Council Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 of 14 November 2005 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan
Date: 2005-11-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU relations, Uzbekistan, export refund, international sanctions, military cooperation, military equipment, technical cooperation

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1859/2005

of 14 November 2005

imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

establishing the European

Having regard to Common Position 2005/792/CFSP of 14
November 2005 concerning restrictive measures against Uzbe-
kistan (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

On 23 May 2005, the Council strongly condemned the
‘reported excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate
use of force by the Uzbek security forces in Andijan,
Eastern Uzbekistan’, earlier
that month. The Council
expressed its deep regret regarding the failure of
the
Uzbek authorities to respond adequately to the United
Nations' call for an independent international inquiry. On
it urged these authorities to reconsider
13 June 2005,
their position by the end of June 2005.

In view of the absence of any adequate response up to
now, Common Position 2005/792/CFSP provides that
certain restrictive measures should be imposed for an
initial period of one year, during which period the
measures will be kept under constant review.

The restrictive measures provided for by Common
inter alia, a ban on
Position 2005/792/CFSP include,
the export of equipment which might be used for
internal repression and a ban on technical assistance,
financing and financial assistance related to military
activities,
to
equipment which might be used for internal repression.

related materiel,

to arms

and

and

These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty and,
therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform
application by economic operators in all Member States,
Community legislation is necessary to implement them

(1) See page 72 of this Official Journal.

as far as the Community is concerned. For the purposes
of this Regulation, the territory of the Community should
be deemed to encompass the territories of the Member
the
States to which the Treaty is applicable, under
conditions laid down in the Treaty.

In due course, the list of equipment which might be used
for internal repression should be supplemented by the
reference numbers taken from the Combined Nomen-
clature as set out
to Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and
statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff (2).

in Annex I

Member States should determine the penalties applicable
to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation. The
penalties provided for should be proportionate, effective
and dissuasive.

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,

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1.

‘equipment which might be used for internal repression’
means the goods listed in Annex I;

2.

‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to
repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, main-
tenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms
such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working
technical
skills or
knowledge or
assistance includes verbal forms of assistance;

consulting

services;

3.

‘territory of the Community’ means the territories of the
Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the
conditions laid down in the Treaty.

(2) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).

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Article 2

(a)

It shall be prohibited:

the sale, supply,
might be used for
intended

transfer or export of equipment which
is

repression, provided it

internal

(a)

to sell, supply,
transfer or export, directly or indirectly,
equipment which might be used for internal repression,
whether or not originating in the Community,
to any
natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in,
Uzbekistan;

(i)

for use by the forces in Uzbekistan of contributors to
the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and
‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ (OEF), or

(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related
to the equipment referred to in point (a), to any natural or
legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;

(ii) solely for humanitarian or protective use;

(b) the provision of financing, financial assistance or technical
assistance related to equipment referred to in point (a);

(c)

financing or financial
to provide, directly or indirectly,
assistance related to the equipment referred to in point
(a), to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or
for use in, Uzbekistan;

(c)

the provision of financing, financial assistance and technical
assistance related to:

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

indirectly,

Article 3

It shall be prohibited:

(a)

to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related
to military activities and to the provision, manufacture,
maintenance and use of arms and related materiel of all
types,
ammunition, military
vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare
parts of the aforementioned, to any natural or legal person,
entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;

including weapons

and

(b) to provide, directly or indirectly,

related to military

activities,
loans and export credit

financing or financial
in
assistance
particular grants,
for
any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related
materiel, or for any provision of related technical assistance
and other services, to any natural or legal person, entity or
body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;

including
insurance,

(c)

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

Article 4

By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3,

the Member States as

the
listed in

1.
competent authorities of
Annex II, may authorise:

(i) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for huma-
institution building
nitarian or protective use,
programmes of
the European
the United Nations,
Union and the Community, or for EU and UN crisis
management operations; or

for

(ii) military equipment for use by the forces in Uzbekistan

of contributors to the ISAF and the OEF.

No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have

2.
already taken place.

Article 5

Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to protective clothing, including
flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Uzbe-
kistan 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
associated personnel for their personal use only.

Article 6

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

in connection with this Regulation,

their disposal

Article 7

The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annex II on the
basis of information supplied by Member States.

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Article 8

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

The Member States shall notify the Commission of those rules
without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and
shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.

Article 9

This Regulation shall apply:

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

a Member State;

(c)

to any natural person inside or outside the territory of the
Community who is a national of a Member State;

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

constituted under the law of a Member State;

(e)

to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any
business done, in whole or in part, within the Community.

Article 10

(a) within the territory of

the Community,

including its

airspace;

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, 14 November 2005.

For the Council
The President

T. JOWELL

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ANNEX I

List of equipment which might be used for internal repression referred to in Articles 1(1) and 2(a)

The list below does not comprise articles that have been specially designed or modified for military use.

1. Helmets providing ballistic protection, anti-riot helmets, anti-riot shields and ballistic shields and specially designed

components therefore.

2. Specially designed fingerprint equipment.

3. Power-controlled searchlights.

4. Construction equipment provided with ballistic protection.

5. Hunting knives.

6. Specially designed production equipment to make shotguns.

7. Ammunition hand-loading equipment.

8. Communications intercept devices.

9. Solid-state optical detectors.

10. Image-intensifier tubes.

11. Telescopic weapon sights.

12. Smooth-bore weapons and related ammunition, other than those specially designed for military use, and specially

designed components therefor; except:

— signal pistols;

— air- and cartridge-powered guns designed as industrial tools or humane animal stunners.

13. Simulators for training in the use of firearms and specially designed or modified components and accessories

therefore.

14. Bombs and grenades, other than those specially designed for military use, and specially designed components

therefore.

15. Body armour, other
components therefore.

than that manufactured to military standards or specifications, and specially designed

16. All-wheel-drive utility vehicles capable of off-road use that have been manufactured or fitted with ballistic protection,

and profiled armour for such vehicles.

17. Water cannon and specially designed or modified components therefor.

18. Vehicles equipped with a water cannon.

19. Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders and components therefor specially designed

or modified for that purpose.

20. Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturer or supplier as suitable for riot-control purposes, and specially

designed components therefor.

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21. Leg-irons, gang-chains, shackles and electric-shock belts, specially designed for restraining human beings, except

— handcuffs for which the maximum overall dimension including chain does not exceed 240 mm when locked.

22. Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an

incapacitating substance (such as tear gas or pepper sprays), and specially designed components therefor.

23. Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an
electric shock (including electric-shock batons, electric shock shields, stun guns and electric shock dart guns) and
components therefor specially designed or modified for that purpose.

24. Electronic equipment capable of detecting concealed explosives and specially designed components therefor, except

— TV or X-ray inspection equipment.

25. Electronic jamming equipment specially designed to prevent the detonation by radio remote control of improvised

devices and specially designed components therefor.

26. Equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including firing

sets, detonators, igniters, boosters and detonating cord, and specially designed components therefor, except

— those specially designed for a specific commercial use consisting of the actuation or operation by explosive means
of other equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions (e.g., car air-bag inflaters,
electric-surge arresters of fire sprinkler actuators).

27. Equipment and devices designed for explosive ordnance disposal; except:

— bomb blankets;

— containers designed for folding objects known to be, or suspected of being improvised explosive devices.

28. Night vision and thermal imaging equipment and image intensifier tubes or solid state sensors therefore.

29. Linear cutting explosive charges.

30. Explosives and related substances as follows:

— amatol,

— nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen),

— nitroglycol,

— pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN),

— picryl chloride,

— tinitorphenylmethylnitramine (tetryl),

— 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).

31. Software specially designed and technology required for all listed items.

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ANNEX II

List of competent authorities referred to in Article 4

BELGIUM

Federal Authority in charge of sales, purchases and
technical assistance by Belgian defence
forces and
security services, and of financial and technical services
in relation to the production or delivery of weapons and
military and paramilitary equipment:

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu
Licenční správa
Na Františku 32
110 15 Praha 1
Tel.: + 420 2 24 06 27 20
Tel.: + 420 2 24 22 18 11

Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand
en Energie/Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes
Moyennes et Energie

Potentieel/Direction

Algemene Directie
Economisch
générale du Potentiel économique
Vergunningen/Licences
K.B.O. Beheerscel/Cellule de gestion B.C.E
44, Leuvensestraat/rue de Louvain
B-1000 Brussel/Bruxelles
Tel.: 0032 (0) 2 548 67 79
Fax: 0032 (0) 2 548 65 70.

Regional Authorities in charge of other export, import
and transit licences for weapons, military and parami-
litary equipment:
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest/Région de Bruxelles —
Capitale:
Directie Externe Betrekkingen/Direction des Relations
extérieures
City Center
Kruidtuinlaan/Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 20
B-1035 Brussel/Bruxelles
Tel.: (32-2) 800 37 59 (Cédric Bellemans)
Fax: (32-2) 800 38 20
e-mail: cbellemans@mrbc.irisnet.be

Région wallonne:
Direction Générale Economie et Emploi
Direction Gestion des Licences
Chaussée de Louvain 14
5000 Namur
Tel.: 081/649751
Fax: 081/649760
e-mail: m.moreels@mrw.wallonie.be

Vlaams Gewest:
Administratie Buitenlands Beleid
Cel Wapenexport
Boudewijnlaan 30
B-1000 Brussel
Tel.: (32-2) 553 59 28
Fax: (32-2) 553 60 37
e-mail: wapenexport@vlaanderen.be

Ministerstvo financí
Finanční analytický útvar
P.O. BOX 675
Jindřišská 14
111 21 Praha 1
Tel.: + 420 2 5704 4501
Fax: + 420 2 5704 4502

Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí
Odbor Společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky EU
Loretánské nám. 5
118 00 Praha 1
Tel.: + 420 2 2418 2987
Fax: + 420 2 2418 4080

DENMARK

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

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

Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
Langelinie Allé 17
DK-2100 København Ø
Tel.: (45) 35 46 62 81
Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03

GERMANY

For authorisations concerning the provision of financing
and financial assistance according to Article 4 paragraph
1(b) and (c):
Deutsche Bundesbank
Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen
Postfach
D-80281 München
Tel.: (49) 89 28 89 38 00
Fax: (49) 89 35 01 63 38 00

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and

according

assistance,

For authorisations according to Article 4 paragraph 1(a),
according to Article 4 paragraph 1(b) concerning related
to Article 4
technical
paragraph 1(c) concerning the provision of
technical
assistance:
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29—35
D-65760 Eschborn
Tel.: (49) 6196/908-0
Fax: (49) 6196/908-800

ESTONIA

Eesti Välisministeerium
Islandi väljak 1
15049 Tallinn
Tel.: + 372 6317 100
Fax: + 372 6317 199

GREECE

Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management
Address Kornarou Str.
105 63 Athens
Τel.: + 30 210 3286401-3
Fax: + 30 210 3286404

Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
Γενική Δ/νση Σχεδιασμού και Διαχείρισης Πολιτικής
Δ/νση: Κορνάρου 1, Τ.Κ.
105 63 Αθήνα — Ελλάς
Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3
Φαξ: + 30 210 3286404

SPAIN

Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior
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
Tel.: (33) 1 44 74 48 93
Fax: (33) 1 44 74 48 97

Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique écon-
omique Service des affaires multilatérales et du dévelop-
pement Sous-direction Politique commerciale et investis-
sements Service Investissements et propriété intellectuelle
139, rue du Bercy
F-75572 Paris Cedex 12
Tel.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85
Fax: (33) 1 53 18 96 55

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Direction générale des affaires politiques et de sécurité
Direction des Nations Unies et des organisations inter-
nationales Sous-direction des affaires politiques
Tel.: (33) 1 43 17 59 68

Fax: (33) 1 43 17 46 91
Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune
Tel.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16
Fax: (33) 1 43 17 45 84

IRELAND

Department of Foreign Affairs
(United Nations Section)
79-80 Saint Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Tel.: + 353 1 478 0822
Fax: + 353 1 408 2165

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
(Financial Markets Department)
Dame Street
Dublin 2
Tel.: + 353 1 671 6666
Fax: + 353 1 679 8882

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
(Export Licensing Unit)
Lower Hatch Street
Dublin 2
Tel.: + 353 1 631 2534
Fax: + 353 1 631 2562

ITALY

Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Piazzale della Farnesina, 1
I-00194 Roma
D.G.EU. — Ufficio IV
Tel.: (39) 06 3691 3645
Fax: (39) 06 3691 2335
D.G.C.E. — U.A.M.A.
Tel.: (39) 06 3691 3605
Fax: (39) 06 3691 8815

CYPRUS

1. Import-Export Licencing Unit

Trade Service
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
6, Andrea Araouzou
1421 Nicosia
Tel.: 357 22 867100
Fax: 357 22 316071

2. Supervision of International Banks, Regulations and

Financial Stability Department
Central Bank of Cyprus
80, Kennedy Avenue
1076 Nicosia
Tel.: 357 22 714100
Fax: 357 22 378153

LATVIA

Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrija
Brīvības iela 36
Rīga LV 1395
Tel.: (371) 7016 201
Fax: (371) 7828 121

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LITHUANIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Security Policy Department
J. Tumo-Vaizganto 2
LT-01511 Vilnius
Tel.: + 370 5 2362516
Fax: + 370 5 2313090

LUXEMBOURG

Ministère de l'économie et du commerce extérieur
Office des licences
BP 113
L-2011 Luxembourg
Tel.: (352) 478 23 70
Fax: (352) 46 61 38
e-mail: office.licences@mae.etat.lu

Ministère des affaires étrangères et de l'immigration
Direction des affaires politiques
5, rue Notre-Dame
L-2240 Luxembourg
Tel.: (352) 478 2421
Fax: (352) 22 19 89

Ministère des Finances
3 rue de la Congrégation
L-1352 Luxembourg
Fax: 00352 475241

HUNGARY

Hungarian Trade Licencing Office
Margit krt. 85.
H-1024 Budapest
Hungary
Postbox: H-1537 Budapest Pf.: 345
Tel.: + 36-1-336-7327

Magyar Kereskedelmi Engedélyezési Hivatal
Margit krt. 85.
H-1024 Budapest
Magyarország
Postafiók: 1537 Budapest Pf.:345
Tel.: + 36-1-336-7327

MALTA

Bord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet
Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin
Palazzo Parisio
Triq il-Merkanti
Valletta CMR 02
Tel.: + 356 21 24 28 53
Fax: + 356 21 25 15 20

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Belastingdienst/Douane Noord
Postbus 40200
NL-8004 De Zwolle
Tel.: (31-38) 467 25 41
Fax: (31-38) 469 52 29

AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Tel.: (+ 43-1) 711 00-0
Fax: (+ 43-1) 711 00-8386

POLAND

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour
Department of Export Control
Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5
00-507 Warsaw
Poland
Tel.: (+ 48 22) 693 51 71
Fax: (+ 48 22) 693 40 33

PORTUGAL

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais
Largo do Rilvas
P-1350-179 Lisboa
Tel.: (351) 21 394 67 02
Fax: (351) 21 394 60 73

Ministério das Finanças
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações Inter-
nacionais
Avenida Infante D. Henrique, n.o 1, C 2.o
P-1100 Lisboa
Tel.: (351) 21 882 3390/8
Fax: (351) 21 882 3399

SLOVENIA

1. Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve

Sektor za mednarodne organizacije in človekovo
varnost
Prešernova cesta 25
SI-1001 Ljubljana
Tel.: 00 386 1 478 2206
Fax: 00 386 1 478 2249

2. Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve

Sektor za upravne zadeve prometa, zbiranja in
združevanja, eksplozivov in orožja
Bethovnova ulica 3
SI-1501 Ljubljana
Tel.: 00 386 1 472 47 59
Fax: 00 386 1 472 42 53

3. Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo

Komisija za nadzor izvoza blaga za dvojno rabo
Kotnikova 5
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: 00 386 1 478 3223
Fax: 00 386 1 478 3611

4. Ministrstvo za obrambo
Direktorat za Logistiko
Kardeljeva ploščad 24
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: 00 386 1 471 20 25
Fax: 00 386 1 512 11 03

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SLOVAKIA

Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky
Mierová 19
827 15 Bratislava 212
Tel.: 00421/2/4854 1111
Fax: 00421/2/4333 7827

FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet
PL/PB 176
FI-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors
Tel.: (358-9) 16 00 5
Fax: (358-9) 16 05 57 07

Puolustusministeriö/Försvarsministeriet
Eteläinen Makasiinikatu 8/Södra Magasinsgatan 8
PL/PB 31
FI-00131 Helsinki/Helsingfors
Tel.: (358-9) 16 08 81 28
Fax: (358-9) 16 08 81 11

SWEDEN

Inspektionen för strategiska produkter (ISP)
Box 70 252
107 22 Stockholm

Tel.: (+46-8) 406 31 00
Fax: (+46-8) 20 31 00

UNITED KINGDOM

Sanctions Licensing Unit
Export Control Organisation
Department of Trade and Industry
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
Tel.: (44) 20 7215 4544
Fax: (44) 20 7215 4539

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for External Relations
Directorate Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
and European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP):
Commission Coordination and contribution
Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint
Actions, Sanctions, Kimberley Process
CHAR 12/163
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Belgium
Tel.: (32-2) 296 25 56
Fax: (32-2) 296 75 63
e-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int.