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| 11.3.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 65/12 |
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Notice for the attention of the persons and entities on the lists provided for in Articles 7, 11 and 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006

(2008/C 65/12)

The Council of the European Union has determined that:

| 1. | The enterprises, legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex V of the above-mentioned Regulation are:
(a)
enterprises in Burma/Myanmar engaged in the following industries:
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logging and timber processing, —
mining of coal, gold, silver, iron, tin, copper, tungsten, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc, —
mining and processing of precious and semi-precious stones, including diamonds, rubies, sapphires, jade and emeralds; or (b)
legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, enterprises owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, such enterprises. | (a) | enterprises in Burma/Myanmar engaged in the following industries:
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logging and timber processing, —
mining of coal, gold, silver, iron, tin, copper, tungsten, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc, —
mining and processing of precious and semi-precious stones, including diamonds, rubies, sapphires, jade and emeralds; or | — | logging and timber processing, | — | mining of coal, gold, silver, iron, tin, copper, tungsten, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc, | — | mining and processing of precious and semi-precious stones, including diamonds, rubies, sapphires, jade and emeralds; or | (b) | legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, enterprises owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, such enterprises. |
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| (a) | enterprises in Burma/Myanmar engaged in the following industries:
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logging and timber processing, —
mining of coal, gold, silver, iron, tin, copper, tungsten, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc, —
mining and processing of precious and semi-precious stones, including diamonds, rubies, sapphires, jade and emeralds; or | — | logging and timber processing, | — | mining of coal, gold, silver, iron, tin, copper, tungsten, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc, | — | mining and processing of precious and semi-precious stones, including diamonds, rubies, sapphires, jade and emeralds; or | | | | |
| — | logging and timber processing, | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | mining of coal, gold, silver, iron, tin, copper, tungsten, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc, | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | mining and processing of precious and semi-precious stones, including diamonds, rubies, sapphires, jade and emeralds; or | | | | | | | | | | |
| (b) | legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, enterprises owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, such enterprises. | | | | | | | | | | |

| 2. | The persons and entities listed in Annex VI of the Regulation are:
(a)
individual members of the Government of Burma/Myanmar; or (b)
natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them. | (a) | individual members of the Government of Burma/Myanmar; or | (b) | natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them. |
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| (a) | individual members of the Government of Burma/Myanmar; or | | | | |
| (b) | natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them. | | | | |

| 3. | The persons and entities listed in Annex VII are:
(a)
enterprises owned or controlled by the Government of Burma/Myanmar or the public bodies, corporations, including companies established under private law in which the public authorities have a majority stake, and agencies of that State; (b)
enterprises owned or controlled by individual members of the Government of Burma/Myanmar or natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them; or (c)
legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, enterprises referred to in point (a) or (b). | (a) | enterprises owned or controlled by the Government of Burma/Myanmar or the public bodies, corporations, including companies established under private law in which the public authorities have a majority stake, and agencies of that State; | (b) | enterprises owned or controlled by individual members of the Government of Burma/Myanmar or natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them; or | (c) | legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, enterprises referred to in point (a) or (b). |
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| (a) | enterprises owned or controlled by the Government of Burma/Myanmar or the public bodies, corporations, including companies established under private law in which the public authorities have a majority stake, and agencies of that State; | | | | | | |
| (b) | enterprises owned or controlled by individual members of the Government of Burma/Myanmar or natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them; or | | | | | | |
| (c) | legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, enterprises referred to in point (a) or (b). | | | | | | |

Consequently, the Council has decided to maintain on, or add, those persons and entities to the three lists.

Regulation (EC) No 194/2008( 1 ) provides for:

| 1. | a prohibition on new investment in the enterprises, legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex V, and a ban on the provision to them of financing or financial assistance for any sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology listed in Annex III or for the provision of related technical assistance or training; |
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| 2. | the freezing of all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to the persons, groups and entities listed in Annex VI and that no funds, other financial assets and economic resources may be made available to them, whether directly or indirectly; and |
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| 3. | a prohibition on new investment in the enterprises, legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex VII. |
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The attention of the persons and entities listed in Annex VI is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites listed in Annex IV to the Regulation in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 13 of that Regulation.

The persons and entities concerned may submit at any time a request to the Council, together with any supporting documentation, that the decision to include and maintain them on the lists referred to above should be reconsidered, to the following address: Council of the European Union, rue de la Loi 175, B-1048 Brussels.

Such requests will be considered when they are received. In this respect, the attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the regular review by the Council of the lists according to Article 9 of Common Position 2006/318/CFSP.

The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 230(4) and (5) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

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( 1 )  OJ L 66, 10.3.2008, p. 1.

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