# L_2018244EN.01007901.xml

| 28.9.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 244/79 |
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28.9.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 244/79

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1302

of 27 September 2018

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on the date of 22 May 2003 under that Regulation. |
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(1)

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on the date of 22 May 2003 under that Regulation.

| (2) | On 24 September 2018, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove three entries from the list of persons or entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. |
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(2)

On 24 September 2018, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove three entries from the list of persons or entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.

| (3) | Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in 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 Brussels, 27 September 2018.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

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(1)  
  OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6.

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ANNEX

In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, the following entries are deleted:

| ‘61. | IRAQI FAIRS ADMINISTRATION. Address: Baghdad International Fair, Al Mansour, P.O. Box 6188, Baghdad, Iraq.’ |
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‘61.

| ‘151. | STATE ENTERPRISE FOR SHOPPING CENTRES. Addresses: (a) P.O. Box 3095, Al Wahda District, Khalid Bin Al Waleed St., Baghdad, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 3095, Andalus Square, Baghdad, Iraq.’ |
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‘151.

| ‘195. | STATE TRADING COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. Addresses: (a) P.O. Box 602-5720, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) Al-Karradah Al Sharkiya, P.O. Box 5720, Baghdad, Iraq.’ |
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‘195.

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