article 1b(1)

Article 1c(1)

Article 4(1)

Article 5(1)

Article 7

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 359/2011 as amended, regarding restrictive measures concerning Iran.

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 L100, 14.4.2011, p.1

2 OJ L 267, 12.10.2011, p.1

3 OJ L 87, 24.3.2012, p.26

4 OJ L 352, 21.12.2012, p.15

5 OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p.9

6 OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p.1

7 OJ L 109, 12.4.2014, p.9

8 OJ L 92, 8.4.2015, p.1

9 OJ L 96, 12.4.2016, p.3

9. The European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Iran) Regulations 2015 (

S.I. No. 571 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 359/2011 of 12 April 2011

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, as amended, hereby make the following regulations