Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/37 of 16 January 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Date: 2020-01-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Iraq, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person








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17.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 13/13








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/37
of 16 January 2020
         
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 2 January 2020, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove fifteen 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, 16 January 2020.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





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




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







‘21.


BAGHDAD MUNICIPALITY. Address: Khulafa Street, Khulafa Square, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘24.


CHEMICAL, PETROCHEMICAL, MECHANICAL AND METALURICAL TRAINING CENTRE. Address: P.O. Box 274, Ashar, Basrah, Iraq.’












‘31.


DIRECTORATE-GENERAL OF MINOR PROJECTS AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION. Address: P.O. Box 788, Al-Karradah Al-Sharkiya, Arasat Al-Hindiya no. 81, Building No 137/327, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘32.


DIRECTORATE OF TRAINING CENTRE FOR IRON AND STEEL. Address: P.O. Box 421, Basrah Khor Al-Zubair, Basrah, Iraq.’












‘77.


MECHANICAL TRAINING CENTRE/NASSIRIYA. Address: P.O. Box 65, Nassiriyah, Nassiriyah, Iraq.’












‘144.


STATE ENTERPRISE FOR MECHANICAL INDUSTRIES. Addresses: (a) P.O. Box 5763, Iskandariya, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 367, Iskandariyah-Babylon Governate, Iraq.’












‘146.


STATE ENTERPRISE FOR PHOSPHATES. Addresses: (a) P.O. Box 5954, East Gate, Sadoon St., Baghdad, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 5954, South Gate, Al-Kaim, Anbar, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘156.


STATE ESTABLISHMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETING. Address: Eastern Karrda, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘172.


STATE ORGANISATION FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETING. Address: Karkh, Nisoor Square, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘173.


STATE ORGANISATION FOR AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION AND AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES (alias (a) STATE ORGANISATION FOR AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION, (b) STATE ESTABLISHMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION, (c) CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION, (d) STATE ESTABLISHMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES). Addresses: (a) P.O. Box 26028, Waziriya, opp Al Bakr University, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 96101, Abu Nuvas St., Baghdad, Iraq; (c) P.O. Box 26061, Al Wazeria, Baghdad, Iraq; Swaira-Hafria, Wasst Muhafadha, Iraq; (d) P.O. Box 1045, Waziriyah, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘178.


STATE ORGANISATION FOR ELECTRICITY (alias (a) STATE ORGANISATION OF ELECTRICITY, SOUTHERN ELECTRICAL REGION; (b) STATE ORGANISATION OF ELECTRICITY / DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING AND STATISTICS). Addresses: (a) Off Jumhuriya St/Building 166, Nafoora Square, P.O. Box 5796, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 230, Basrah, Iraq; (c) P.O. Box 14171 Jumhuriya St., Maidan Building No. 9, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘181.


STATE ORGANISATION FOR FOOD INDUSTRIES. Address: P.O. Box 2301, Alwiya, Camp Sarah Khatoon, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘190.


STATE ORGANISATION OF HOUSING. Address: P.O. Box 5824, Jumhuriya Street, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘199.


STEEL AND TIMBER STATE ENTERPRISE (alias STATE TRADING ENTERPRISE FOR STEEL AND TIMBER). Address: Arasat Al Hindya St., Salman Daoud Al Haydar Building, P.O. Box 602, Baghdad, Iraq.’












‘202.


VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE FOR ENGINEERING AND METALLIC INDUSTRIES (alias VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE FOR ENGINEERING). Address: Iskandariya-Babil, Iraq.’