CELEX: 52012JC0034
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-07
Title: 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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			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 /* JOIN/2012/034 final - 2012/0348 (NLE) */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	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.
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 regard to Council Decision 2012/665/CFSP
amending Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against
the Republic of Guinea[1],
Having regard to the joint proposal from
the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
and the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)       Council Regulation (EU) No
1284/2009[2]
of 22 December 2009 imposed certain restrictive measures in respect of the
Republic of Guinea, in accordance with Common Position 2009/788/CFSP[3] (later replaced by Council
Decision 2010/638/CFSP[4]),
in response to the violent crackdown by security forces on political
demonstrators in Conakry on 28 September 2009.
(2)       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.
(3)       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,
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.
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, 
                                                                       For
the Council
                                                                       The
President
                                                                       […]
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.html
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
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
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
SLOVENIA
http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika_in_mednarodno_pravo/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_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"
[1]               OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 45.
[2]               OJ L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 26.
[3]               OJ L 281, 28.10.2009, p. 7.
[4]               OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 10.