Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Eritrea (presented jointly by the Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
Date: 2010-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Eritrea, arms trade, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, international sanctions, military equipment, trade restriction

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION  

Brussels, 2.6.2010 
COM(2010)297 final 

2010/0155 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Eritrea 

(presented jointly by the Commission and the High Representative of the EU  
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) 

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2010/0155 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Eritrea 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Articles 215(1) and (2) thereof, 

Having  regard  to  Council  Decision  2010/127/CFSP  of  1 March  2010  concerning  restrictive 
measures against Eritrea1, 

Having  regard  to  the  joint  proposal  from  the  High  Representative  of  the  Union  for  Foreign 
Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

On 1 March 2010, the Council adopted Council Decision 2010/127/CFSP concerning 
restrictive  measures  against  Eritrea  and  implementing  United  Nations  Security 
Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1907(2009). 

The  restrictive  measures  against  Eritrea  include  a  prohibition  on  the  provision  of 
technical  assistance,  training,  financial  and  other  assistance  relating  to  military 
activities,  as well  as a prohibition on the procurement or obtaining  of such technical 
assistance, training, financial and other assistance from Eritrea.  

Council Decision 2010/127/CFSP also provides for the inspection of certain cargoes to 
and from Eritrea and, in the case of aircraft and vessels, for the supply of additional 
pre-arrival and pre-departure information in respect of goods brought into or out of the 
Union. This information must be provided in accordance with the provisions on entry 
and  exit  summary  declarations  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2913/1992  of  12 
October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code 2. 

Furthermore,  Council  Decision  2010/127/CFSP  provides  for  financial  restrictive 
measures  against  persons  and  entities  designated  by  the  United  Nations  Security 
Council  or  by  the  competent  Sanctions  Committee,  as  well  as  a  prohibition  on  the 
supply,  sale  or  transfer,  of  weapons  and  military  equipment  to  those  designated 
persons  and  entities  and  on  the  provision  of  related  assistance  and  services.  These 
restrictive measures should be imposed against individuals and entities, including but 
not  limited  to  the  Eritrean  political  and  military  leadership,  and  governmental  and 

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OJ L 51, 2.3. 2010, p19 
OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1 

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(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

parastatal entities, designated by the UN as violating the arms embargo established in 
UNSCR  1907  (2009),  as  providing  support  from  Eritrea  to  armed  opposition  groups 
which  aim  to  destabilise  the  region,  as  obstructing  the  implementation  of  UNSCR 
1862  (2009)  concerning  Djibouti,  as  harbouring,  financing,  facilitating,  supporting, 
organising, training or inciting individuals or groups to perpetrate acts of violence or 
terrorist  acts  against  States  other  than  Eritrea,  or  their  citizens  in  the  region,  or  as 
obstructing  the  investigations  or  work  of  the  Monitoring  Group  re-established  by 
UNSCR 1853 (2008). 

These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union  and,  therefore,  notably  with  a  view  to  ensuring  their  uniform  application  by 
economic  operators  in  all  Member  States,  legislation  at  the  level  of  the  Union  is 
necessary in order to implement them as far as the Union is concerned.  

For  reasons  of  expediency,  the  Commission  should  be  empowered  to  amend  the 
Annexes to this Regulation on the basis of pertinent notification or information by the 
UN  Security  Council,  the  relevant  UN  Sanctions  Committee  and  Member  States,  as 
appropriate. 

The list of persons and entities to be subject to the restrictive measures, as set out in 
Annex I to this Regulation, should include the grounds for listing. The procedure for 
amending  the  list  of  natural  and  legal  persons,  entities  and  bodies  to  whom  the 
restrictive measures apply should include the publication of a notice, in order to enable 
the  listed  persons,  entities  and  bodies  to  exercise  their  right  to  be  heard.  Where 
observations  are  submitted,  or  where  substantial  new  evidence  is  presented,  the 
Commission,  assisted  by  a  Committee,  should  review  its  decision  in  light  of  those 
observations and inform the person, entity or body concerned accordingly. 

For  the  implementation  of  this  Regulation,  and  in  order  to  create  maximum  legal 
certainty within the Union, the names and other relevant data concerning natural and 
legal persons, entities and bodies whose funds and economic resources must be frozen 
in accordance with the Regulation, should be made public. Any processing of personal 
data  of  natural  persons  under  this  Regulation  should  respect  Regulation  (EC)  No 
45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the 
protection  of  individuals  with  regard  to  the  processing  of  personal  data  by  the 
Community  institutions  and  bodies  and  on  the  free  movement  of  such  data3  and 
Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 
on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on 
the free movement of such data4.  

(9)  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. 

(10)  This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised 
in  particular  by  the  Charter  of  Fundamental  Rights  of  the  European  Union5  and 
notably the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial, the right to property and the 

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OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1. 
OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. 
OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1. 

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right to protection of personal data. This Regulation should be applied in accordance 
with those rights and principles.  

(11)  This Regulation also fully respects the obligations of Member States under the Charter 
of  the  United  Nations  and  the  legally  binding  nature  of  UN  Security  Council 
Resolutions. 

(12) 

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this 
Regulation must enter into force immediately, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

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

(a) 

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

(b) 

‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited 
to: 

(i) 

cash,  cheques,  claims  on  money,  drafts,  money  orders  and  other  payment 
instruments; 

(ii)  deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts 

and debt obligations; 

(iii)  publicly and privately traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks 
and  shares,  certificates  representing  securities,  bonds,  notes,  warrants, 
debentures and derivatives contracts; 

(iv) 

interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by 
assets; 

(v) 

credit,  right  of  set-off,  guarantees,  performance  bonds  or  other  financial 
commitments; 

(vi) 

letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale; 

(vii)  documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources; 

(c) 

‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, 
or  dealing  with  funds  in  any  way  that  would  result  in  any  change  in  their  volume, 
amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that 
would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management; 

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(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

‘economic  resources’  means  assets  of  every  kind,  whether  tangible  or  intangible, 
movable or immovable, which are not funds but may be used to obtain funds, goods 
or services; 

‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing their use to obtain funds, goods 
or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging 
them; 

‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the UN Security Council established 
pursuant  to  UN  Security  Council  Resolution  751  (1992)  and  expanded  by  UNSCR 
1844 (2008) and UNSCR 1907 (2009); 

‘territory of the Union’ means the territories to which the Treaty on the Functioning 
of  the  European  Union  is  applicable,  under  the  conditions  laid  down  in  the  Treaty, 
including their airspace. 

It shall be prohibited: 

Article 2 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

to  provide  technical  assistance  related  to  military  activities  and  to  the  provision, 
manufacture,  maintenance  and  use  of  arms  and  of  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 
natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Eritrea; 

to provide financing or financial assistance related to military activities, including in 
particular  grants,  loans  and  export  credit  insurance  for  any  sale,  supply,  transfer  or 
export  of  arms  and  related  materiel,  or  for  the  provision  of  related  technical 
assistance and brokering services directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, 
entity or body in, or for use in, Eritrea; 

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

to  obtain,  directly  or  indirectly,  financing  or  financial  assistance  related  to  military 
activities  ,  including  in  particular  grants,  loans  and  export  credit  insurance  for  any 
sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for the provision of 
related  technical  assistance  and  brokering  services  directly  or  indirectly,  from  any 
natural or legal person, entity or body in Eritrea; 

(e) 

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

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Article 3 

In  order  to  ensure  the  strict  implementation  of  Article  1  of  Council  Decision 
2010/127/CFSP, all goods brought into or leaving the customs territory of the Union 
on cargo aircraft and merchant vessels to and from Eritrea shall be made subject to 
pre-arrival or pre-departure information to be submitted to the competent authorities 
of the Member States concerned.  

The  rules  governing  the  obligation  to  provide  pre-arrival  or  pre-departure 
information, in particular the time limits to be respected and data required, shall be as 
determined  in  the  relevant  provisions  concerning  entry  and  exit  summary 
declarations  as  well  as  customs  declarations  set  out  in  Council  Regulation  (EEC) 
No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code6, and in 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of  2 July  1993 laying down provisions 
for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/927. 

Furthermore, the person who brings the goods, or who assumes responsibility for the 
carriage of the goods on cargo aircraft and merchant vessels to and from Eritrea, or 
their  representatives,  shall  declare  whether  the  goods  are  covered  by  the  Common 
Military List of the European Union8 and, if their export is subject to authorisation, 
specify the particulars of the export licence granted. 

Until  31 December 2010  the  entry  and  exit  summary  declarations  and  the  required 
additional elements referred to in this Article may be submitted in written form using 
commercial,  port  or  transport  documentation,  provided  that  they  contains  the 
necessary particulars. 

As from 1 January 2011, the required additional elements referred to in this Article 
shall  be  submitted  either  in  written  form  or  using  the  entry  and  exit  summary 
declarations as appropriate. 

Article 4 

All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by natural 
or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I, shall be frozen. 

No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or 
for the benefit of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I. 

The  participation,  knowingly  and  intentionally,  in  activities  the  object  or  effect  of 
which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the measures referred to in paragraphs 
1 and 2 shall be prohibited 

Annex I shall include the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies designated by 
the  UN  Security  Council  or  by  the  Sanctions  Committee  in  conformity  with 
paragraphs 15 and 18(b) of UNSCR 1907 (2009). 

OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. 
OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. 
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Annex I shall include the grounds for listing of listed persons, entities and bodies and 
the date of designation by the UN Security Council or the Sanctions Committee. 

Annex I shall also include, where available, information on listed natural persons, for 
the purpose of identifying sufficiently the persons concerned. Such information shall 
only include: 

(a) 

surname and given names, including alias names and titles, if any; 

(b)  date and place of birth; 

(c) 

nationality; 

(d)  passport and identity card numbers; 

(e) 

fiscal and social security numbers; 

(f) 

gender; 

(g) 

address or other information on whereabouts; 

(h) 

function or profession. 

Annex  I  may  also  include  information  as  set  out  above  on  family  members  of  the 
persons listed,  provided that  this information is necessary in a  specific  case for  the 
sole purpose of verifying the identity of the listed natural person concerned. 

Article 5 

By  way  of  derogation  from  Article  4,  the  competent  authorities  in  the  Member 
States,  as  indicated  in  the  websites  listed  in  Annex  II,  may  authorise,  under  such 
conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic 
resources,  or  the  making  available  of  certain  funds  or  economic  resources,  after 
having determined that the funds or economic resources are : 

(a) 

necessary  to  satisfy  the  basic  needs  of  persons  listed  in  Annex  I,  and  their 
dependent  family  members,  including  payments  for  foodstuffs,  rent  or 
mortgage,  medicines  and  medical  treatment,  taxes,  insurance  premiums,  and 
public utility charges; 

(b) 

intended  exclusively  for  payment  of  reasonable  professional  fees  and 
reimbursement  of  incurred  expenses  associated  with  the  provision  of  legal 
services; or 

(c) 

intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding 
or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;  

Provided that the competent authority has notified the Sanctions Committee of that 
determination  and  its  intention  to  grant  an  authorisation,  and  in  the  absence  of  a 
negative  decision  by  the  Sanctions  Committee  within  three  working  days  of  such 
notification. 

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2. 

By  way  of  derogation  from  Article  4,  the  competent  authorities  in  the  Member 
States,  as  indicated  in  the  websites  listed in  Annex  II,  may  authorise  the  release  of 
certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds 
or economic resources, after having determined that the funds or economic resources 
are necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that such determination has been 
notified  to  the  Sanctions  Committee  by  the  Member  State  concerned  and  that  the 
determination has been approved by that Committee. 

3. 

The  relevant  Member  State  shall  inform  the  other  Member  States  and  the 
Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 1 and 2. 

Article 6 

By  way  of  derogation  from  Article  4,  the  competent  authorities  in  the  Member  States,  as 
indicated in the websites listed in Annex II, may authorise the release of certain frozen funds 
or economic resources, if the following conditions are met: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

the  funds  or  economic  resources  are  the  subject  of  a  judicial,  administrative  or 
arbitral lien established before the date of adoption of UNSCR 1907 (2009) or of a 
judicial, administrative or arbitral judgement rendered prior to that date;  

the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by 
such  a  lien  or  recognised  as  valid  in  such  a  judgment,  within  the  limits  set  by 
applicable laws and regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims; 

the lien or judgment is not for the benefit of a person, entity or body listed in Annex 
I; 

recognising the lien or judgment is not contrary to public policy in the Member State 
concerned; and 

the  Sanctions  Committee  has  been  notified  by  the  Member  State  of  the  lien  or 
judgment. 

Article 7 

1. 

Article 4(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of: 

(a) 

interest or other earnings on those accounts; or 

(b)  payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded 
or  arose  before  the  date  on  which  the  natural  or  legal  person,  entity  or  body 
referred to in Article 4 has been designated by the Sanctions Committee or the 
Security Council; 

provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments continue to be subject 
to Article 4(1). 

2. 

Article  4(2)  shall  not  prevent  financial  or  credit  institutions  in  the  Union  from 
crediting  frozen  accounts  where  they  receive  funds  transferred  to  the  account  of  a 

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listed  natural  or  legal  person,  entity  or  body,  provided  that  any  additions  to  such 
accounts  will  also  be  frozen.  The  financial  or  credit  institution  shall  inform  the 
competent authorities about such transactions without delay. 

1. 

It shall be prohibited: 

Article 8 

(a) 

(b) 

to  provide  technical  assistance  related  to  military  activities  and  to  the 
provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and of 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 natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex 1; 

to  provide  financing  or  financial  assistance  related  to  military  activities, 
including  in  particular  grants,  loans  and  export  credit  insurance  for  any  sale, 
supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for the provision of 
related technical assistance and brokering services directly or indirectly to any 
person, entity or body listed in annex 1. 

The  participation,  knowingly  and  intentionally,  in  activities  the  object  or  effect  of 
which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the prohibition referred to in paragraph 
1 shall be prohibited. 

Article 9 

The  freezing  of  funds  and  economic  resources  or  the  refusal  to  make  funds  or 
economic resources available, carried out in good faith on the basis that such action 
is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on 
the  part  of  the  natural  or  legal  person  or  entity  implementing  it,  or  its  directors  or 
employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen as 
a result of negligence. 

The prohibitions set out in Article 2 (b) and (d), Article 4 (2) and Article 8 (1) (b) 
shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural and legal persons, 
entities and bodies concerned, if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to 
suspect, that their actions would infringe these prohibitions. 

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Article 10 

1. 

Without  prejudice  to  the  applicable  rules  concerning  reporting,  confidentiality  and 
professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall: 

(a) 

supply  immediately  any  information  which  would  facilitate  compliance  with 
this  Regulation,  such  as  accounts  and  amounts  frozen  in  accordance  with 
Article 4, to the competent authorities of the Member States, as listed in Annex 
II,  where  they  are  resident  or  located,  and  shall  transmit  such  information, 
directly or through these competent authorities, to the Commission;  

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(b) 

cooperate with the competent authorities, as indicated in the websites listed in 
Annex II, in any verification of this information. 

2. 

Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used 
only for the purposes for which it was provided or received. 

Article 11 

The  Commission  and  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 
their  disposal  in  connection  with  this  Regulation,  in  particular  information  in  respect  of 
violation and enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts. 

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Article 12 

The  Commission  shall  be  empowered  to  amend  Annex  I  on  the  basis  of 
determinations by the United Nations Security Council or the Sanctions Committee. 

Where  the  United  Nations  Security  Council  or  the  Sanctions  Committee  decides  to 
list a natural or legal person, entity or body for the first time, the Commission shall 
take a decision on the amendment of Annex I without delay.  

The  Commission  shall  also  without  delay  publish  a  notice  regarding  the  modalities 
for  submitting  information  in  relation  to  Annex  I,  providing  the  natural  or  legal 
persons,  entities  or  bodies  listed  in  Annex  1  with  the  opportunity  to  express  their 
views. 

Where observations are submitted, the Commission shall review its decision referred 
to in paragraph 2 in the light of those observations and after following the procedure 
referred to in Article 13(2). Those observations shall be forwarded to the Sanctions 
Committee.  The  Commission  shall  communicate  the  results  of  its  review  to  the 
person, entity or body concerned. The result of the review shall also be forwarded to 
the Sanctions Committee. 

Where the United Nations decides to delist a natural or legal person, entity or body, 
or to amend the identifying data of a listed natural or legal person, entity or body, the 
Commission shall amend Annex I accordingly. 

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  Sanctions  Committee  and  the  United  Nations  of  Security  Council  for  the 
purpose  of  the  effective  implementation  of  this  Regulation.  The  Commission  shall 
notably forward any amendments to Annex I to the Sanctions Committee. 

1. 

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. 

Article 13 

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3. 

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 999/468/EC 
shall apply. 

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three 
months.  

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

Article 14 

1. 

The Commission shall process personal data in order to carry out its tasks under this 
Regulation. These tasks include:  

Article 15 

(a) 

preparing amendments of Annex I to this Regulation;  

(b) 

consolidating  the  contents  of  Annex  I  in  the  electronic,  consolidated  list  of 
persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions available on the 
Commission website9;  

(c) 

processing of information concerning the grounds for listing; and  

(d)  processing  of  information  on  the  impact  of  the  measures  of  this  Regulation 
such as the value of frozen funds and information on authorisations granted by 
the competent authorities. 

The Commission may process relevant data relating to criminal offences committed 
by  listed  natural  persons,  and  to  criminal  convictions  or  security  measures 
concerning such persons, only to the extent that such processing is necessary for the 
preparation  of  grounds  for  listing  and  review  of  the  views  on  it  expressed  by  the 
natural person concerned, subject to appropriate specific safeguards. Such data shall 
not be made public or exchanged. 

For  the  purposes  of  this  Regulation,  the  Commission  unit  listed  in  Annex  II  is 
designated as “controller” within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 
45/2001,  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  natural  persons  concerned  can  exercise  their 
rights under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. 

Article 16 

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. 

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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 17 

Member  States  shall  designate  the  competent  authorities  referred  to  in  this 
Regulation and identify them in, or through, the websites listed in Annex II.  

Member  States  shall  notify  the  Commission  of  their  competent  authorities  without 
delay  after  the  entry  into  force  of  this  Regulation,  and  shall  notify  it  of  any 
subsequent amendment thereto.  

Where  this  Regulation  sets  out  a  requirement  to  notify,  inform  or  otherwise 
communicate with the Commission, the address and other contact details to be used 
for such communication shall be those indicated in Annex II. 

This Regulation shall apply: 

Article 18 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

within the territory of the Union, including its airspace; 

on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State; 

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

to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law 
of a Member State; 

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Union. 

Article 19 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, […] 

For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX I 

Natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 15 

ANNEX II 

Websites for information on the competent authorities referred to in Articles 5(2), 6, 7 
and 10 and address for notifications to the European Commission 

(To be completed by the Member States)  

BELGIUM 

BULGARIA 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

DENMARK 

GERMANY 

ESTONIA 

IRELAND 

GREECE 

SPAIN 

FRANCE 

ITALY 

CYPRUS 

LATVIA 

LITHUANIA 

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HUNGARY 

MALTA 

NETHERLANDS 

AUSTRIA 

POLAND 

PORTUGAL 

ROMANIA 

SLOVENIA 

SLOVAKIA 

FINLAND 

SWEDEN 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Address for notifications to the European Commission: 

European Commission 

DG External Relations 

Directorate A. Crisis Platform and Policy Coordination in CFSP 

Unit A.2. Crisis Management and Conflict Prevention 

CHAR 12/106 

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B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel (Belgium) 

E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu 

Tel.: (32 2) 295 55 85 

Fax: (32 2) 299 08 73 

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