Implementing regulation 2014/791 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq

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1.

Current status

This implementing regulation has been published on July 23, 2014 and entered into force on July 24, 2014.

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Key information

official title

Council Regulation (EU) No 791/2014 of 22 July 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
 
Legal instrument Implementing regulation
Number legal act Implementing regulation 2014/791
Original proposal JOIN(2014)24 EN
CELEX number i 32014R0791

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Key dates

Document 22-07-2014
Publication in Official Journal 23-07-2014; OJ L 217 p. 5-8
Effect 24-07-2014; Entry into force Date pub. + 1 See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

23.7.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 217/5
 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 791/2014

of 22 July 2014

amending Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq

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 Common Position 2003/495/CFSP of 7 July 2003 on Iraq and repealing Common Positions 96/741/CFSP and 2002/599/CFSP (1),

Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 (2) imposes restrictive measures in respect of Iraq, in accordance with Common Position 2003/495/CFSP and UN Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003).
 

(2)

Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, providing that no funds or economic resources are to be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a natural or legal person, body or entity listed in Annex IV to that Regulation, so as to enable that person, body or entity to obtain funds, goods or services, should be merged.
 

(3)

On 22 July 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/484/CFSP (3) prohibiting funds or economic resources from being made available, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of listed persons and entities. Specific exemptions are provided for, namely funds and economic resources which are: (a) necessary to satisfy basic needs, (b) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services, (c) intended exclusively for payment of fees or services charges for holding or maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources, or (d) necessary for payment of extraordinary expenses.
 

(4)

It is also appropriate to update Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 with recent information provided by the Member States regarding the identification of competent authorities.
 

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as follows:

 

(1)

Article 4 is amended as follows:

 

(a)

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of natural or legal persons, bodies or entities listed in Annex IV.’;
 

(b)

paragraph 4 is deleted;
 

(2)

Article 4a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4a

The prohibition set out in Article 4(3) shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal persons or entities concerned, if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe this prohibition.’;
 

(3)

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

  • 1. 
    Article 4 shall not prevent the crediting of frozen accounts by financial or credit institutions that receive funds transferred by third parties to the account of the listed person, entity or body, provided that any additions to such accounts are also frozen. The financial or credit institution shall inform the competent authorities about such transactions without delay.
  • 2. 
    By way of derogation from Article 4(3), the competent authorities, as indicated on the websites listed in Annex V, may authorise the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:
 

(a)

necessary to satisfy the basic...


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