Notice for the attention of the persons, entities and bodies added to the list referred to in Articles 7(1) and 7(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran, by virtue of Commission Regulation (EU) No 532/2010
Date: 2010-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iran, common foreign and security policy, dual-use good, economic sanctions, export monitoring, international sanctions, natural person, nuclear non-proliferation, technology transfer








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19.6.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/27





Notice for the attention of the persons, entities and bodies added to the list referred to in Articles 7(1) and 7(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran, by virtue of Commission Regulation (EU) No 532/2010
2010/C 160/07






1.


Council Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (1) provides, amongst other measures, for the freezing of the funds and economic resources of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies designated in the Annex to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1737 (2006) as well as those of additional persons, entities and bodies designated by the UN Security Council or by the relevant Security Council Committee in accordance with paragraph 12 of UNSCR 1737 (2006) and paragraph 7 of UNSCR 1803 (2008).










2.


The UN Security Council decided on 9 June 2010 to designate one natural persons and 40 legal persons, entities or bodies pursuant to these paragraphs. The natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN, together with any supporting documentation, for the decision to designate them, to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:





United Nations — Focal point for delisting




Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch




Room S-3055 E




New York, NY 10017




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




Further information is available: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/dfp.shtml










3.


Further to the UN decisions referred to at point 2, the Commission has adopted Regulation (EU) No 532/2010 (2), which amends Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 (3) concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
Therefore, the following measures of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 apply to the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned:






(a)


the freezing of funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by, the persons, entities and bodies concerned, and the prohibition to make funds and economic resources available to them or for their benefit, whether directly or indirectly (Articles 7(1) and 7(3));
and










(b)


the prohibition to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the measures referred to at point (a) above.














4.


The natural or legal persons, entities and bodies added to Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007, by means of Regulation (EU) No 532/2010, and further to the UN decisions of 9 June 2010, may make their views on their listing known to the Commission. This communication should be sent to:





European Commission




‘Restrictive measures’




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË














5.


The attention of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging Regulation (EU) No 532/2010 before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 263 (4) and (6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.










6.


Personal data of the natural persons concerned by the listings of Regulation (EU) No 532/2010 will be handled in accordance with the rules of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 data (4). Any request, e.g. for further information or in order to exercise the rights under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, should be sent to the Commission, under the address mentioned under point 4 above.










7.


For good order, the attention of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies listed in Annex IV is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s), as indicated in the websites listed in Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds and economic resources to satisfy their basic needs or to make certain specific payments in accordance with Article 10 of the Regulation, or an authorisation pursuant to Article 8 or 9 of the Regulation.






(1)  OJ L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 49.

(2)  OJ L 154, 18.6.2010, p. 5.

(3)  OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.