Document ID: 32023R2121
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><img/></td><td><p>Official Journal<br/>of the European Union</p></td><td><p>EN</p><p>Series L</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td/><td><p>2023/2121</p></td><td><p>10.10.2023</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2121
of 9 October 2023
implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>On 23&#160;March 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No&#160;267/2012.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The entry concerning one entity designated in Annex&#160;IX to Regulation (EU) No&#160;267/2012 should be updated.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Regulation (EU) No&#160;267/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 9 October 2023.
For the Council
The President
Y. DÍAZ PÉREZ
( 1 ) OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1 .
ANNEX
In Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, the following entry replaces the corresponding entry in the list set out under the subheading ‘B. Entities’:
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Name</p></td><td><p>Identifying information</p></td><td><p>Reasons</p></td><td><p>Date of listing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#8216;148.</p></td><td><p>Iran Composites Institute (a.k.a. Composites Research Laboratory (CRL))</p></td><td><p>Iran Composites Institute,</p><p>Iranian University of Science and Technology,</p><p>16845-188, Tehran, Iran,</p><p>Telephone: 98&#160;217&#160;3912858</p><p>Fax 98&#160;217&#160;7491206</p><p>Email: mailto:ici@iust.ac.ir</p><p>Website: http://www.irancomposites.org</p></td><td><p>Iranian Composites Institute (ICI, a.k.a. Composite Institute of Iran; Composites Research Laboratory (CRL)) is assisting designated entities in violating the provisions of UN and EU sanctions on Iran and is directly supporting Iran&#8217;s proliferation sensitive nuclear activities. As of 2011, ICI had been contracted to provide EU-designated Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA) with IR-2M centrifuge rotors.</p></td><td><p>22.12.2012&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2121/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)