Council Common Position 2009/66/CFSP of 26 January 2009 amending Common Position 2008/369/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date: 2009-01-26
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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(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2009/66/CFSP

of 26 January 2009

amending Common Position 2008/369/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic
Republic of the Congo

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

appropriate,

as
Committee:

entities,

designated

by

the

Sanctions

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

Whereas:

— persons or entities acting in violation of

the arms
embargo and related measures as referred to in Article 1,

(1)

(2)

Following the adoption by the United Nations Security
Council on 31 March 2008 of Resolution 1807 (2008)
(UNSCR 1807 (2008)), the Council adopted Common
Position 2008/369/CFSP on 14 May 2008 concerning
restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of
the Congo (1).

On 22 December 2008,
the United Nations Security
(UNSCR
adopted Resolution 1857 (2008)
Council
1857 (2008)) providing for additional criteria for desig­
nation by the Sanctions Committee established pursuant
to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1533
and
(2004)
entities subject to an asset freeze and travel ban, and
extending the measures
imposed by UNSCR 1807
(2008) until 30 November 2009.

(UNSCR 1533 (2004)) of

individuals

(3)

Common Position 2008/369/CFSP should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

Article 3 of Common Position 2008/369/CFSP shall be replaced
by the following:

‘Article 3

Restrictive measures as provided for in Articles 4(1) and 5(1)
and (2) shall be imposed against the following persons and,

— political and military leaders of

foreign armed groups
operating in the DRC who impede the disarmament
and the
resettlement of
repatriation or
combatants belonging to those groups,

voluntary

— political

and military leaders of Congolese militias
receiving support from outside the DRC, who impede
their combatants in disarmament,
the participation of
demobilisation and reintegration processes,

— political and military leaders operating in the DRC and
recruiting or using children in armed conflicts in violation
of applicable international law,

— individuals operating in the DRC and committing serious
violations of international law involving the targeting of
children or women in situations of armed conflict,
including
violence,
and maiming,
abduction and forced displacement,

killing

sexual

— individuals obstructing the access to or the distribution of
humanitarian assistance in the eastern part of the DRC,

— individuals or entities supporting the illegal armed groups
in the eastern part of the DRC through illicit trade of
natural resources.

(1) OJ L 127, 15.5.2008, p. 84.

The relevant persons and entities are listed in the Annex.’

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This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 2

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

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2009.

For the Council
The President

A. VONDRA