persons in Lebanon Regulations, 2014

L.N. 338 of 2014

NATIONAL INTEREST (ENABLING POWERS) ACT

(CAP. 365)

Enforcement of European Union Sanctions concerning certain

persons in Lebanon 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 concerning certain persons in Lebanon

Regulations, 2014.

(Regulation 3)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 305/2006

of 21 February 2006

imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of

involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri

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 Council Common Position 2005/888/CFSP of 12 December

2005 concerning specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of

involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri * ,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas

(1) On 31 October 2005, the Security Council of the United Nations

adopted Resolution 1636 (2005) noting the conclusion of the report of the

International Investigation Commission into the 14 February 2005 terrorist

bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 23 people, including former Lebanese

Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, and caused injury to dozens of people.

(2) The Security Council noted with extreme concern the International

Investigation Commission’s conclusion that there is converging evidence pointing

at the involvement of both Lebanese and Syrian officials in this terrorist act, and

acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, decided, as a step to

assist in the investigation of this crime and without prejudice to the ultimate

judicial determination of the guilt or innocence of any individual, to impose

measures against all individuals suspected of involvement in the planning,

sponsoring, organizing or perpetrating of this terrorist act.

(3) Common Position 2005/888/CFSP provides for implementation of the

measures set out in UNSCR 1636 (2005) and, in particular, the freezing of funds

and economic resources of persons registered by the Committee of the Security

Council established by paragraph 3(b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005) as suspected of

involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organising or perpetrating of the

assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and others on 14

February 2005.

* OJ L 327, 14.12.2005, p. 26.

(4) These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore,

notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in

all Member States, Community legislation is necessary to implement them as far

as the Community is concerned.

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

amend the Annexes to this Regulation, on the basis of notification or information

by the relevant Sanctions Committee and Member States, as appropriate.

(6) Member States should determine the penalties applicable to

infringements of the provisions of this Regulation. The penalties provided for

should be proportionate, effective and dissuasive.

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

effective, it should enter into force on the day of its publication,

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 3(b) of UNSCR

1636 (2005);

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

not limited to

(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

resources;

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

management;

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 the use of economic

resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited

to, the selling, hiring or mortgaging of them;

6. ‘territory of the Community’ means the territories of the Member States

to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.

Article 2

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

controlled 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, under such conditions as they

deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the

making available of certain funds or economic resources, 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; or

(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 the Sanctions Committee

of that determination and that the determination has been approved by that

Committee.

2. The relevant competent authority shall inform the competent authorities

of the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted

under paragraph 1.

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

or other earnings on those accounts provided that any such interest or other

earnings are frozen in accordance with Article 2(1).

Article 4

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

institutions that receive funds transferred by third parties to the account of a listed

person, entity or body, provided that any such crediting to such accounts is also

frozen in accordance with Article 2(1). The financial institution shall inform the

competent authorities of such transactions without delay.

Article 5

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.

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 this Article

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

purposes shall be deemed to include cooperation with any international

investigation related to the assets or financial transactions of the natural and legal

persons, bodies and entities listed in Annex I.

Article 6

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

economic resources available, carried out in good faith 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 7

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 8

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 9

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 the Commission of those rules without delay after

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

amendment to them.

Article 10

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 in respect of any business

done in whole or in part within the Community.

Article 11

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, 21 February 2006.

For the Council

The President

K. GASTINGER

ANNEX I

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

(Annex to be completed after the persons and entities have been registered by the

Committee established by paragraph 3 (b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005))

ANNEX II

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

BELGIUM

Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën Thesaurie

Kunstlaan 30

B-1040 Brussel

Fax: (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 funds

Deutsche Bundesbank

Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen

Postfach

D-80281 München

Tel.: (49) 89 28 89 3800

Fax: (49) 69 709097 3800

Concerning economic resources

- for information in accordance with Art. 5

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie

Referat V B 2

Scharnhorststr. 34-37

D-10115 Berlin

Tel.: 01888-615-9

Fax: 01888-615-5358

Email: BUERO-VB2@bmwi.bund.de

- for granting of exemptions in accordance with Art. 3

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)

Frankfurter Straße 29-35

D-65760 Eschborn

Tel.: (49) 6196 908-0

Fax: (49) 6196 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

B. Import-Export restrictions

Ministry of Economy and Finance

General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management

Address: Kornarou Str. 1

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 de 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

Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune

37, Quai d'Orsay

75007 Paris

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.M.M. - Ufficio II

Tel.: (39) 06 3691 2296

Fax: (39) 06 3691 3567

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

Tel.: (371) 70144431

Fax: (371) 7044804

Latvijas Republikas Arlietu ministrija

Brivibas bulvaris 36

Riga, LV-1395

Tel.: (371) 7016201

Fax: (371) 7828121

LITHUANIA

Saugumo politikos departamentas

Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalu ministerija

J. Tumo-Vaižganto 2

LT-01511 Vilnius

Lithuania

Tel. +370 5 236 25 16

Fax. +370 5 231 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: 1139 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: 1139 Pf.: 481

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

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

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

Directie Financiële Markten/Afdeling Integriteit

Postbus 20201

NL-2500 EE

Den Haag

Tel.: (31-70) 342 89 97

Fax: (31-70) 342 79 84

AUSTRIA

A. Freezing of Assets

Österreichische Nationalbank

(Austrian National Bank)

Otto-Wagner-Platz 3

A-1090 Wien

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

Fax (+ 43-1) 404 20-7399

B. Import-Export restrictions and all other restrictions

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

(Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour)

Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)

Stubenring 1

A-1010 Wien

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

Fax (+ 43-1) 711 00-8386

POLAND

Ministerstwo Finansów

Generalny Inspektor Informacji Finansowej (GIIF)

ul. Swietokrzyska 12

00–916 Warszawa

Poland

Tel. (+48 22) 694 59 70

Faks (+48 22) 694 54 50

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. o 1, C, 2. o

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 1 478 2000

Faks: 00386 1 478 2341

Ministry of the Economy

Kotnikova 5

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: 00386 1 478 3311

Faks: 00386 1 433 1031

Ministry of Defence

Kardeljeva pl. 25

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: 00386 1 471 2211

Faks: 00386 1 431 8164

SLOVAKIA

Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky

Štefanovicova 5

P.O. BOX 82

817 82 Bratislava

Tel.: 00421 2 5958 1111

Fax: 00421 2 5249 3048

FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet

PL/PB 176

FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors

Tel (358-9) 16 00 5

Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07

SWEDEN

Article 3

Försäkringskassan

SV-103 51 Stockholm

Tfn +46 (0) 8 786 90 00

Fax +46 (0) 8 411 27 89

Articles 4 and 5

Finansinspektionen

Box 6750

SV-113 85 Stockholm

Tfn +46 (0) 8 787 80 00

Fax +46 (0) 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 4901

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

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

Legal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint Actions, Sanctions, Kimberley

Process

CHAR 12/163

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

Tel. (32-2) 295 55 85/299 11 76

Fax (32-2) 296 75 63

E-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int

€1.53

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

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

"the Council Regulation" means the Council Regulation 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 European Council Regulation

(EC) No. 305/2006 of 21 February 2006 imposing specific restrictive

measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the

assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, which

text is contained in the Schedule to these regulations.

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

the Council Regulation is binding in its 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

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

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 Regulation 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 (multa) 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 Regulation 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.