Council Regulation (EC) No 889/2005 of 13 June 2005 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of Congo and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003
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15.6.2005
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 152/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 889/2005
of 13 June 2005
imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of Congo and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,
Having regard to Common Position 2005/440/CFSP of 13 June 2005 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Common Position 2002/829/CFSP of 21 October 2002 on the supply of certain equipment into the Democratic Republic of Congo (2) imposed an embargo on the supply of arms and related materiel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (‘DRC’).
(2)
On 28 July 2003 the United Nations Security Council decided in its Resolution 1493 (2003) (‘UNSCR 1493 (2003)’) to impose an embargo on the supply of arms and related materiel as well as the provision of assistance, advice or training related to military activities to all armed groups and militias operating in the territory of North and South Kivu and of Ituri, and to groups not party to the Global and All-inclusive agreement, in the DRC.
(3)
Common Position 2003/680/CFSP provides for the alignment of Common Position 2002/829/CFSP with the measures set out by UNSCR 1493 (2003). Some of these measures have been implemented at Community level by Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 (3).
(4)
In view of the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the DRC, the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, adopted Resolution 1596 (2005) of 18 April 2005 (‘UNSCR 1596 (2005)’) which, inter alia, extends the existing arms embargo to any recipient in the territory of the DRC. UNSCR 1596 (2005) provides for certain exemptions to the embargo.
(5)
Common Position 2005/440/CFSP confirms the embargo and ban on the provision of related assistance of Common Position 2002/829/CFSP and provides for an additional exemption to the arms embargo and the ban on the provision of related assistance in order to bring the list of exemptions in line with UNSCR 1596 (2005).
(6)
The prohibition on providing technical and financial assistance related to military activities falls within the scope of the Treaty. In order to avoid any distortion of competition, Community measures are therefore necessary to implement that prohibition as far as the Community is concerned.
(7)
For the purpose of this Regulation, the territory of the Community should be deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.
(8)
For reasons of expediency, the Commission should be empowered to amend the Annex to this Regulation.
(9)
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.
(10)
For the sake of clarity, Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 should be replaced by this new Regulation containing all the relevant provisions regarding the prohibition on providing technical and financial assistance related to military activities in the DRC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1.
‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; technical assistance also includes verbal forms of assistance;
2.
‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 8 of UNSCR 1533 (2004).
Article 2
It shall be prohibited:
(a)
to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related to military activities directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in the DRC;
(b)
to provide financing or financial assistance related to military activities, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for any grant, sale, supply, or transfer of related technical assistance and other services, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in the DRC;
(c)
to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in points (a) and (b).
Article 3
1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authority, as set out in the Annex, of the Member State where the service provider is established, may authorise:
(a)
the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for support of and use by the United Nations Organisation Mission in the DRC (‘MONUC’);
(b)
the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for support of or use by units of the army and police of the DRC, provided that the said units:
(i)
have completed the process of their integration, or
(ii)
operate under the command, respectively, of the ‘état-major intégré’ of the Armed Forces or of the National Police of the DRC, or
(iii)
are in the process of their integration, in the territory of the DRC outside the provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district.
(c)
the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, where the provision of such assistance or services has been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee.
2. No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.
Article 4
The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts.
Article 5
1. The Commission shall be empowered to amend the Annex on the basis of information supplied by Member States.
2. Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Member States under the Charter of the United Nations, the Commission shall maintain all necessary contacts with the Sanctions Committee for the purpose of the effective implementation of this Regulation.
Article 6
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties laid down must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Member States shall notify those rules to the Commission without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment thereof.
Article 7
This Regulation shall apply
(a)
within the territory of the Community, including its airspace and on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;
(b)
to any person inside or outside the territory of the Community who is a national of a Member State;
(c)
to any legal person, group or entity which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;
(d)
to any legal person, group or entity doing business within the Community.
Article 8
Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 is hereby repealed.
Article 9
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.
Done at Luxembourg, 13 June 2005.
For the Council
The President
J. ASSELBORN
(1) See page 22 of this Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 285, 23.10.2002, p. 1. Common Position as amended by Common Position 2003/680/CFSP (OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 64).
(3) OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation 1567/2004 (OJ L 285, 4.9.2004, p. 10).
ANNEX
List of competent authorities referred to in Article 3(1)
BELGIUM
Ministerie van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest/Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles — Capitale
Directie Externe Betrekkingen/Direction des Relations extérieures
City Center
Kruidtuinlaan/Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 20
B-1035 Brussel/Bruxelles
Téléphone: (32-2) 800 37 59 (Cédric Bellemans)
Fax: (32-2) 800 38 20
cbellemans@mrbc.irisnet.be
Région wallonne:
Cabinet du Ministre-Président du Gouvernement wallon
Rue Mazy, 25-27
B-5100 Jambes-Namur
Téléphone: (32-81) 33 12 11
Fax: (32-81) 33 13 13
Vlaams Gewest:
Administratie Buitenlands Beleid
Boudewijnlaan 30
B-1000 Brussel
Tel. (32-2) 553 59 28
Fax: (32-2) 553 60 37
CZECH REPUBLIC
Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu
Licenční správa
Na Františku 32
110 15 Praha 1
Tel. + 420 2 24 06 27 20
Tel. + 420 2 24 22 18 11
Ministerstvo financí
Finanční analytický útvar
P.O. BOX 675
Jindřišská 14
111 21 Praha 1
Tel. + 420 2 5704 4501
Fax + 420 2 5704 4502
Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí
Odbor Společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky EU
Loretánské nám. 5
118 00 Praha 1
Tel. + 420 2 2418 2987
Fax + 420 2 2418 4080
DENMARK
Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
Langelinie Allé 17
DK-2100 København Ø
Tlf. (45) 35 46 62 81
Fax (45) 35 46 62 03
Udenrigsministeriet
Asiatisk Plads 2
DK-1448 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 00 00
Fax (45) 32 54 05 33
Justitsministeriet
Slotsholmsgade 10
DK-1216 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 33 40
Fax (45) 33 93 35 10
GERMANY
Concerning financing and financial assistance:
Deutsche Bundesbank
Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen
Postfach
D-80281 München
Tel. (49) 89 28 89 38 00
Fax (49) 89 35 01 63 38 00
Concerning technical assistance:
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29—35
D-65760 Eschborn
Tel. (49) 61 96 908-0
Fax (49) 61 96 908-800
ESTONIA
Eesti Välisministeerium
Islandi väljak 1
15049 Tallinn
Tel.: + 372 6317 100
Faks: + 372 6317 199
GREECE
Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management
Address Kornarou Str.
105 63 Athens
Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3
Φαξ: + 30 210 3286404
Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
Γενική Δ/νση Σχεδιασμού και Διαχείρισης Πολιτικής
Δ/νση: Κορνάρου 1,
Τ.Κ. 101 80 Αθήνα — Ελλάς
Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3
Φαξ: + 30 210 3286404
SPAIN
Ministerio, de Industria Turismo y Comercio
Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior
Paseo de la Castellana, 162
E-28046 Madrid
Tel. (34) 913 49 38 60
Fax (34) 914 57 28 63
FRANCE
Ministère de l’économie, des finances et de l’industrie
Direction générale des douanes et des droits indirects
Cellule embargo — Bureau E2
Tél.: (33) 1 44 74 48 93
Télécopie: (33) 1 44 74 48 97
Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économique
Service des affaires multilatérales et du développement
Sous-direction Politique commerciale et investissements
Service Investissements et propriété intellectuelle
139, rue du Bercy
F-75572 Paris Cedex 12
Tél.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85
Télécopie: (33) 1 53 18 96 55
Ministère des affaires étrangères
Direction générale des affaires politiques et de sécurité
Direction des Nations unies et des organisations internationales
Sous-direction des affaires politiques
Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 59 68
Télécopie: (33) 1 43 17 46 91
Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune
Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16
Télécopie: (33) 1 43 17 45 84
IRELAND
United Nations Section
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Iveagh House
79-80 Saint Stephen’s Green
Dublin 2
Tel. + 353 1 478 0822
Fax + 353 1 408 2165
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
Financial Markets Department
Dame Street
Dublin 2
Tel. + 353 1 671 6666
Fax + 353 1 679 8882
ITALY
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Piazzale della Farnesina, 1
I-00194 Roma
D.G.A.S. — Ufficio III
Tel. (39) 06 3691 8221
Fax (39) 06 3691 5296
U.A.M.A.
Tel. (39) 06 3691 3605
Fax (39) 06 3691 8815
CYPRUS
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
6 Andrea Araouzou
1421 Nicosia
Tel.: + 357 22 86 71 00
Fax: + 357 22 31 60 71
Central Bank of Cyprus
80 Kennedy Avenue
1076 Nicosia
Tel.: + 357 22 71 41 00
Fax: + 357 22 37 81 53
Ministry of Finance (Department of Customs)
M. Karaoli
1096 Nicosia
Tel. + 357 22 60 11 06
Fax + 357 22 60 27 41/47
LATVIA
Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrija
Brīvības iela 36
Rīga LV 1395
Tālr. Nr.: (371) 7016 201
Fakss: (371) 7828 121
LITHUANIA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Security Policy Department
J. Tumo-Vaizganto 2
LT-01511 Vilnius
Tel. + 370 5 2362516
Fax + 370 5 2313090
LUXEMBOURG
Ministère de l’économie et du commerce extérieur
Office des licences
BP 113
L-2011 Luxembourg
Tél.: (352) 478 23 70
Fax: (352) 46 61 38
mail: office.licences@mae.etat.lu
Ministère des affaires étrangères et de l’immigration
Direction des affaires politiques
5, rue Notre-Dame
L- 2240 Luxembourg
Tél.: (352) 478 2421
Fax: (352) 22 19 89
HUNGARY
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport — Hungarian Trade Licencing
Office Margit krt. 85.
H-1024 Budapest
Hungary
Postbox: H-1537 Budapest Pf.: 345
Tel. + 36-1-336-7327
Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium – Magyar Kereskedelmi Engedélyezési
Hivatal Margit krt. 85.
H-1024 Budapest
Magyarország
Postafiók: 1537 Budapest Pf.: 345
Tel. + 36-1-336-7327
MALTA
Bord ta’ Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet
Direttorat ta’ l-Affarijiet Multilaterali
Ministeru ta’ l-Affarijiet Barranin
Palazzo Parisio
Triq il-Merkanti
Valletta CMR 02
Tel. + 356 21 24 28 53
Fax + 356 21 25 15 20
NETHERLANDS
Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Belastingdienst/Douane Noord
Postbus 40200
8004 De Zwolle
Telefoon: (31-38) 467 25 41
Telefax: (31-38) 469 52 29
AUSTRIA
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Tel. (+ 43-1) 711 00-0
Fax (+ 43-1) 711 00-8386
POLAND
Organ koordynujący:
Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych
Departament Prawno-Traktatowy
Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23
00–580 Warszawa
Polska
tel.: (+ 48 22) 523 94 27 lub 93 48
fax: (+ 48 22) 523 83 29
Organy współpracujące:
Ministerstwo Obrony
Departament Prawny
ul. Klonowa 1
00–909 Warszawa
Polska
tel.: (+ 48 22) 687 15 84
fax: (+ 48 22) 687 16 97
Ministerstwo Gospodarki i Pracy
Departament Kontroli Eksportu
Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5
00–507 Warszawa
Polska
tel.: (+ 48 22) 693 51 71
fax: (+ 48 22) 693 40 33
PORTUGAL
Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais
Largo do Rilvas
P-1350-179 Lisboa
Tel. (351) 21 394 60 72
Fax (351) 21 394 60 73
Ministério das Finanças
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações Internacionais
Avenida Infante D. Henrique, n.o 1, C 2.o
P-1100 Lisboa
Tel. (351) 21 882 3390/8
Fax (351) 21 882 3399
SLOVENIA
Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve
Prešernova 25
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel. 00386 1 4782000
Faks: 00386 1 4782341
Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo
Kotnikova 5
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel. 00386 1 4783311
Faks: 00386 1 4331031
Ministrstvo za obrambo
Kardeljeva pl. 25
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel. 00386 1 4712211
Faks: 00386 1 4318164
SLOVAKIA
Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky
Mierová 19
827 15 Bratislava 212
Tel.: 00421/2/4854 1111
Fax: 00421/2/4333 7827
Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky
Štefanovičova 5
P.O. BOX 82
817 82 Bratislava
Tel.: 00421/2/5958 1111
Fax: 00421/2/5249 8042
FINLAND
Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet
PL/PB 176
FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors
P./Tfn (358-9) 16 00 5
Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07
Puolustusministeriö/Försvarsministeriet
Eteläinen Makasiinikatu 8 / Södra Magasinsgatan 8
FIN-00131 Helsinki/Helsingfors
PL/PB 31
P./Tfn (358-9) 16 08 81 28
Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 08 81 11
SWEDEN
Inspektionen för strategiska produkter (ISP)
Box 70 252
107 22 Stockholm
Tfn (46-8) 406 31 00
Fax (46-8) 20 31 00
UNITED KINGDOM
Sanctions Licensing Unit
Export Control Organisation
Department of Trade and Industry
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London SW1P 2HT
Tel. (44) 20 7215 0594
Fax (44) 20 7215 0593
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for External Relations
Directorate Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP): Commission Coordination and contribution
Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint Actions, Sanctions, Kimberley Process
CHAR 12/163
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Tel. (32-2) 296 25 56
Fax (32-2) 296 75 63
E-mail: Relex-Sanctions@cec.eu.int