Enforcement of European Union Sanctions

L.N. 173 of 2014

NATIONAL INTEREST (ENABLING POWERS) ACT

(CAP. 365)

Enforcement of European Union Sanctions

(Democratic Republic of Congo) Regulations, 2014

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 3(2) of the

National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act, the Prime Minister has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Enforcement of

European Union Sanctions (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Regulations, 2014.

(Regulation 3)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 889/2005

of 13 June 2005

imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic

of Congo and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in

particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,

Having regard to Common Position 2005/440/CFSP of 13 June 2005

concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo *

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas

(1) Council Common Position 2002/829/CFSP of 21 October 2002 on the

supply of certain equipment into the Democratic Republic of Congo ** imposed an

embargo on the supply of arms and related materiel to the Democratic Republic of

the Congo (‘DRC’).

(2) On 28 July 2003 the United Nations Security Council decided in its

Resolution 1493 (2003) (‘UNSCR 1493 (2003)’) to impose an embargo on the

supply of arms and related materiel as well as the provision of assistance, advice or

training related to military activities to all armed groups and militias operating in

the territory of North and South Kivu and of Ituri, and to groups not party to the

Global and All-inclusive agreement, in the DRC.

(3) Common Position 2003/680/CFSP provides for the alignment of

Common Position 2002/829/CFSP with the measures set out by UNSCR 1493

(2003). Some of these measures have been implemented at Community level by

Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 ***

(4) In view of the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the

DRC, the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the

United Nations, adopted Resolution 1596 (2005) of 18 April 2005 (‘UNSCR 1596

(2005)’) which, inter alia, extends the existing arms embargo to any recipient in

*See page 22 of the Official Journal dated 15.06.2005.

**OJ L 285, 23.10.2002, p. 1. Common Position as amended by Common Position 2003/680/

CFSP (OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 64).

***OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation 1567/2004

(OJ L 285, 4.9.2004, p. 10).

the territory of the DRC. UNSCR 1596 (2005) provides for certain exemptions to

the embargo.

(5) Common Position 2005/440/CFSP confirms the embargo and ban on the

provision of related assistance of Common Position 2002/829/CFSP and provides

for an additional exemption to the arms embargo and the ban on the provision of

related assistance in order to bring the list of exemptions in line with UNSCR 1596

(2005).

(6) The prohibition on providing technical and financial assistance related

to military activities falls within the scope of the Treaty. In order to avoid any

distortion of competition, Community measures are therefore necessary to

implement that prohibition as far as the Community is concerned.

(7) For the purpose of this Regulation, the territory of the Community

should be deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the

Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.

(8) For reasons of expediency, the Commission should be empowered to

amend the Annex to this Regulation.

(9) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are

effective, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.

(10) For the sake of clarity, Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 should be

replaced by this new Regulation containing all the relevant provisions regarding

the prohibition on providing technical and financial assistance related to military

activities in the DRC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply

1. ‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs,

development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical

service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of

working knowledge or skills or consulting services; technical assistance also

includes verbal forms of assistance;

2. ‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the Security Council of

the United Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 8 of UNSCR

1533 (2004).

Article 2

It shall be prohibited

(a)

to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related to

military activities directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for

use in the DRC;

(b)

to provide financing or financial assistance related to military

activities, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance,

for any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for

any grant, sale, supply, or transfer of related technical assistance and other

services, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in

the DRC;

(c)

to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the

object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions

referred to in points (a) and (b).

Article 3

1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authority, as set out

in the Annex, of the Member State where the service provider is established, may

authorise

(a)

the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial

assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for support of

and use by the United Nations Organisation Mission in the DRC

(‘MONUC’);

(b)

the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial

assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for support of

or use by units of the army and police of the DRC, provided that the said

units

(i)

have completed the process of their integration, or

(ii) operate under the command, respectively, of the ‘étatmajor

intégré’ of the Armed Forces or of the National Police of the DRC, or

(iii) are in the process of their integration, in the territory of the

DRC outside the provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri

district.

(c)

the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial

assistance related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for

humanitarian or protective use, where the provision of such assistance or

services has been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee.

2. No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken

place.

Article 4

The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform each other of

the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any

other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in

particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and

judgments handed down by national courts.

Article 5

1. The Commission shall be empowered to amend the Annex on the basis

of information supplied by Member States.

2. Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Member States

under the Charter of the United Nations, the Commission shall maintain all

necessary contacts with the Sanctions Committee for the purpose of the effective

implementation of this Regulation.

Article 6

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to

infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures

necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties laid down must be

effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

Member States shall notify those rules to the Commission without delay after

the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent

amendment thereof.

Article 7

This Regulation shall apply

(a)

within the territory of the Community, including its airspace and

on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;

(b)

to any person inside or outside the territory of the Community

who is a national of a Member State;

(c)

to any legal person, group or entity which is incorporated or

constituted under the law of a Member State;

(d)

to any legal person, group or entity doing business within the

Community.

Article 8

Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 is hereby repealed.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all

Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 13 June 2005.

For the Council

The President

J. ASSELBORN

ANNEX

List of competent authorities referred to in Article 3(1)

BELGIUM

Ministerie van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest/Ministère de la Région de

Bruxelles - Capitale

Directie Externe Betrekkingen/Direction des Relations extérieures

City Center

Kruidtuinlaan/Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 20

B-1035 Brussel/Bruxelles

Téléphone: (32-2) 800 37 59 (Cédric Bellemans)

Fax: (32-2) 800 38 20

cbellemans@mrbc.irisnet.be

Région wallonne

Cabinet du Ministre-Président du Gouvernement wallon

Rue Mazy, 25-27

B-5100 Jambes-Namur

Téléphone: (32-81) 33 12 11

Fax: (32-81) 33 13 13

Vlaams Gewest

Administratie Buitenlands Beleid

Boudewijnlaan 30

B-1000 Brussel

Tel. (32-2) 553 59 28

Fax: (32-2) 553 60 37

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ministerstvo prumyslu a obchodu

Licencní správa

Na Františku 32

110 15 Praha 1

Tel. + 420 2 24 06 27 20

Tel. + 420 2 24 22 18 11

Ministerstvo financí

Financní analytický útvar

P.O. BOX 675

Jindrišská 14

111 21 Praha 1

Tel. + 420 2 5704 4501

Fax + 420 2 5704 4502

Ministerstvo zahranicních vecí

Odbor Spolecné zahranicní a bezpecnostní politiky EU

Loretánské nám. 5

118 00 Praha 1

Tel. + 420 2 2418 2987

Fax + 420 2 2418 4080

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen

Langelinie Allé 17

DK-2100 København Ø

Tlf. (45) 35 46 62 81

Fax (45) 35 46 62 03

Udenrigsministeriet

Asiatisk Plads 2

DK-1448 København K

Tlf. (45) 33 92 00 00

Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

Justitsministeriet

Slotsholmsgade 10

DK-1216 København K

Tlf. (45) 33 92 33 40

Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

GERMANY

Concerning financing and financial assistance

Deutsche Bundesbank

Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen

Postfach

D-80281 München

Tel. (49) 89 28 89 38 00

Fax (49) 89 35 01 63 38 00

Concerning technical assistance

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)

Frankfurter Straße 29-35

D-65760 Eschborn

Tel. (49) 61 96 908-0

Fax (49) 61 96 908-800

ESTONIA

Eesti Välisministeerium

Islandi väljak 1

15049 Tallinn

Tel.: + 372 6317 100

Faks: + 372 6317 199

GREECE

Ministry of Economy and Finance

General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management

Address Kornarou Str.

105 63 Athens

Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3

Faξ: + 30 210 3286404

Υpουργeίο Οικονοµίaς κaι Οικονοµικών

Geνική Δ/νsη Sχedιasµού κaι Διaχeίριsης Πολιtικής

Δ/νsη: Κορνάρου 1,

Τ.Κ. 101 80 Αθήνa — Ελλάς

Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3

Faξ: + 30 210 3286404

SPAIN

Ministerio, de Industria Turismo y Comercio

Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior

Paseo de la Castellana, 162

E-28046 Madrid

Tel. (34) 913 49 38 60

Fax (34) 914 57 28 63

FRANCE

Ministère de l’économie, des finances et de l’industrie

Direction générale des douanes et des droits indirects

Cellule embargo - Bureau E2

Tél.: (33) 1 44 74 48 93

Télécopie: (33) 1 44 74 48 97

Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économique

Service des affaires multilatérales et du développement

Sous-direction Politique commerciale et investissements

Service Investissements et propriété intellectuelle

139, rue du Bercy

F-75572 Paris Cedex 12

Tél.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85

Télécopie: (33) 1 53 18 96 55

Ministère des affaires étrangères

Direction générale des affaires politiques et de sécurité

Direction des Nations unies et des organisations internationales

Sous-direction des affaires politiques

Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 59 68

Télécopie: (33) 1 43 17 46 91

Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune

Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16

Télécopie: (33) 1 43 17 45 84

IRELAND

United Nations Section

Department of Foreign Affairs,

Iveagh House

79-80 Saint Stephen’s Green

Dublin 2

Tel. + 353 1 478 0822

Fax + 353 1 408 2165

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland

Financial Markets Department

Dame Street

Dublin 2

Tel. + 353 1 671 6666

Fax + 353 1 679 8882

ITALY

Ministero degli Affari Esteri

Piazzale della Farnesina, 1

I-00194 Roma

D.G.A.S. - Ufficio III

Tel. (39) 06 3691 8221

Fax (39) 06 3691 5296

U.A.M.A.

Tel. (39) 06 3691 3605

Fax (39) 06 3691 8815

CYPRUS

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

6 Andrea Araouzou

1421 Nicosia

Tel.: + 357 22 86 71 00

Fax: + 357 22 31 60 71

Central Bank of Cyprus

80 Kennedy Avenue

1076 Nicosia

Tel.: + 357 22 71 41 00

Fax: + 357 22 37 81 53

Ministry of Finance (Department of Customs)

M. Karaoli

1096 Nicosia

Tel. + 357 22 60 11 06

Fax + 357 22 60 27 41/47

LATVIA

Latvijas Republikas Arlietu ministrija

Brivibas iela 36

Riga LV 1395

Talr. Nr.: (371) 7016 201

Fakss: (371) 7828 121

LITHUANIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Security Policy Department

J. Tumo-Vaizganto 2

LT-01511 Vilnius

Tel. + 370 5 2362516

Fax + 370 5 2313090

LUXEMBOURG

Ministère de l’économie et du commerce extérieur

Office des licences

BP 113

L-2011 Luxembourg

Tél.: (352) 478 23 70

Fax: (352) 46 61 38

mail: office.licences@mae.etat.lu

Ministère des affaires étrangères et de l’immigration

Direction des affaires politiques

5, rue Notre-Dame

L- 2240 Luxembourg

B

Tél.: (352) 478 2421

Fax: (352) 22 19 89

HUNGARY

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport - Hungarian Trade

Licencing

Office Margit krt. 85.

H-1024 Budapest

Hungary

Postbox: H-1537 Budapest Pf.: 345

Tel. + 36-1-336-7327

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium

-

Magyar

Kereskedelmi

Engedélyezési

Hivatal

Margit krt. 85.

H-1024 Budapest

Magyarország

Postafiók: 1537 Budapest Pf.: 345

Tel. + 36-1-336-7327

MALTA

Bord ta’ Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet

Direttorat ta’ l-Affarijiet Multilaterali

Ministeru ta’ l-Affarijiet Barranin

Palazzo Parisio

Triq il-Merkanti

Valletta CMR 02

Tel. + 356 21 24 28 53

Fax + 356 21 25 15 20

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Economische Zaken

Belastingdienst/Douane Noord

Postbus 40200

8004 De Zwolle

Telefoon: (31-38) 467 25 41

Telefax: (31-38) 469 52 29

AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)

Stubenring 1

A-1010 Wien

Tel. (+ 43-1) 711 00-0

Fax (+ 43-1) 711 00-8386

POLAND

Organ koordynujacy

Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych

Departament Prawno-Traktatowy

Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23

00-580 Warszawa

Polska

tel.: (+ 48 22) 523 94 27 lub 93 48

fax: (+ 48 22) 523 83 29

Organy wspólpracujace

Ministerstwo Obrony

Departament Prawny

ul. Klonowa 1

00-909 Warszawa

Polska

tel.: (+ 48 22) 687 15 84

fax: (+ 48 22) 687 16 97

Ministerstwo Gospodarki i Pracy

Departament Kontroli Eksportu

Plac Trzech Krzyzy 3/5

00-507 Warszawa

Polska

tel.: (+ 48 22) 693 51 71

fax: (+ 48 22) 693 40 33

PORTUGAL

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros

Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais

Largo do Rilvas

P-1350-179 Lisboa

Tel. (351) 21 394 60 72

Fax (351) 21 394 60 73

Ministério das Finanças

Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações Internacionais

Avenida Infante D. Henrique, n.

P-1100 Lisboa

Tel. (351) 21 882 3390/8

Fax (351) 21 882 3399

SLOVENIA

Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve

Prešernova 25

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel. 00386 1 4782000

Faks: 00386 1 4782341

Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo

Kotnikova 5

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel. 00386 1 4783311

Faks: 00386 1 4331031

Ministrstvo za obrambo

Kardeljeva pl. 25

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel. 00386 1 4712211

Faks: 00386 1 4318164

SLOVAKIA

Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky

Mierová 19

827 15 Bratislava 212

Tel.: 00421/2/4854 1111

Fax: 00421/2/4333 7827

Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky

Štefanovicova 5

P.O. BOX 82

817 82 Bratislava

Tel.: 00421/2/5958 1111

Fax: 00421/2/5249 8042

FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet

PL/PB 176

FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors

P./Tfn (358-9) 16 00 5

Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07

Puolustusministeriö/Försvarsministeriet

Eteläinen Makasiinikatu 8 / Södra Magasinsgatan 8

FIN-00131 Helsinki/Helsingfors

PL/PB 31

P./Tfn (358-9) 16 08 81 28

Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 08 81 11

SWEDEN

Inspektionen för strategiska produkter (ISP)

Box 70 252

107 22 Stockholm

Tfn (46-8) 406 31 00

Fax (46-8) 20 31 00

UNITED KINGDOM

Sanctions Licensing Unit

Export Control Organisation

Department of Trade and Industry

4 Abbey Orchard Street

London SW1P 2HT

Tel. (44) 20 7215 0594

Fax (44) 20 7215 0593

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Commission of the European Communities

Directorate-General for External Relations

Directorate Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and European

Security and Defence Policy (ESDP): Commission Coordination and

contribution

Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint Actions, Sanctions,

Kimberley Process

CHAR 12/163

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

Tel. (32-2) 296 25 56

Fax (32-2) 296 75 63

E-mail: Relex-Sanctions@cec.eu.int

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1183/2005

of 18 July 2005

imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting

in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the

Democratic Republic of the Congo

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in

particular Articles 60, 301 and 308 thereof,

Having regard to Common Position 2005/440/CFSP of 13 June 2005

concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo * ,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament *

Whereas

(1) In view of the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the

Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter

VII of the Charter of the United Nations, adopted Resolution 1596 (2005) of 18

April 2005 providing, inter alia, for financial restrictive measures against persons

designated by the competent United Nations Sanctions Committee as acting in

violation of the arms embargo imposed against the Democratic Republic of the

Congo by UN Security Council Resolutions 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005).

(2) Common Position 2005/440/CFSP provides, inter alia, for

implementation of the financial restrictive measures against persons designated by

the competent United Nations Sanctions Committee. Those measures fall within

the scope of the Treaty. In order to avoid any distortion of competition Community

measures are therefore necessary to implement them as far as the Community is

concerned. For the purposes of this Regulation, the territory of the Community

should be deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the

Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.

(3) For reasons of expediency, the Commission should be empowered to

amend the Annexes to this Regulation.

(4) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are

effective, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.

(5) The Treaty, in Articles 60 and 301, empowers the Council to take, under

certain conditions, measures aimed at the interruption or reduction of payments or

movement of capital and of economic relations with regard to third countries. The

measures laid down in this Regulation, targeted also at individual persons not

directly linked to the government of a third country, are necessary to attain this

objective of the Community and Article 308 of the Treaty empowers the Council to

take such measures if no other specific powers are provided for in the Treaty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply

1. ‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the Security Council of

the United Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 8 of UN Security

*OJ L 152, 15.6.2005, p. 22.

*Opinion delivered on 23 June 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

Council Resolution 1533 (2004);

2. ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but

(a)

cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other

payment instruments;

(b)

deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on

accounts, debts and debt obligations;

(c)

publicly and privately traded securities and debt instruments,

including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes,

warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;

(d)

interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or

generated by assets;

(e)

credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other

financial commitments;

(f)

letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;

(g)

documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial

(h)

any other instrument of export-financing;

3. ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use

of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in

their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or

other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio

4. ‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or

intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but can be used to obtain

funds, goods or services;

5. ‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing their use to obtain

funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, the selling,

hiring or mortgaging of them.

Article 2

1. All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned or held by the

natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I shall be frozen.

2. No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or

indirectly, to or for the benefit of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies

listed in Annex I.

3. The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object

or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the measures referred to

in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be prohibited.

Article 3

1. By way of derogation from Article 2 the competent authorities of the

Member States, as listed in Annex II, may authorise the release of certain frozen

funds or economic resources or the making available of certain frozen funds or

economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having

determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are

(a)

necessary for basic expenses, including payments for foodstuffs,

rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance

premiums, and public utility charges;

(b)

intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional

fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of

legal services;

(c)

intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for

routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;

provided that the Member State concerned has notified this determination to the

Sanctions Committee and the Sanctions Committee has not objected within four

working days of such notification.

2. By way of derogation from Article 2 the competent authorities of the

Member States, as listed in Annex II, may authorise the release of certain frozen

funds or economic resources or the making available of certain frozen funds or

economic resources, after having determined that the funds or economic resources

are necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that this determination has

been notified by the Member State to the Sanctions Committee and that the

determination has been approved by that Committee.

Article 4

By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of the

Member States as listed in Annex II may authorise the release of certain frozen

funds or economic resources, if the following conditions are met

(a)

the funds or economic resources are subject of a judicial,

administrative or arbitral lien established prior to 18 April 2005 or of a

judicial, administrative or arbitral judgement rendered prior to that date;

(b)

the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to

satisfy claims secured by such a lien or recognised as valid in such a

judgement, within the limits set by applicable laws and regulations governing

the rights of persons having such claims;

(c)

the lien or judgement is not for the benefit of a person, entity or

body listed in Annex I;

(d)

recognising the lien or judgement is not contrary to public

policy in the Member State concerned;

(e)

the lien or judgement has been notified by the Member State to

the Sanctions Committee.

Article 5

1. Article 2(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of

(a)

interest or other earnings on those accounts, or

(b)

payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that

were concluded or arose prior to the date on which those accounts became

subject to this Regulation,

provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments are frozen in

accordance with Article 2(1).

2. Article 2(2) shall not prevent the crediting of the frozen accounts by

financial or credit institutions that receive funds transferred by third parties to the

account of the person, entity or body listed in Annex I, provided that any such

additions to such accounts will also be frozen. The financial or credit institutions

shall inform the competent authorities about such transactions without delay.

Article 6

1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting,

confidentiality and professional secrecy and to the provisions of Article 284 of the

Treaty, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall

(a)

supply immediately any information which would facilitate

compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in

accordance with Article 2, to the competent authorities of the Member States

listed in Annex II where they are resident or located, and shall transmit such

information, directly or through these competent authorities, to the

Commission;

(b)

cooperate with the competent authorities listed in Annex II in

any verification of this information.

B

2. Any additional information directly received by the Commission shall

be made available to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned.

3. Any information provided or received in accordance with paragraphs 1

and 2 shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

Article 7

The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to make funds or

economic resources available, carried out in good faith on the basis that such

action is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any

kind on the part of the natural or legal person, entity or body implementing it, or its

directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources

were frozen as result of negligence.

Article 8

The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform each other of

the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any

other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in

particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and

judgements handed down by national courts.

Article 9

1. The Commission shall be empowered to

(a)

amend Annex I on the basis of determinations made by the

Sanctions Committee; and

(b)

amend Annex II on the basis of information supplied by

Member States.

2. Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Member States

under the Charter of the United Nations, the Commission shall maintain all

necessary contacts with the Sanctions Committee for the purpose of the effective

implementation of this Regulation.

Article 10

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to

infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures

necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be

effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

Member States shall notify those rules to the Commission without delay after

the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent

Article 11

This Regulation shall apply

(a)

within the territory of the Community, including its airspace;

(b)

on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a

Member State;

(c)

to any person inside or outside the territory of the Community

who is a national of a Member State;

(d)

to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or

constituted under the law of a Member State;

(e)

to any legal person, entity or body doing business within the

Community.

Article 12

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all

Done at Brussels, 18 July 2005.

For the Council

The President

J. STRAW

ANNEX I

List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 2

(Annex to be completed subject to designation by the Committee of the

Security Council established pursuant to paragraph 8 of UN Security Council

Resolution 1533 (2004))

ANNEX II

List of competent authorities referred to in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 6

BELGIUM

Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën

Thesaurie

Kunstlaan 30

B-1040 Brussel

Fax: 00 32 2 233 74 65

E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

Service Public Fédéral des Finances

Trésorerie

30 Avenue des Arts

B-1040 Bruxelles

Fax: 00 32 2 233 74 65

E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ministerstvo financí

Financní analytický útvar

P.O. BOX 675

Jindrišská 14

111 21 Praha 1

Tel.: + 420 2 5704 4501

Fax: + 420 2 5704 4502

Ministerstvo zahranicních vecí

Odbor spolecné zahranicní a bezpecnostní politiky EU

Loretánské nám. 5

118 00 Praha 1

Tel.: + 420 2 2418 2987

Fax: + 420 2 2418 4080

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen

Langelinie Allé 17

DK-2100 København K

Tlf. (45) 35 46 62 81

Fax (45) 35 46 62 03

Udenrigsministeriet

Asiatisk Plads 2

DK-1448 København K

Tlf. (45) 33 92 00 00

Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

Justitsministeriet

Slotholmsgade 10

DK-1216 København K

Tlf. (45) 33 92 33 40

Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

GERMANY

Concerning freezing of funds

Deutsche Bundesbank

Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen

Postfach

D-80281 München

Tel. (49) 89 28 89 38 00

Fax (49) 89 35 01 63 38 00

Concerning technical assistance

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)

Frankfurter Straße 29-35

D-65760 Eschborn

Tel. (49) 61 96 908-0

Fax (49) 61 96 908-800

ESTONIA

Eesti Välisministeerium

Islandi väljak 1

15049 Tallinn

Tel.: + 372 6317 100

Faks: + 372 6317 199

Finantsinspektsioon

Sakala 4

15030 Tallinn

Tel.: + 372 6680 500

Faks: + 372 6680 501

GREECE

A. Freezing of Assets

Ministry of Economy and Finance

General Directory of Economic Policy

Address: 5 Nikis Str.

10 563 Athens - Greece

Tel.: + 30 210 3332786

Fax: + 30 210 3332810

Α. Δέsµeυsη κefaλaίων

Υpουργeίο Οικονοµίaς κaι Οικονοµικών

Geνική Δ/νsη Οικονοµικής Πολιtικής

Δ/νsη: Νίκης 5

10 563 Αθήνa

Τηλ.: + 30 210 3332786

Faξ: + 30 210 3332810

Β. Import-Export restrictions

Ministry of Economy and Finance

General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management

Address Kornaroy Str.

10 563 Athens

Tel.: + 30 210 3286401-3

Fax: + 30 210 3286404

Β. Πeριοριsµοί eιsaγωγών - eξaγωγών

Υpουργeίο Οικονοµίaς κaι Οικονοµικών

Geνική Δ/νsη Sχedιasµού κaι Διaχeίριsης Πολιtικής

Δ/νsη: Κορνάρου 1

Τ.Κ. 10 563 Αθήνa — Ελλάς

Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3

Faξ: + 30 210 3286404

SPAIN

Dirección General del Tesoro y Política Financiera

Subdirección General de Inspección y Control de Movimientos de Capitales

Ministerio de Economía

Paseo del Prado, 6

E-28014 Madrid

Tel. (34) 912 09 95 11

Dirección General de Comercio e Inversiones

Subdirección General de Inversiones Exteriores

Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo

Paseo de la Castellana, 162

E-28046 Madrid

Tel. (34) 913 49 39 83

FRANCE

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie

Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économique

Service des affaires multilatérales et du développement

Sous-direction Politique commerciale et investissements

Service Services, Investissements et Propriété intellectuelle

139, rue du Bercy

75572 Paris Cedex 12

Tél.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85

Télécopieur: (33) 1 53 18 96 55

Ministère des affaires étrangères

Direction générale des affaires politiques et de sécurité

Direction des Nations unies et des organisations internationales

Sous-direction des affaires politiques

Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 59 68

Télécopieur (33) 1 43 17 46 91

Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune

Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16

Télécopieur: (33) 1 43 17 45 84

IRELAND

United Nations Section

Department of Foreign Affairs

Iveagh House

79-80 Saint Stephen's Green

Dublin 2

Tel.: + 353 1 478 0822

Fax: + 353 1 408 2165

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland

Financial Markets Department

Dame Street

Dublin 2

Tel.: + 353 1 671 6666

Fax: + 353 1 679 8882

ITALY

Ministero degli Affari Esteri

Piazzale della Farnesina, 1

I-00194 Roma

D.G.A.S. - Ufficio III

Tel. (39) 06 3691 8221

Fax. (39) 06 3691 5296

Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze

Dipartimento del Tesoro

Comitato di Sicurezza Finanziaria

Via XX Settembre, 97

I-00187 Roma

Tel. (39) 06 4761 3942

Fax. (39) 06 4761 3032

CYPRUS

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

6 Andrea Araouzou

1421 Nicosia

Tel: + 357 22 86 71 00

Fax: + 357 22 31 60 71

Central Bank of Cyprus

80 Kennedy Avenue

1076 Nicosia

Tel: + 357 22 71 41 00

Fax: + 357 22 37 81 53

Ministry of Finance (Department of Customs)

M. Karaoli

1096 Nicosia

Tel: + 357 22 60 11 06

Fax: + 357 22 60 27 41/47

LATVIA

Latvijas Republikas Prokuratura

Noziedzigi iegutu lidzeklu legalizacijas noveršanas dienests

Kalpaka bulvaris 6

Riga, LV 1801

Talr. Nr. (371) 70144431

Fakss: (371) 7044804

E-pasts: gen@lrp.gov.lv

Latvijas Republikas Arlietu ministrija

Brivibas iela 36

Riga, LV 1395

Talr. Nr. (371) 7016201

Fakss: (371) 7828121

E-pasts: mfa.cha@mfa.gov.lv

LITHUANIA

Security Policy Department

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

J. Tumo-Vaižganto 2

LT-01511 Vilnius

Lithuania

Tel. (370-5) 236 25 16

Faks. (370-5) 236 30 90

LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des Affaires étrangères et de l’Immigration

Direction des Relations économiques internationales

5, rue Notre-Dame

L-2240 Luxembourg

Tél.: (352) 478 2346

Fax: (352) 22 20 48

Ministère des Finances

3, rue de la Congrégation

L-1352 Luxembourg

Tél.: (352) 478 2712

Fax: (352) 47 52 41

HUNGARY

Hungarian National Police Headquarters

Teve u. 4–6.

H-1139 Budapest

Hungary

Tel./fax: + 36-1-443-5554

Országos Rendorfokapitányság

1139 Budapest, Teve u. 4-6.

Magyarország

Tel./fax: + 36-1-443-5554

Ministry of Finance

József nádor tér. 2-4.

H-1051 Budapest

Hungary

Postbox: 1369 Pf.: 481

Tel.: + 36-1-318-2066, + 36-1-327-2100

Fax: + 36-1-318-2570, + 36-1-327-2749

Pénzügyminisztérium

1051 Budapest, József nádor tér. 2-4.

Magyarország

Postafiók: 1369 Pf.: 481

Tel.: + 36-1-318-2066, + 36-1-327-2100

Fax: + 36-1-318-2570, + 36-1-327-2749

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport (in view of Article 4)

Hungarian Trade Licencing Office

Margit krt.85.

H-1024 Budapest Hungary

Postbox: 1537 Pf.: 345

Tel.: + 36-1-336-7327

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium - Kereskedelmi

Engedélyezési Hivatal

Margit krt.85.

H-1024 Budapest Magyarország

Postafiók: 1537 Pf.: 345

Tel.: + 36-1-336-7327

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MALTA

Bord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet

Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin

Palazzo Parisio

Triq il-Merkanti

Valletta CMR 02

Tel.: + 356 21 24 28 53

Fax: + 356 21 25 15 20

NETHERLANDS

De minister van Financiën

De Directie Financiële Markten/Afdeling Integriteit

Postbus 20201

NL-2500 EE Den Haag

Tel.: 070-342 8997

Fax: 070-342 7984

AUSTRIA

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Otto Wagner Platz 3

A-1090 Wien

Tel. (+ 43-1) 404 20-0

Fax (+ 43-1) 404 20-7399

POLAND

Main authority

Ministry of Finance

General Inspector of Financial Information (GIFF)

ul. Swietokrzyska 12

00-916 Warsaw

Poland

Tel. (+ 48 22) 694 59 70

Fax. (+ 48 22) 694 54 50

Coordinating authority

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Department of Law and Treaties

Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23

00-580 Warsaw

Poland

Tel. (+ 48 22) 523 94 27 or 93 48

Fax. (+ 48 22) 523 83 29

PORTUGAL

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros

Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais

Largo do Rilvas

P-1350-179 Lisboa

Tel. (351) 21 394 67 02

Fax (351) 21 394 60 73

Ministério das Finanças

Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações Internacionais

Avenida Infante D. Henrique n.

P-1100 Lisboa

Tel. (351) 21 882 3390/8

Fax (351) 21 882 3399

SLOVENIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Prešernova 25

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: 00386 1 4782000

Faks: 00386 1 4782341

Ministry of the Economy

Kotnikova 5

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: 00386 1 4783311

Faks: 00386 1 4331031

Ministry of Defence

Kardeljeva pl. 25

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: 00386 1 4712211

Faks: 00386 1 4318164

SLOVAKIA

Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky

Štefanovicova 5

P.O. BOX 82

817 82 Bratislava

Tel.: 00421/2/5958 1111

Fax: 00421/2/5249 8042

Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky

Hlboká cesta 2

83336 Bratislava

Tel: 00421/2/5978 1111

Fax: 00421/2/5978 3649

FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet

PL/PB 176

FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors

P./Tfn (358-9) 16 00 5

Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07

SWEDEN

Articles 3 and 4

Försäkringskassan

103 51 Stockholm

Tfn (46-8) 786 90 00

Fax (46-8) 411 27 89

Articles 5 and 6

Finansinspektionen

Box 6750

113 85 Stockholm

Tfn (46-8) 787 80 00

Fax (46-8) 24 13 35

UNITED KINGDOM

HM Treasury

Financial Systems and International Standards

1, Horse Guards Road

London SW1A 2HQ

United Kingdom

Tel. + 44 (0) 20 7270 5977

Fax. + 44 (0) 20 7270 5430

Bank of England

Financial Sanctions Unit

Threadneedle Street

London EC2R 8AH

United Kingdom

Tel. + 44 (0) 20 7601 4768

Fax. + 44 (0) 20 7601 4309

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

European Commission

DG External Relations

Directorate A: Common Foreign and Security Policy

(CFSP) and European Security and Defence Policy

(ESDP): Commission Coordination and contribution

Unit A 2: Legal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint Actions, Sanctions,

Kimberley Process

Tel. (32-2) 295 55 85

Fax (32-2) 296 75 63

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In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act;

"the Council Regulations" means the Council Regulations

referred to in regulation 3, any amendment thereto and any repealing

Regulation;

"Monitoring Board" means the Board established under

regulation 2 of the Sanctions (Monitoring Board) Regulations;

"the Treaty" means the Treaty referred to in article 2 of the

European Union Act.

These regulations apply to the following European Council

Regulations

(a)

European Council Regulation (EC) No. 889/2005

of 13 June, 2005 imposing restrictive measures in respect of the

Democratic Republic of Congo and repealing European Council

Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 (as amended); and

(b)

European Council Regulation (EC) No. 1183/2005

of 18 July 2005, imposing certain specific restrictive measures

directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo

with regard to the Democratic Republic of Congo (as amended),

which texts are contained in the Schedule to these regulations.

For the purposes of article 3 of the European Union Act,

the Council Regulations are binding in their entirety on Malta and

shall be part of the domestic law thereof under the conditions laid

down in the Treaty.

(1)

Where any provision of any regulation made under Notification

the Act, requires any person or any other entity to carry out the about

of assets.

identification of funds or assets belonging to or in the possession of

persons or entities as may be identified or identifiable under these

regulations, or the freezing or blocking of such funds or assets, such

person or entity shall without delay notify in writing any relevant

information it may have regarding persons, entities, assets or funds

affected by these regulations to the Monitoring Board, or to such

other public authority as may be prescribed by any other law.

(2) The disclosure of any information within the terms and

requirements of this regulation shall not constitute a breach of the

Professional Secrecy Act, where applicable, or of any other Cap. 377.

confidentiality obligation arising from a contract or any other law.

(3) Whosoever fails to abide by the provisions of sub-

regulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence as is referred to in article 4

of the Criminal Code.

(1)

Where an offence against any provision of the Corporate

Council Regulations to which these regulations apply, or against these liability.

regulations is committed by a body of persons, whether corporate or

unincorporate, every person who, at the time of the commission of the

offence, was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of

such body or association, or was purporting to act in any such

capacity, shall be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the

offence was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised

all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

(2) Where the person found guilty of an offence under these

regulations is an officer of a body corporate as is referred to in article

121D of the Criminal Code or is a person having a power of Cap. 9.

representation or having such authority as is referred to in that article

and the offence of which that person was found guilty was committed

for the benefit, in part or in whole, of that body corporate, the said

person shall for the purposes of these regulations be deemed to be

vested with the legal representation of the same body corporate which

shall be liable to the payment of a fine of not less than five thousand

euro (€5,000) and not more than one hundred and sixteen thousand

four hundred and sixty-eight euro (€116,468).

Any person who commits an offence against any provision Penalty.

of the Council Regulations to which these regulations apply, or

against these regulations shall, on conviction, be liable to

imprisonment for a term from twelve months to five years or to a fine

(multa) not exceeding one hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred

and sixty-eight euro (€116,468), or to both such imprisonment and

fine.

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