Council Common Position 2006/624/CFSP of 15 September 2006 amending Common Position 2005/440/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: 2006-09-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, common foreign and security policy, international sanctions, military cooperation, military equipment, technical cooperation

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COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2006/624/CFSP

of 15 September 2006

amending Common Position 2005/440/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic
Republic of Congo

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

violations of international law involving the targeting of
children in situations of armed conflict, including killing
and maiming, sexual violence, abduction and forced
displacement.

(5)

Common Position 2005/440/CFSP should be amended
accordingly.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Following the adoption by the United Nations Security
Council on 18 April 2005 of Resolution 1596 (2005)
(UNSCR 1596 (2005)), the Council adopted on 13 June
2005 Common Position 2005/440/CFSP (1) concerning
restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of
Congo.

(6)

The Community measures applicable to the individuals
targeted under this Common Position are set out
in
Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 of 18 July
restrictive measures
2005 imposing certain specific
directed against persons acting in violation of the arms
embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (3),

On 29 November 2005, the Council adopted Decision
2005/846/CFSP (2)
implementing Common Position
to that
2005/440/CFSP,
in the Annex
Common Position the list of persons subject
to the
measures imposed by UNSCR 1596 (2005).

inserting

adopted Resolution 1649 (2005)

the United Nations Security
On 21 December 2005,
(UNSCR
Council
1649 (2005)) extending the measures
imposed by
UNSCR 1596 (2005) to political and military leaders
of foreign armed groups operating in the Democratic
Republic of Congo who impede the disarmament and
the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants
belonging to those groups, and to political and military
leaders of Congolese militias receiving support
from
outside the Democratic Republic of Congo and in
particular those operating in Ituri, who impede the parti-
cipation of their combatants in disarmament, demobili-
sation and reintegration processes.

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

Article 3 of Common Position 2005/440/CFSP shall be replaced
by the following:

‘Article 3

In accordance with UNSCR 1596 (2005), UNSCR 1649
restrictive measures
(2005) and UNSCR 1698 (2006)
should be imposed against
the following persons, as
designated by the Sanctions Committee:

— persons who act in violation of the arms embargo,

On 31 July 2006, the United Nations Security Council
adopted Resolution 1698 (2006) (UNSCR 1698 (2006))
extending the measures imposed by UNSCR 1596 (2005)
recruiting or using
to political and military leaders
children in armed conflict in violation of applicable inter-
law and to individuals committing serious
national

— political and military leaders of foreign armed groups
operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo who
impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation
or
combatants belonging to those
groups,

resettlement of

(1) OJ L 152, 15.6.2005, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 314, 30.11.2005, p. 35.

(3) OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 84/2006 (OJ L 14, 19.1.2006, p. 14).

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support

— political and military leaders of Congolese militias
receiving
the Democratic
from outside
Republic of Congo and in particular those operating in
Ituri, who impede the participation of their combatants
reintegration
demobilisation
in
processes,

disarmament,

and

— political and military leaders recruiting or using children
in armed conflict in violation of applicable international
law,

— individuals committing serious violations of international
law involving the targeting of children in situations of
including killing and maiming, sexual
armed conflict,
violence, abduction and forced displacement.

The relevant persons are listed in the Annex to this
Common Position.’

Article 2

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 15 September 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA