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Council Regulation (EU) No 791/2014 of 22 July 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions            on economic and financial relations with Iraq         

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# Council Regulation (EU) No 791/2014                     

# of 22 July 2014

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,

Having regard to Council Common Position 2003/495/CFSP of 7 July 2003 on Iraq and repealing Common Positions 96/741/CFSP and                           2002/599/CFSP(1),                        

Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of                           the European Commission,                        

Whereas:

(1)Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003(2) imposes restrictive measures in respect of Iraq, in accordance with Common Position 2003/495/CFSP and UN Security Council                              Resolution 1483 (2003).

(2)Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, providing that no funds or economic resources are to be made                              available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a natural or legal person, body or entity listed in Annex IV to                              that Regulation, so as to enable that person, body or entity to obtain funds, goods or services, should be merged.

(3)On 22 July 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/484/CFSP(3) prohibiting funds or economic resources from being made available, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of listed persons                              and entities. Specific exemptions are provided for, namely funds and economic resources which are: (a) necessary to satisfy                              basic needs, (b) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated                              with the provision of legal services, (c) intended exclusively for payment of fees or services charges for holding or maintenance                              of frozen funds and economic resources, or (d) necessary for payment of extraordinary expenses.

(4)It is also appropriate to update Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 with recent information provided by the Member States regarding                              the identification of competent authorities.

(5)Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as follows:

Article 4 is amended as follows:

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3.No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of natural or legal                                             persons, bodies or entities listed in Annex IV.’;                                    

paragraph 4 is deleted;

Article 4a is replaced by the following:

# ‘Article 4a

The prohibition set out in Article 4(3) shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal persons                                 or entities concerned, if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe this                                 prohibition.’;                           

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

# ‘Article 5

1.Article 4 shall not prevent the crediting of frozen accounts by financial or credit institutions that receive funds transferred                                    by third parties to the account of the listed person, entity or body, provided that any additions to such accounts are also                                    frozen. The financial or credit institution shall inform the competent authorities about such transactions without delay.                           

2.By way of derogation from Article 4(3), the competent authorities, as indicated on the websites listed in Annex V, may authorise                                    the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having                                    determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:                           

(a)necessary to satisfy the basic needs of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV, and dependent family                                    members of such natural persons, 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;                           

(c)intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic                                    resources; or                           

(d)necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the relevant competent authority has notified the grounds on which it                                    considers that a specific authorisation should be granted to the competent authorities of the other Member States and to the                                    Commission at least two weeks prior to authorisation.                           

3.The Member States concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this                                    Article.’;                           

Annex V is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

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, 22 July 2014.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

C. Ashton                            

## ANNEXU.K.

### “‘ANNEX VWebsites for information on the competent authorities referred to in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 and address for notifications                        to the European Commission

#### A.Competent authorities in each Member State:U.K.

##### BELGIUMU.K.

http://www.diplomatie.be/eusanctions

##### BULGARIAU.K.

http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/135/index.html

##### CZECH REPUBLICU.K.

http://www.mfcr.cz/mezinarodnisankce

##### DENMARKU.K.

http://um.dk/da/politik-og-diplomati/retsorden/sanktioner/

##### GERMANYU.K.

http://www.bmwi.de/DE/Themen/Aussenwirtschaft/aussenwirtschaftsrecht,did=404888.html

##### ESTONIAU.K.

http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_622/

##### IRELANDU.K.

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=28519

##### GREECEU.K.

http://www.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html

##### SPAINU.K.

http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/PoliticaExteriorCooperacion/GlobalizacionOportunidadesRiesgos/Documents/ORGANISMOS%20COMPETENTES%20SANCIONES%20INTERNACIONALES.pdf

##### FRANCEU.K.

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/autorites-sanctions/

##### CROATIAU.K.

http://www.mvep.hr/sankcije

##### ITALYU.K.

http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Europea/Misure_Deroghe/

##### CYPRUSU.K.

http://www.mfa.gov.cy/sanctions

##### LATVIAU.K.

http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/security/4539

##### LITHUANIAU.K.

http://www.urm.lt/sanctions

##### LUXEMBOURGU.K.

http://www.mae.lu/sanctions

##### HUNGARYU.K.

http://en.nav.gov.hu/criminal_branch_of_NTCA/restrictive_measures/European_Unions_consolidated_sanctions_list

##### MALTAU.K.

https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20of%20Malta/Ministries%20and%20Entities/Officially%20Appointed%20Bodies/Pages/Boards/Sanctions-Monitoring-Board-.aspx

##### NETHERLANDSU.K.

www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-vrede-en-veiligheid/sancties

##### AUSTRIAU.K.

http://www.bmeia.gv.at/view.php3?f_id=12750&LNG=en&version=

##### POLANDU.K.

http://www.msz.gov.pl

##### PORTUGALU.K.

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/os-ministerios/ministerio-dos-negocios-estrangeiros/quero-saber-mais/sobre-o-ministerio/medidas-restritivas/medidas-restritivas.aspx

##### ROMANIAU.K.

http://www.mae.ro/node/1548

##### SLOVENIAU.K.

http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika_in_mednarodno_pravo/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/

##### SLOVAKIAU.K.

http://www.mzv.sk/sk/europske_zalezitosti/europske_politiky-sankcie_eu

##### FINLANDU.K.

http://formin.finland.fi/kvyhteistyo/pakotteet

##### SWEDENU.K.

http://www.ud.se/sanktioner

##### UNITED KINGDOMU.K.

https://www.gov.uk/sanctions-embargoes-and-restrictions

#### B.Address for notifications to the European Commission:U.K.

European Commission

Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI)

EEAS 02/309

1049 Brussels

BELGIUM

E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu’.”                     

1

OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 72.                           

2

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

3

Council Decision 2014/484/CFSP of 22 July 2014 amending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq (see page 38 of this Official                              Journal).