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dossier	JOIN(2013)12 - Restrictive measures in respect of Myanmar/Burma.
document	JOIN(2013)12
date	May 2, 2013

table>(1)Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 of 25 February 2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar (2) provides for certain measures to be taken in relation to Myanmar/Burma, including restrictions on certain exports from Myanmar/Burma and a freezing of the assets of certain individuals and entities.

(2)	By Decision 2013/184/CFSP, the Council agreed, as a means of encouraging positive changes to continue, that all those restrictive measures should be lifted, with the exception of the arms embargo and the embargo on equipment which might be used for internal repression.

(3)	Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 should therefore be repealed, and certain of its provisions replaced by this Regulation.

(4)	In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,