Proposal for a Council Regulation amending, for the third time, Council Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996 concerning the interruption of economic and financial relations between the European Community and Iraq
Date: 2003-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Regulation, EU relations, Iraq, international sanctions

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 28.4.2003
COM(2003) 214 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending, for the third time, Council Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996 concerning the
interruption of economic and financial relations between the European Community and
Iraq

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2465/1996  imposes  financial  or  economic  sanctions  on
Iraq.  The  Regulation  has  been  amended  twice,  once  in  2002  and  most  recently  by
means of Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2003 of February 2003.

In its  Annex  I,  the Regulation  sets  out  a  list  of  competent  authorities  through  which
notifications and applications intended for the Office of the Iraq Programme (OIP) of
the  Secretariat-General  of  the  United  Nations  or  for  the  Committee  established  by
Resolution 661(1990) of the  Security Council  of the United  Nations, should be  sent,
and  includes  an  address  for  the  Commission  with  a  view  to  exchanging  information
between Member States and the Commission.

Finland  requested  that  an  additional  competent  authority  be  included  in  this  Annex,
the  United  Kingdom  requested  that  the  address  details  of  its  competent  authority  be
amended  and,  as  a  result  of  personnel  changes,  the  address  details  concerning  the
Commission have to be amended.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending, for the third time, Council Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996 concerning the
interruption of economic and financial relations between the European Community and
Iraq

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular
Articles 60 and 301 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex  I  to  Regulation  (EC)  No  2465/1996 2  lists  the  competent  authorities  through
which  notifications  and  applications  intended  for  the  Office  of  the  Iraq  Programme
(OIP)  of  the  Secretariat-General  of  the  United  Nations  or  for  the  Committee
established  by  Resolution  661(1990)  of  the  Security  Council  of  the  United  Nations,
should be sent, and includes an address for the Commission with a view to exchanging
information between Member States and the Commission.

Finland  requested  that  an  additional  competent  authority  be  included  in  this  Annex,
the  United  Kingdom  requested  that  the  address  details  of  its  competent  authority  be
amended  and,  as  a  result  of  personnel  changes,  the  address  details  concerning  the
Commission have to be amended.

(3)

Annex I should, therefore, be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex
to this Regulation.

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OJ C …, …, p. …
OJ L 337,  27.12.1996,  p.1.  The  Regulation  was  last  amended  by  Commission  Regulation  (EC)
No 208/2003, OJ L 28, 4.2.2003, p. 26.

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This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  that  of  its  publication  in  the
Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2465/1996 is amended as follows:

(1) 

The following authority shall be added under the heading 'Finland':

"Kauppa- ja teollisuusministeriö/ Handels- och industriministeriet

PL/PB 32

FIN-00023 Valtioneuvosto/ Statsrådet

Tel.: 358 9 16001

Fax: 358 9 160 64622"

(2) 

The address details under the heading 'United Kingdom' shall be replaced with:

"Department of Trade and Industry

Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate

3-4, Abbey Orchard Street

London SW1P 2JJ

United Kingdom

Tel. (44-207) 215 0510

Fax (44-207) 215 0511"

(3) 

The address details under the heading 'European Community' shall be replaced with:

"Commission of the European Communities

Directorate-General for External Relations

Directorate CFSP

Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters for external relations - Sanctions

CHAR 12/163

B - 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

Tel. (32-2) 295 81 48, 296 25 56

Fax (32-2) 296 75 63

E-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int"

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