Legal provisions of COM(2011)355 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

Please note

This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.

dossier COM(2011)355 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.
document COM(2011)355 EN
date June 16, 2011

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 is hereby amended as follows:

1.Article 8a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8a

By way of derogation from Article 5, the competent authorities in the Member States, as listed in Annex IV, may authorise the release of frozen funds or economic resources belonging to persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex III, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources to persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex III, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, where they consider it necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as the delivery and facilitation of delivery of humanitarian aid, the delivery of materials and supplies necessary for essential civilian needs, including food and agricultural materials for its production, medical products and the provision of electricity, or for evacuations from Libya. The Member State concerned shall inform other Member States and the Commission of authorisations made under this Article within 2 weeks of the authorisation.’;

2.the following Article is inserted:

‘Article 10a

By way of derogation from Article 5(2), the competent authorities in the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex IV, may authorise the making available of certain funds or economic resources to port authorities listed in Annex III in relation to the execution, until 15 July 2011, of contracts concluded before 7 June 2011, with the exception of contracts relating to oil, gas and refined oil products. The Member State shall inform other Member States and the Commission of authorisations made under this Article within 2 weeks of the authorisation.’.

Article 2

The entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 204/2011.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.