Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1853 of 5 November 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Date: 2019-11-05
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Iraq, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person








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6.11.2019   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 285/7








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1853
of 5 November 2019
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on 22 May 2003 under that Regulation.












(2)


On 30 October 2019, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove two entries from the list of persons or entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.












(3)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication 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 Brussels, 5 November 2019.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,


Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments






(1)  
            OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6.




ANNEX
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, the following entries are deleted:







‘183.


STATE ORGANISATION FOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS (alias GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS). Addresses: (a) Northgate, Karanteena, P.O. Box 148, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) Al-Muadham, near Engineering College, P.O. Box 14186, Baghdad, Iraq.










184.


STATE ORGANISATION FOR LAND RECLAMATION (alias (a) GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR PLANTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE RECLAIMED LANDS, (b) GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR EXECUTION OF LAND RECLAMATION CONTRACTS, (c) GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR LAND RECLAMATION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS, (d) GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR LAND RECLAMATION OF SOUTHERN AREAS). Addresses: (a) Amiriya, Abu Gharib, P.O. Box 6161, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 6061, Aamrlya 7, Nisan, Iraq; (c) P.O. Box 609, Al-Sadoon St., Baghdad, Iraq; (d) P.O. Box 27, Wasit Province, Kut, Iraq.’