Document ID: 32014R0380
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>15.4.2014&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 111/29</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 380/2014
of 14 April 2014
amending Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea ( 1 ) ,
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Council Regulation (EU) No&#160;1284/2009&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> imposed certain restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea, in accordance with Council Common Position&#160;2009/788/CFSP&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a> (replaced by Decision&#160;2010/638/CFSP). Those measures included a prohibition on the provision of technical and financial assistance and other services related to military equipment and an embargo on the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>On 14 April 2014, the Council adopted Decision&#160;2014/213/CFSP&#160;<a>(<span>4</span>)</a> amending Decision&#160;2010/638/CFSP lifting the arms embargo and the embargo concerning equipment which might be used for internal repression.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Certain aspects of the lifting of those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member&#160;States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Regulation (EU) No&#160;1284/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 is amended as follows:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>In Article&#160;1, points (a), (b) and (c) are deleted.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Articles&#160;2, 3, 4 and&#160;5 are deleted.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Article&#160;7 is replaced by the following:</p><div><p>&#8216;Article&#160;7</p><p>The prohibition set out in Article&#160;6(2) shall not give&#160;rise to any liability of any kind on the part of the natural and legal&#160;persons, entities or bodies who made funds or economic resources available if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe the prohibition in question.&#8217;</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Annex I is deleted.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>Annex III is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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, 14 April 2014.
For the Council
The President
C. ASHTON
( 1 ) OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 10 .
( 2 ) Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 of 22 December 2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea ( OJ L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 26 ).
( 3 ) Council Common Position 2009/788/CFSP of 27 October 2009 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea ( OJ L 281, 28.10.2009, p. 7 ).
( 4 ) Council Decision 2014/213/CFSP of 14 April 2014 amending Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea, see page 83 of this Official Journal).
ANNEX
‘ANNEX III
Websites for information on the competent authorities and address for notification to the European Commission
BELGIUM
http://www.diplomatie.be/eusanctions
BULGARIA
http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/135/index.html
CZECH REPUBLIC
http://www.mfcr.cz/mezinarodnisankce
DENMARK
http://um.dk/da/politik-og-diplomati/retsorden/sanktioner/
GERMANY
http://www.bmwi.de/DE/Themen/Aussenwirtschaft/aussenwirtschaftsrecht,did=404888.html
ESTONIA
http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_622/
IRELAND
http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=28519
GREECE
http://www.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html
SPAIN
http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/PoliticaExteriorCooperacion/GlobalizacionOportunidadesRiesgos/Documents/ORGANISMOS%20COMPETENTES%20SANCIONES%20INTERNACIONALES.pdf
FRANCE
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/autorites-sanctions/
CROATIA
http://www.mvep.hr/sankcije
ITALY
http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Europea/Deroghe.htm
CYPRUS
http://www.mfa.gov.cy/sanctions
LATVIA
http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/security/4539
LITHUANIA
http://www.urm.lt/sanctions
LUXEMBOURG
http://www.mae.lu/sanctions
HUNGARY
http://www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/hu/bal/Kulpolitikank/nemzetkozi_szankciok/
MALTA
https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20of%20Malta/Ministries%20and%20Entities/Officially%20Appointed%20Bodies/Pages/Boards/Sanctions-Monitoring-Board-.aspx
NETHERLANDS
www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-vrede-en-veiligheid/sancties
AUSTRIA
http://www.bmeia.gv.at/view.php3?f_id=12750&LNG=en&version=
POLAND
http://www.msz.gov.pl
PORTUGAL
http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/os-ministerios/ministerio-dos-negocios-estrangeiros/quero-saber-mais/sobre-o-ministerio/medidas-restritivas/medidas-restritivas.aspx
ROMANIA
http://www.mae.ro/node/1548
SLOVENIA
http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika_in_mednarodno_pravo/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/
SLOVAKIA
http://www.mzv.sk/sk/europske_zalezitosti/europske_politiky-sankcie_eu
FINLAND
http://formin.finland.fi/kvyhteistyo/pakotteet
SWEDEN
http://www.ud.se/sanktioner
UNITED KINGDOM
https://www.gov.uk/sanctions-embargoes-and-restrictions
Address for notifications to the European Commission:
<table><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>European Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEAS&#160;02/309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B-1049 Brussels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu’