CELEX: 52013JC0016
Language: en
Date: 2013-05-15
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/2013/016 final - 2013/0154 (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 22 January 2013 the Council adopted Decision
2013/45/CFSP which provides for an amendment to Decision 2011/137/CFSP in order
to permit the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources where they
are required to respond to a judicial or administrative decision delivered in
the Union, or a judicial decision enforceable in a Member State.
(3)                   
On 22 April 2013 the Council adopted Decision
2013/182/CFSP further amending Decision 2011/137/CFSP and providing for
additional derogations from the arms embargo.
(4)                   
Some of these measures fall within the scope of
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, in
particular 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.
(5)                   
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission propose to amend
Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 accordingly.
2013/0154 (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 the measures provided for in Decision 2011/137/CFSP.
(2)       Council Decision 2013/45/CFSP
of 22 January 2013[3]
provides for an amendment to Decision 2011/137/CFSP in order to permit the
release of certain frozen funds or economic resources where they are required
to respond to a judicial or administrative decision delivered in the Union, or
a judicial decision enforceable in a Member State.
(3)       Council Decision
2013/182/CFSP of 22 April 2013[4]
provides for an amendment to Decision 2011/137/CFSP in accordance with the
Resolution 2095 (2013) of the United Nations Security Council which amends the
arms embargo imposed by paragraph 9(a) of Resolution 1970 (2011) and further
elaborated upon by in paragraph 13(a) of Resolution 2009(2011).
(4)       Certain of these measures
fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
and, therefore, in particular 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.
(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)        Article 3 is replaced by the
following: 
“Article 3
1. It shall be prohibited: 
(a) to provide, directly or indirectly,
technical assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common
Military List of the European Union[5]
(Common Military List) or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance
and use of goods included in that list, to any person, entity or body in Libya
or for use in Libya; 
(b) to provide, directly or indirectly,
technical assistance, financing or financial assistance, or brokering services
related to equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in
Annex I, to any person, entity or body in Libya or for use in Libya; 
(c) to provide, directly or indirectly,
financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology listed in
the Common Military List or in Annex I, including in particular grants, loans
and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such
items, or for any provision of related technical assistance to any person,
entity or body in Libya or for use in Libya; 
(d) to provide, directly or indirectly,
technical assistance, financing or financial assistance, brokering services or
transport services related to the provision of armed mercenary personnel in Libya or for use in Libya; 
(e) to participate, knowingly and
intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the
prohibitions referred to in points (a) to (d).
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the
prohibitions refered to therein shall not apply to:
(a) the provision of technical assistance,
financing or financial assistance related to non-lethal military equipment
intended solely for humanitarian purposes or protective use;
(b) the provision of technical assistance,
financing or financial assistance related to other sales and supply of arms and
related material, as approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee;
(c) the provision of technical assistance,
financing or financial assistance intended solely for security or disarmament
assistance to the Libyan goverment;
(d) protective clothing, including flak jackets
and helmets, temporarily exported to Libya by United Nations personnel,
personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media and
humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their
personal use only.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the
competent authorities in the Member States, as listed in Annex IV, may
authorise the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial
assistance related to equipment which might be used for internal repression,
under such conditions as they deem appropriate, if they determine that such
equipment is intended solely for humanitarian or protective use." 
(2)        Article 8 is replaced by the
following:
“Article 8
1. By way of derogation from Article 5, with
regard to persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex II, the competent
authorities in the Member States, as listed in Annex IV, may authorise the
release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, if the following
conditions are met: 
(a) the funds or economic resources in question
are the subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien established
prior to the date on which the person, entity or body referred to in Article 5
was included in Annex II, or was referred to in Article 5(4), or of a judicial,
administrative or arbitral judgment rendered prior to that date; 
(b) the funds or economic resources in question
will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a lien or recognised
as valid in such a judgment, within the limits set by applicable laws and
regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims; 
(c) the lien or judgment is not for the benefit
of a person, entity or body listed in Annex II or III, or referred to in
Article 5(4); 
(d) recognising the lien or judgment is not
contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned; and
(e) the Sanctions Committee has been notified
by the Member State of the lien or judgment. 
2. By way of derogation from Article 5, with
regard to persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex III, the competent
authorities in the Member States, as listed in Annex IV, may authorise the
release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, if the following
conditions are met: 
(a) the funds or economic resources are the
subject of an arbitral decision rendered prior to the date on which the natural
or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 5 was listed in Annex III,
or of a judicial or administrative decision rendered in the Union, or a
judicial decision enforceable in the Member State concerned, prior to or after
that date.
(b) the funds or economic resources will be
used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a decision or recognised as
valid in such a decision, within the limits set by applicable laws and
regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims; 
(c) the decision is not for the benefit of a
natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex II or III, or referred
to in Article 5(4); 
(d) recognising the decision is not contrary to
public policy in the Member State concerned; and
(e) the relevant Member State has informed the
other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted."
(3) In Article 9(1), the following points (c) and
(d) are added:
“(c) payments due under judicial,
administrative or arbitral lien or judgment, as referred to in Article 8(1); 
(d) payments due under judicial, administrative
or arbitral decisions rendered in the Union, or enforceable in the Member State
concerned, as referred to in Article 8(2)," 
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, 3.03.2011, p. 1.
[3]               OJ L 20, 23.1.2013, p. 60.
[4]               OJ L 111, 23.4.2013, p. 50.
[5]               OJ C 69, 18.3.2010, p. 19.