Considerations on JOIN(2012)16 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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table>(1)On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (2) with a view to giving effect to most of the measures provided for in Decision 2011/782/CFSP.
(2)In view of the continued brutal repression and violation of human rights by the Government of Syria, Council Decision 2012/206/CFSP (3), amending Decision 2011/782/CFSP, provides for additional measures, namely a prohibition or prior authorisation requirement on the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology which might be used for internal repression, and a ban on exports of luxury goods to Syria.

(3)Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty 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.

(4)Therefore, Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be amended to give effect to the new measures,