Council Regulation (EC) No 618/2007 of 5 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iran, dual-use good, economic sanctions, export monitoring, international sanctions, nuclear non-proliferation, technology transfer

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 618/2007

of 5 June 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 60(1) and Article 301
thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Common Position 2007/246/CFSP of
23 April 2007 amending Common Position 2007/140/CFSP
concerning restrictive measures against Iran (1),

Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(a)

Whereas:

shall be numbered as
in Article 2,
paragraph 1 and the following paragraph 2 shall be added:

the current

text

Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (2) as amended by
Common Position 2007/246/CFSP provides,
inter alia,
that the provision of technical and financial assistance,
financing and investment related to arms and related
materiel of all types to any person, entity or body in,
or for use in, Iran should be prohibited.

Annex I shall not

‘2.
included in the Common Military List of
Union (*).

include goods and technology
the European

___________
(*) OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 58.’;

(b) in Article 5, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community and, therefore, notably
with a view to ensuring their uniform application by
economic operators in all Member States, Community
legislation is necessary in order to implement them as
far as the Community is concerned.

‘1.

(a)

Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 (3)
imposed certain
in line with Common
restrictive measures against Iran,
Position 2007/140/CFSP prior to its amendment. It is
appropriate,
to take account of Common
Position 2007/246/CFSP, to insert new prohibitions in
that Regulation.
amended
accordingly.

should therefore be

in order

It

(1) OJ L 106, 24.4.2007, p. 67.
(2) OJ L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Decision

2007/242/EC (OJ L 106, 24.4.2007, p. 51).

It shall be prohibited:

to provide, directly or indirectly,
technical assistance
related to the goods and technology listed in the
Common Military List of
the European Union, or
related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance
and use of goods included in that list, to any natural
or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Iran;

(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or
brokering services related to the goods and technology
listed in Annex I, or related to the provision, manu-
facture, maintenance and use of goods listed in Annex
I, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or
for use in, Iran;

(1)

(2)

(3)

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(c)

to provide investment to enterprises in Iran engaged in
the manufacture of goods and technology listed in the
Common Military List of the European Union or in
Annex I;

(d) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial
assistance related to the goods and technology listed in
the Common Military List of the European Union or in
Annex I, including in particular grants, loans and export
credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export
of such items, or for any provision of related technical
assistance to any natural or legal person, entity or body
in, or for use in, Iran;

(e)

to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities,
the object or effect of which is to circumvent the pro-
hibitions referred to in points (a) to (d).

The prohibitions set out in this paragraph shall not apply to
non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured or
fitted with materials
to provide ballistic protection,
intended solely for protective use of personnel of the EU
and its Member States in Iran.’;

(c)

in Article 8, point (a) shall be replaced by the following:

administrative or

‘(a) the funds or economic resources are the subject of a
judicial,
lien established
before the date on which the person, entity or body
referred to in Article 7 has been designated by the
Sanctions Committee, the Security Council or by the
Council or of a judicial, administrative or arbitral
judgment rendered prior to that date.’;

arbitral

(d) in Article 11, paragraph 2, point (b) shall be replaced by the

following:

‘(b) payments due under contracts, agreements or obli-
gations that were concluded or arose before the date
on which the person, entity or body referred to in
Article 7 has been designated by the Sanctions
Committee, the Security Council or by the Council.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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 Luxembourg, 5 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

P. STEINBRÜCK