CELEX: 52014JC0035
Language: en
Date: 2014-09-22
Title: Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

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			Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya /* JOIN/2014/035 final - 2014/0281 (NLE) */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(1)                   
On 2 March 2011 the Council adopted Regulation
(EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya to give effect to the measures provided for in Decision 2011/137/CFSP of 28 February
2011.
(2)                   
On 27 August 2014, the United Nations Security
Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2174 (2014) amending the scope of the arms
embargo and extending the application of the travel ban and asset freeze
measures 
(3)                   
The Council is about to adopt a decision
amending Decision 2011/137/CFSP in accordance with Resolution 2174
(2014).
(4)                   
Further action by the Union is needed in order
to implement certain of these amendments.
(5)                   
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy and the Europan Commission should therefore propose
to amend Regulation (EC) No 204/2011 accordingly.
2014/0281 (NLE)
Joint Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION
amending Regulation (EU) No 204/2011
concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP
of 28 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in
Libya[1],
Having regard to the joint proposal from
the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
and the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)       Council Regulation (EU) No
204/2011 of 2 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the
situation in Libya[2]
gives effect to certain measures provided for in Decision 2011/137/CFSP.
(2)       On 27 August 2014, the
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2174 (2014) extending the application of the travel ban and asset freeze measures
as set out in paragraph 22 of Resolution 1970 (2011) and paragraph 23 of UNSCR
1973 (2011) and amending the scope of the arms embargo imposed by paragraph 9
of Resolution 1970 (2011), paragraph 13 of Resolution 2009 (2011) and paragraphs
9 and 10 of Resolution 2095 (2011).
(3)       On … September 2014, the
Council adopted Council Decision 2014/…/CFSP[3]
amending Decision 2011/137/CFSP[4] in accordance with UNSC Resolution 2174
(2014).
(4)       Certain of these
amendments fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is
therefore necessary in order to implement them, in particular with a view to
ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.
(5)       Regulation (EU) No
204/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 is amended as
follows:
(1)          In Article 3, paragraph 2, point
(c) is replaced by the following:
“(c) the provision of technical assistance,
financing or financial assistance related to non-lethal military equipment intended
solely for security or disarmament assistance to the Libyan government;”
(2)          In Article 6, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:
“1. Annex II shall include the natural or legal
persons, entities and bodies designated by the United Nations Security Council
or by the Sanctions Committee in accordance with paragraph 22 of UNSCR 1970
(2011), paragraphs 19, 22 or 23 of UNSCR 1973 (2011) or paragraph 4 of UNSCR 2174
(2014).
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
[1]               OL L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 53.
[2]               OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 53.
[3]               OJ L …
[4]               Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP of 28 February 2011
concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (OJ L 58,
03.03.2011, p. 53).