Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/655 of 21 April 2021 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Date: 2021-04-21
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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22.4.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 137/10








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/655
of 21 April 2021
         
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 15 April 2021, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove six entities from the list of persons and 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, 21 April 2021.


For the Commission,


On behalf of The President,


Director-General


Directorate-General for Financial Stability,


Financial Services and Capital Markets Union






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




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






‘41.


GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR BAKERIES AND OVENS (alias GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT OF BAKERIES AND OVENS). Addresses: (a) Al Nidhal Street, near Saddoun Park, P.O. Box 109, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) Milla, Iraq; (c) Basrah, Iraq; (d) Kerbala, Iraq; (e) Diwaniya, Iraq; (f) Najaf, Iraq; (g) Mosul, Iraq; (h) Arbil, Iraq; (i) Kirkuk, Iraq; (j) Nasiriya, Iraq; (j) Samawa, Iraq; (k) Baquba, Iraq; (m) Amara, Iraq; (n) Sulaimaniya, Iraq; (o) Dohuk, Iraq.’










‘43.


GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR FLOUR MILLS (alias STATE ENTERPRISE OF FLOUR MILLS). Addresses: (a) P.O. Box 170, entrance to Hurriyah City, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 17011, entrance of Huriah City, Baghdad, Iraq.’










‘68.


IRAQI STATE EXPORT ORGANISATION. Address: P.O. Box 5670, Sadoon Street, Baghdad, Iraq.’










‘69.


IRAQI STATE IMPORT ORGANISATION (alias IRAQI STATE ORGANISATION OF IMPORTS). Address: P.O. Box 5642, Al Masbah, Hay Babile Area, 29 Street 16 Building no. 5, Baghdad, Iraq.’










‘196.


STATE TRADING ENTERPRISE FOR EQUIPMENT AND HAND TOOLS. Addresses: (a) Khalid Al Bin Al Waleed St., P.O. Box 414, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) Camp Sarah, New Baghdad St., Baghdad, Iraq.’










‘197.


STATE TRADING ENTERPRISE FOR MACHINERY. Address: P.O. Box 2218, Camp Sarah, Baghdad, Iraq.’