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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/580 of 14 March 2023 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/580 of 14 March 2023 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/580 of 14 March 2023 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
OJ L 76, 15.3.2023, pp. 3–4
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
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15.3.2023 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 76/3 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/580
of 14 March 2023
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
Whereas:
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Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists natural and legal persons, bodies or entities associated with the regime of former President Saddam Hussein covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources and by a prohibition to make funds or economic resources available. |
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On 9 March 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove two natural persons from the list of persons and entities to whom the assets freeze should apply. |
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Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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 Brussels, 14 March 2023.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Director-General
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
ANNEX
In Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, the following entries are deleted:
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NAME: Ayad Futayyih Khalifa Al-Rawi DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH: Circa 1942, Rawah NATIONALITY: Iraq UNSC RESOLUTION 1483 BASIS: Chief of Staff, Quds Force, 2001 to 2003; Former Governor of Baghdad and Ta'mim’ |
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NAME: Humam Abd-al-Khaliq Abd-al-Ghafur ALIAS: Humam 'Abd al-Khaliq 'Abd al-Rahman; Humam 'Abd-al-Khaliq Rashid DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH: 1945, Ar-Ramadi NATIONALITY: Iraq UNSC RESOLUTION 1483 BASIS: Minister of Higher Education and Research, 1992 to 1997, 2001 to 2003; Minister of Culture, 1997 to 2001; Director and Deputy Director, Iraqi Atomic Energy Organisation, 1980s; PASSPORT: 0018061/104, issued 12 September 1993 ’ |