Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea
Date: 2012-12-07
Institutions: European Commission, High Representative of the Union
Subjects: Guinea, arms supply, economic sanctions, international sanctions, trade restriction

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
SECURITY POLICY

Brussels, 7.12.2012  
JOIN(2012) 34 final 

2012/0348 (NLE) 

Joint Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive 
measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1.  The  Council  adopted  Council  Decision  2012/665/CFSP  amending  Council  Decision 
2010/638/CFSP  concerning  restrictive  measures  against  the  Republic  of  Guinea.  The 
Decision amends the scope of the arms embargo. 

2.  Action  at  EU  level  is  required  to  give  effect  to  certain  aspects  of  the  amendment  to  the 

scope of this embargo. 

3.  Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 should therefore be amended. 

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2012/0348 (NLE) 

Joint Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive 
measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

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

Having 
2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea1, 

to  Council  Decision  2012/665/CFSP  amending  Council  Decision 

regard 

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) 

Council  Regulation  (EU)  No  1284/20092  of  22  December  2009  imposed  certain 
restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea, in accordance with Common 
Position  2009/788/CFSP3  (later  replaced  by  Council  Decision  2010/638/CFSP4),  in 
response  to  the  violent  crackdown  by  security  forces  on  political  demonstrators  in 
Conakry on 28 September 2009. 

On 26 October 2012 the Council adopted Decision 2012/665/CFSP amending Council 
Decision 2010/638/CFSP which amended the scope of the measures related to military 
equipment. 

Certain  aspects  of  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,  regulatory 
action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them. 

(4) 

Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 should be amended accordingly, 

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OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 45. 
OJ L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 26. 
OJ L 281, 28.10.2009, p. 7. 
OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 10. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 is amended as follows: 

(1) 

The following point (g) is added in paragraph 1 of Article 4: 

"(g)  the  provision  of  financing,  financial  assistance,  technical  assistance,  brokering 
services  and  other  services  related  to  explosives  and  related  equipment  intended 
solely  for  civilian  use  in  mining  and  infrastructure  investments,  provided  that  the 
storage  and  use  of  the  explosives  and  the  related  equipment  and  services  are 
controlled  and  verified  by  an  independent  body  and  that  the  providers  of  related 
services are identified." 

(2) 

The following paragraph 3 is added in Article 4: 

"3.  The  relevant  Member  State  shall  inform  the  other  Members  States  at  least  two 
weeks in advance of the intention to grant an authorisation referred to in point (g) of 
paragraph 1." 

(3) 

Annex III is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. 

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

Article 2  

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 

"ANNEX III 

Websites for information on the competent authorities referred to in Articles 4, 8, 9, 
10(1), 12 and 17 and address for notifications to the European Commission: 

A. Competent authorities in each Member State: 

BELGIUM 

http://www.diplomatie.be/eusanctions 

BULGARIA 

http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/view/5519 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

http://www.mfcr.cz/mezinarodnisankce 

DENMARK 

http://um.dk/da/politik-og-diplomati/retsorden/sanktioner/ 

GERMANY 

http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Navigation/Aussenwirtschaft/Aussenwirtschaftsrecht/embargos.h

tml 

ESTONIA 

http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_622/ 

IRELAND 

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=28519 

GREECE 

http://www.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html 

SPAIN 

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http://www.maec.es/es/MenuPpal/Asuntos/Sanciones%20Internacionales/Paginas/Sanciones_

%20Internacionales.aspx 

FRANCE 

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/autorites-sanctions/ 

ITALY 

http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Europea/Deroghe.htm 

CYPRUS 

http://www.mfa.gov.cy/sanctions 

LATVIA 

http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/security/4539 

LITHUANIA 

http://www.urm.lt/sanctions 

LUXEMBOURG 

http://www.mae.lu/sanctions 

HUNGARY 

http://www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/hu/bal/Kulpolitikank/nemzetkozi_szankciok/ 

MALTA 

http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/bodies/boards/sanctions_monitoring.asp 

NETHERLANDS 

www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-vrede-en-veiligheid/sancties 

AUSTRIA 

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http://www.bmeia.gv.at/view.php3?f_id=12750&LNG=en&version= 

POLAND 

http://www.msz.gov.pl 

PORTUGAL 

http://www.min-nestrangeiros.pt 

ROMANIA 

http://www.mae.ro/node/1548

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SLOVENIA 

http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika_in_mednarodno_pravo/zunanja_politika/mednarod

na_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/  

SLOVAKIA 

http://www.foreign.gov.sk 

FINLAND 

http://formin.finland.fi/kvyhteistyo/pakotteet 

SWEDEN 

http://www.ud.se/sanktioner 

UNITED KINGDOM 

www.fco.gov.uk/competentauthorities 

B. Address for notifications to, or other communication with, the European Commission: 

European Commission  

Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) 

EEAS 02/309 

B-1049 Brussels  

Belgium" 

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