Council Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 of 10 February 2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Liberia, arms control, international sanctions, precious stones, trade restriction, wood product

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 234/2004

of 10 February 2004

concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia and repealing Regulation (EC) No
1030/2003

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,

Having regard to Council Common Position 2004/137/CFSP of
10 February 2004 concerning restrictive measures against
Liberia and repealing Common Position 2001/357/CFSP (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In its Resolution 1521 (2003) of 22 December 2003,
the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the
Charter of the United Nations, and noting the changed
circumstances in Liberia, in particular the departure of
former President Charles Taylor and the formation of the
National Transitional Government of Liberia, decided to
modify certain of
imposed
against Liberia by United Nations Security Council Reso-
lutions 1343 (2001) of 7 March 2001 and 1478 (2003)
of 6 May 2003.

the restrictive measures

the
Common Position 2004/137/CFSP provides
implementation of the measures set out in UN Security
Council Resolution 1521 (2003),
including a ban on
technical assistance related to military activities and
imports of rough diamonds from and of round logs and
timber products originating in Liberia.

for

Common Position 2004/137/CFSP also provides for a
ban on services related to military activities, and on
financial assistance related to military activities, which is
not cited in UN Security Council Resolution 1521
(2003).

(1) See page 35 of this Official Journal.

to those measures

Some of the measures provided for by Resolutions 1343
(2001) and 1478 (2003) were implemented by Council
Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 of 16 June 2003
concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of
Liberia (2). The amendments
fall
within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, in order to
avoid any distortion of competition, Community legisla-
tion is necessary to implement the relevant decisions of
the Security Council as
the Community is
concerned. For the purpose of this Regulation, the terri-
tory of the Community is deemed to encompass the
territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is
the conditions laid down in that
applicable, under
Treaty.

far as

(5)

(6)

For the sake of clarity, a single text containing all the
relevant provisions as amended should be adopted,
replacing Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003, which should
be repealed.

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this
Regulation are effective,
this Regulation should enter
into force on the day following that of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definition
shall apply:

‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to
repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, mainte-
nance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such
as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowl-
edge or skills or consulting services. Technical assistance
includes verbal forms of assistance.

(2) OJ L 150, 18.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2061/2003 (OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 5).

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Article 2

(b) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humani-

tarian or protective use,

It shall be prohibited:

(a) to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related
to military activities and to the provision, manufacture,
maintenance and use of arms and related materiel of all
types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles
and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for
the aforementioned, directly or indirectly to any person,
entity or body in, or for use in, Liberia;

(b) to provide financing or financial assistance related to mili-
loans and
tary activities,
export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or
export of arms and related materiel, directly or indirectly to
any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Liberia;

including in particular grants,

(c) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the
object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly,
to
promote the transactions referred to in paragraphs (a) and
(b).

Such approval
shall be obtained through the competent
authority, as listed in Annex I, of the Member State where the
service provider is established.

No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have

2.
already taken place.

Article 5

Article 2 shall not apply to protective clothing, including flak
jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Liberia by
United Nations personnel, personnel of the European Union,
the Community or its Member States, representatives of the
media and humanitarian and development workers and asso-
ciated personnel, for their personal use only.

Article 3

Article 6

By way of derogation from Article 2,

1.
the competent
authority, as listed in Annex I, of the Member State where the
service provider is established, may authorise the provision of:

1.
The direct or indirect import into the Community of all
rough diamonds from Liberia, as defined in Annex II, whether
originating there or not, shall be prohibited.

(a) technical assistance,

financing and financial assistance
related to arms and related materiel, where such assistance
or services are intended solely for support of and use by
the United Nations Mission in Liberia, or of

(b) financing and financial assistance related to:

(i) arms and related materiel intended solely for support of
and use in an international
training and reform
programme for the Liberian armed forces and police, or
to

(ii) non-lethal military equipment
humanitarian or protective use.

intended solely for

No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have

2.
already taken place.

Article 4

1. Where such activities have been approved in advance by
the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security
Council Resolution 1521 (2003), and by way of derogation
from Article 2 of this Regulation, the competent authority, as
listed in Annex I, of
the Member State where the service
provider is established, may authorise the provision of technical
assistance related to:

(a) arms and related materiel

intended solely for support of
and use in an international training and reform programme
for the Liberian armed forces and police, or to

2.
The import into the Community of all round logs and
timber products originating in Liberia, as defined in Annex III,
shall be prohibited.

3.
The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activ-
ities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to
promote the transactions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2,
shall also be prohibited.

Article 7

Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Member
States under the Charter of the United Nations, the Commission
shall maintain all necessary contacts with the Committee estab-
lished by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution
1521 (2003) for the purposes of effective implementation of
this Regulation.

Article 8

Member States shall
immediately inform each other and the
Commission of the measures taken under this Regulation and
shall supply each other with any other relevant information at
their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular
information in respect of violation and enforcement problems
and judgements handed down by national courts.

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Article 9

Article 12

The Commission shall be empowered to:

(a) amend Annex I on the basis of information supplied by

Member States;

(b) amend Annexes II and III in order to bring them into line
with changes that may be made to the Combined Nomen-
clature.

Article 10

This Regulation shall
apply notwithstanding any rights
conferred, or obligations imposed, by any international agree-
ment signed or any contract entered into or any licence or
permit granted before 13 February 2004.

Article 11

1.
The Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions
applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation
and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are
implemented. The sanctions provided for must be effective,
proportionate and dissuasive.

The Member States

to the
2.
Commission without delay after the entry into force of the
Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.

shall notify these rules

This Regulation shall apply:

(a) within the territory of

the Community,

including its

airspace;

(b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of

a Member State;

(c) to any person elsewhere who is a national of a Member

State;

(d) to any legal person, group or entity which is incorporated

or constituted under the law of a Member State;

(e) to any legal person, group or entity doing business within

the Community.

Article 13

Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 is hereby repealed.

Article 14

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, 10 February 2004.

For the Council

The President

C. McCREEVY

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ANNEX I

List of competent authorities referred to in Articles 3 and 4

BELGIUM

Service public fédéral des affaires étrangères, commerce extérieur et coopération au développement
Egmont 1
Rue des Petits Carmes 19
B-1000 Bruxelles

Federale Overheidsdienst Buitenlandse Zaken, Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking
Egmont 1
Karmelietenstraat 19
B-1000 Brussel

Direction générale des affaires bilatérales
Service ‘Afrique du sud du Sahara’
Téléphone (32-2) 501 88 75
Télécopieur (32-2) 501 38 26

Directoraat-generaal Bilaterale zaken
Dienst Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara
Tel. (32-2) 501 88 75
Fax (32-2) 501 38 26

Service public fédéral de l'économie, des PME, des classes moyennes et de l'énergie
ARE 4e o division, service des licences
Avenue du Général Leman 60
B-1040 Bruxelles
Téléphone (32-2) 206 58 16/27
Télécopieur (32-2) 230 83 22

Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie
BEB, afdeling 4, Dienst vergunningen
Generaal Lemanlaan 60
B-1040 Brussel
Tel. (32-2) 206 58 16/27
Fax (32-2) 230 83 22

Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest — Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt):

Kabinet van de minister van Financiën, Begroting, Openbaar Ambt en Externe Betrekkingen van de Brusselse Hoofdste-
delijke regering
Kunstlaan 9
B-1210 Brussel

Cabinet du ministre des finances, du budget, de la fonction publique et des relations extérieures du gouvernement de la
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Avenue des Arts 9
B-1210 Bruxelles
Téléphone (32-2) 209 28 25
Télécopieur (32-2) 209 28 12

Région wallonne (Wallonische Region):

Cabinet du ministre-président du gouvernement wallon
Rue Mazy 25-27
B-5100 Jambes-Namur
Téléphone (32-81) 33 12 11
Télécopieur (32-81) 33 13 13

Vlaams Gewest (Flämische Region):

Administratie Buitenlands Beleid
Boudewijnlaan 30
B-1000 Brussel
Tel. (32-2) 553 59 28
Fax (32-2) 553 60 37

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DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen
Dahlerups Pakhus
Langelinie Allé 17
DK-2100 København Ø
Tlf. (45) 35 46 60 00
Fax (45) 35 46 60 01

Udenrigsministeriet
Asiatisk Plads 2
DK-1448 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 00 00
Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

Justitsministeriet
Slotsholmsgade 10
DK-1216 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 33 40
Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

GERMANY

Concerning financing and financial assistance:

Deutsche Bundesbank
Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen
Postfach
D-80281 München
Tel.: (49-89) 28 89 38 00
Fax: (49-89) 35 01 63 38 00

Concerning technical assitance and other services:

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29-35
D-65760 Eschborn
Tel.: (49) 619 69 08-0
Fax: (49) 619 69 08-800

GREECE

A. Freezing of Assets

Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Directory of Economic Policy
5 Nikis Str.
GR-101 80 Athens
Tel. (30) 210 333 27 86
Fax (30) 210 333 28 10

A. ∆ΕΣΜΕΥΣΗ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΩΝ

Υπουργείο Οικονοµίας και Οικονοµικών
Γενική ∆ιεύθυνση Οικονοµικής Πολιτικής
Νίκης 5
GR-101 80 Αθήνα
Τηλ. (30) 210 333 27 86
Φαξ (30) 210 333 28 10

B.

Import- Export restrictions

Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management
Kornaroy Str. 1
GR-105 63 Athens
Tel. (30) 210 328 64 01-3
Fax (30) 210 328 64 04

B. ΠΕΡΙΟΡΙΣΜΟΙ ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΩΝ — ΕΞΑΓΩΓΩΝ

Υπουργείο Οικονοµίας και Οικονοµικών
Γενική ∆ιεύθυνση Σχεδιασµού και ∆ιαχείρισης Πολιτικής
Κορνάρου 1
GR-105 63 Αθήνα
Τηλ. (30) 210 328 64 01-3
Φαξ (30) 210 328 64 04

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SPAIN

Ministerio de Economía
Dirección General de Comercio e Inversiones
Paseo de la Castellana, 162
E-28046 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 913 49 38 60
Fax: (34) 914 57 28 63

FRANCE

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie
Direction générale des douanes et des droits indirects
Cellule embargo — Bureau E2
Téléphone (33) 144 74 48 93
Télécopieur (33) 144 74 48 97

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Direction des Nations unies et des organisations internationales
Téléphone (33) 143 17 59 68
Télécopieur (33) 143 17 46 91

IRELAND

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Licensing Unit
Earlsfort Centre
Lower Hatch Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel.: (353) 1 631 2121
Fax: (353) 1 631 2562

ITALY

Ministero degli Affari esteri
DGAS.-Uff. I
Roma
Tel. (39) 06 36 91 4492/2988/5805
Fax (39) 06 36 91 5446

Ministero del Commercio estero
Gabinetto
Roma
Tel. (39) 06 59 93 23 10
Fax (39) 06 59 64 74 94

Ministero dei Trasporti
Gabinetto
Roma
Tel. (39) 06 44 26 71 16/84 90 40 94
Fax (39) 06 44 26 71 14

LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Office des licences
21, rue Philippe II
L-2340 Luxembourg
Téléphone (352) 478 23 70
Télécopieur (352) 46 61 38

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Economische Zaken

Directoraat-generaal Buitenlandse Economische Betrekkingen
Directie Handelspolitiek en Investeringsbeleid
Bezuidenhoutseweg 153
2594 AG Den Haag
Nederland
Tel. (31) 70 379 7658
Fax (31) 70 379 7392

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AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Abteilung C/2/2
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Tel.: (43-1) 711 00
Fax: (43-1) 711 00-83 86

PORTUGAL

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais
Largo Rilvas
P-1350-179 Lisboa
Tel.: (351-21) 394 60 72
Fax: (351-21) 394 60 73

FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet
PL/PB 176
FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors
P./Tfn (358-9) 16 05 59 00
Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07

Puolustusministeriö/Försvarsministeriet
Eteläinen Makasiinikatu 8/Södra Magasinsgatan 8
FIN-00131 Helsinki/Helsingfors
PL/PB 31
P./Tfn (358-9) 16 08 81 28
Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 08 81 11

SWEDEN

Inspektionen för strategiska produkter (ISP)
Box 70 252
107 22 Stockholm
Tfn (46-8) 406 31 00
Fax (46-8) 20 31 00

Regeringskansliet

UtrikesdepartementetRättssekretariatet för EU-frågor
Fredsgatan 6
103 39 Stockholm
Tfn (46-8) 405 10 00
Fax (46-8) 723 11 76

UNITED KINGDOM

Sanctions Licensing Unit
Export Control Organisation Department of Trade and Industry
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London SW1P 2HT
United Kingdom
Tel.: (44) 20 7215 0594
Fax: (44) 20 7215 0593

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ANNEX II

Rough diamonds referred to in Article 6(1)

CN code

Product description

7102 10 00

Unsorted diamonds, unworked and not mounted or set

7102 21 00

Industrial diamonds, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted

7102 31 00

Non-industrial diamonds, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted

7105 10 00

Dust and powder of diamonds

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ANNEX III

Round logs and timber products referred to in Article 6(2)

CN code

Product description

4401

4402

4403

4404

4405

4406

4407

4408

4409

4410

4411

4412

4413

4414

4415

4416

4417

4418

4419

4420

4421

4701

4702

4703

4704

Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles;
sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or
similar forms

Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared

Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise;
wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manu-
facture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like

Wood wool; wood flour

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-
jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for
other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not
planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped
(tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along
any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed

Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or
other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding
substances

Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other
organic substances

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes

Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects

Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets,
box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood

Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves

Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts
and trees, of wood

Builders'
panels, shingles and shakes

joinery and carpentry of wood,

including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet

Tableware and kitchenware, of wood

Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles,
of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in
Chapter 94 CN

Other articles of wood

Mechanical wood pulp

Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades

Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades

Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades

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CN code

4705

9401 61

9401 69

Product description

Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes

Other seats, with wooden frames

Other seats, with wooden frames, which are not upholstered

9401 90 30

Parts of seats of a kind used for aircraft, of wood

9403 30

9403 40

9403 50

9403 60

Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices

Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen

Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom

Other wooden furniture

9406 00 20

Prefabricated buildings of wood

ex 9705

ex 9706

Wooden collectors' pieces

Wooden antiques